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Wali (administrative title)
Title in the Muslim world for governors of administrative divisions / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This is an article about an administrative title, meaning governor in Arabic. For the Islamic religious concept of Wali, see Wali.
For a place in Afghanistan, see Shah Wali Kot District.
Wāli, Wā'lī or vali (from Arabic: والي Wālī) is an administrative title that was used in the Muslim world (including the Rashidun, Umayyad and Abbasid caliphates and the Ottoman Empire) to designate governors of administrative divisions. It is still in use in some countries influenced by Arab or Muslim culture. The division that a Wāli governs is called Wilayah, or Vilayet (Ottoman Empire).
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