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The word is mentioned in the Quran, where Aaron is described as the wazir (helper) of Moses, as well as the word wizr (burden) which is also derived from the same root. It was later adopted as a title, in the form of wazir al Muhammad by the proto-Shi'a leaders al-Mukhtar and Abu Salama. Under the Abbasid caliphs,

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