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Vizier (Ancient Egypt)

Burials closer to Pharaoh than other administrators (M.Bárta, "The Title Inspector of the Palace during the Egyptian Old Kingdom", ArOr 67 [1999], 9).

"Beginning in the Fourth Dynasty, fewer members of the royal family remained in high managerial posts, and a consolidation of administrative power took place around Egypt's highest civilian bureaucrat, namely the vizier, beginning in the Fifth Dynasty." Carlos, M. G. (Ed.). (2013). Ancient Egyptian administration. (46)

"Essentially, the vizier acted as the link, both personally and in an administrative capacity, between pharaoh and his government, principally with respect to the transmission of commands and implementation of policy. In addition, as chief operating officer of the state, the vizier oversaw the entire state administrative system and his office maintained direct and unrestricted control over a range of entities, such as granaries and treasuries, until the appearance of specialized departments sometime in the Fifth Dynasty." Carlos, M. G. (Ed.). (2013). Ancient Egyptian administration. (46)

"The vizier was second to the king in the state administration and was in fact the head of executive power in the administration" Carlos, M. G. (Ed.). (2013). Ancient Egyptian administration. (164)

"The very first explicit attestation of this office may be found on a seal impression from Saqqara tomb S 3504, which dates to the end of the First Dynasty" Carlos, M. G. (Ed.). (2013). Ancient Egyptian administration. (164)

"With the onset of the Fifth Dynasty, dramatic change also occurred in the definition of the office of the vizier, a result of the fact that it had become accessible to officials of non-royal origins. The viziers ceased to be called king's sons, yet maintained some of the most important honorific titles...From this point on the viziers occupied offices that were of strategic importance for the state and its maintenance...such as supreme responsibility for jurisdiction, scribes, and various departments of the state archives, central granaries, and treasury" Carlos, M. G. (Ed.). (2013). Ancient Egyptian administration. (166)

"Quite frequently the viziers held them all together...they demonstrate the five basic pillars of the state administration; jurisdiction, record keeping, state construction of the projects, tax collection, and storage of surplus products and redistribution" Carlos, M. G. (Ed.). (2013). Ancient Egyptian administration. (166)

"Several New Kingdom tombs of viziers preserve a text, known in Egyptology as "The Duties of the Vizier". The text appears almost like a treatise of administration, of a type not known for any other office until the Late Period...According to this text, the vizier was the main person in charge of the whole palace administration. The vizier was responsible for correct procedures in the offices and punish in case of wrong doing. To the vizier were reported the closing and opening of certain 'enclosures' which were sealed. He received notice of everybody entering and leaving the palace complex. In the same way officials responsible for the security of the palace reported to him. He met with the 'overseer of sealed things' on a daily basis when the two officials exchanged reports. Together, the opened the 'Gold House', the Egyptian term for the royal workshops" Carlos, M. G. (Ed.). (2013). Ancient Egyptian administration. (229)

"The vizier was the head of provincial administration. In the tomb of the New Kingdom vizier Rekhmire local officials are depicted bringing revenues often described in modern literature as taxes" Carlos, M. G. (Ed.). (2013). Ancient Egyptian administration. (229)

"viziers could supervise building projects, best visible in the Reisner Papyri...the vizier was in charge of the building of the royal pyramid" Carlos, M. G. (Ed.). (2013). Ancient Egyptian administration. (231)

vizier Amenemhat, an expedition leader, under king Mentuhotep IV in the Wadi Hammamat searching for a sarcophagus for his king | Carlos, M. G. (Ed.). (2013). Ancient Egyptian administration. (231)

vizier Intefiqer in Wadi el-Hudi involved in military missions in Lower Nubia | Carlos, M. G. (Ed.). (2013). Ancient Egyptian administration. (231)

"Elkab governor Aya held the post of vizier from year one of Mehetepre Ini's reign... Aya was then succeeded as vizier by his son Iymeru, who had also been governor of Elkab...occurred sometime before the reign of the mid-16th Dynasty king Nebiryrau I...the next vizier who served under Nebiryrau I is a man named Sobeknakht" Carols, M. G. (Ed.). (2013). Ancient Egyptian administration. (550)

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Evaluation " Is reference 5 a reliable source - it seems to be a blog not supported by a university or other relevant authority and is used as a reference to a large section of facts? Also there seems to be a need for citations for a lot of the comments in the list of viziers section. Mjconlin00 (talk) 21:47, 7 November 2017 (UTC)"