Wazir was the chief administrative official under the Abbasids.

• A. Wazir
• B. Vizier
• C. Qadi
• D. Emir

Answer: (A)

The top administrator in the Abbasid government was the wazir—a chief minister who ran the day-to-day affairs of the state, supervised the bureaucracy, managed finances, and handled appointments and policy implementation for the caliph. This role was the backbone of imperial administration, allowing the caliph to rely on a trusted official to carry out governance and run the Diwan (the state’s bureaucratic offices).

The other roles point to different functions: a qadi is a judge who interprets and enforces Islamic law; an emir is a ruler or governor, often of a province or frontier region. The term vizier is a closely related title used in various Islamic contexts, but in Abbasid practice the chief administrative office is specifically known as the wazir.