Sadr-ı Azam

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Sadr-ı Azam was the title given to the chief minister and highest-ranking official in the Ottoman Empire, serving directly under the sultan and overseeing the administration of the state.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Sadr-ı Azam canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Ottoman title ⓘ
chief minister ⓘ
government office ⓘ
grand vizier ⓘ
alternativeName Grand Vizier ⓘ
Sadrazam ⓘ
Vezir-i Azam ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Ottoman Empire ⓘ
appointedBy Sultan of the Ottoman Empire ⓘ
linked to: Ottoman sultan
associatedWith Ottoman bureaucracy ⓘ
Ottoman military leadership ⓘ
country Ottoman Empire ⓘ
dismissedBy Sultan of the Ottoman Empire ⓘ
linked to: Ottoman sultan
domain executive branch of the Ottoman Empire ⓘ
etymology from Arabic "sadr" (foremost, chest) and Persian "azam" (greatest) meaning "the greatest foremost" ⓘ
genderRestriction typically held by men ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver central bureaucracy ⓘ
other viziers ⓘ
provincial governors ⓘ
hasPower to command armies on behalf of the sultan ⓘ
to issue decrees in the sultan’s name ⓘ
to preside over judicial matters in the Imperial Council ⓘ
hasRole chief minister of the Ottoman Empire ⓘ
head of government of the Ottoman Empire ⓘ
head of the imperial administration ⓘ
president of the Imperial Council ⓘ
hierarchicalPosition highest-ranking official after the sultan in the Ottoman Empire ⓘ
historicalSignificance central to decision-making in the Ottoman Empire ⓘ
key figure in Ottoman domestic and foreign policy ⓘ
languageOfName Ottoman Turkish ⓘ
memberOf Imperial Council ⓘ
oversees administration of the Ottoman state ⓘ
financial administration of the empire ⓘ
implementation of imperial policy ⓘ
military campaigns planning ⓘ
provincial administration ⓘ
partOf Ottoman central government ⓘ
positionHeldBy grand vizier of the Ottoman Empire ⓘ
replacedBy office of the prime minister of the Ottoman Empire ⓘ
residence Sublime Porte ⓘ
seat Bâb-ı Âli (Sublime Porte) ⓘ
linked to: Bab-ı Ali
subordinateTo Sultan of the Ottoman Empire ⓘ
linked to: Ottoman sultan
usedInPeriod 19th century Ottoman Empire ⓘ
classical period of the Ottoman Empire ⓘ
early modern period of the Ottoman Empire ⓘ
workLocation Sublime Porte ⓘ
Topkapı Palace ⓘ
linked to: Topkapi Palace

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Grand Vizier → alsoKnownAs → Sadr-ı Azam ⓘ
Vezir-i Azam → equivalentLabel → Sadr-ı Azam ⓘ