Wali (administrative title)

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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.
Mehemet Ali Viceroy of Egypt, by Auguste Couder, 1841.
Rostom (Rustam Khan), Safavid viceroy of Kartli, Georgia.

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).

Algerian term

In Algeria, a wāli is the "governor" and administrative head of each of the 58 provinces of the country, and is chosen by the president.

Iranian term

In

Qajar rule 1785-1925 the kingdom of Georgia was lost to Russia and the hereditary lords were replaced by officials of the central power. Mainly these officials came from the group of imperial princes and royal notables and were made Vāli of important provinces. For example, the crown prince bore traditionally the title of Vāli of Azerbaijan (Iran)
.

Ottoman Empire term

Vali (translated as "gouverneur-général" in French,

Subdivisions of the Ottoman Empire
. The form used in some parts of the empire was Wali.

Omani Sultanate term

The

Sultanate of Oman, when it ruled Mombasa, Kenya, appointed a wali for the city known locally as LiWali. The term is still used today to denote settlements of Oman, such as the Wilayat Madha, a settlement which intersects the road between Madam in Sharjah and Hatta in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Many Rulers of the Trucial States
(also called Trucial Oman in the past) appointed walis to look after towns on their behalf, including employing slaves for that purpose.

Moroccan term

Since 1997 regionalisation reform, a Wāli is the governor of one of the twelve regions of Morocco.

Pakistani term

Main article:
Wali of Swat

In Pakistan, the rulers of the former princely state of Swat were given the title of Wali.

Philippine term

See also: Wa'lī of Bangsamoro

In the Philippines, the term Wa'lī is the name for the titular head of Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, an autonomous region in the large southern island of Mindanao. The Wa'lī have ceremonial functions and powers such as moral guardianship of the territory and convocation and dissolution of its parliament.[4]

Tunisian term

In

24 provinces of the country, and is chosen by the president
.

Turkish term

In Turkey a Vali is a provincial governor of one of the 81

OHAL State of emergency from 1987 to 2002, there existed a so called Super Vali who oversaw the Valis of up to 13 provinces in southeast Anatolia.[5]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Some translations in languages used by ethnic minorities:
    • Armenian: կուսակալ (kusakal; meaning "governor")[1]
    • Bosnian: the expression is adapted to the local idiom and read "valija"
    • Ottoman Constitution of 1876 had used "vali", with glaven upravitel (meaning "governor-general") as an explanation.[2]
    • Greek: γενικός διοικήτης (genikos dioikētēs), νομάρχης (nomarchēs, which may mean "nomarch" or "prefect of department") or also "valē",[1] βαλή[3]
    • Ladino: governador de provinsiya[1]

References

  1. ^
    Martin Luther University
    ) // CITED: p. 41-43 (PDF p. 43-45/338).
  2. Martin Luther University
    ) // CITED: p. 48 (PDF p. 50/338).
  3. Martin Luther University
    ) // CITED: p. 45 (PDF p. 47).
  4. ^ Kabiling, Genalyn (11 September 2014). "PNoy submits draft Bangsamoro law Entity to have 58 exclusive powers; UN, Canada hail move". Manila Bulletin. Manila Bulletin. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
  5. ISBN 978-90-47-42011-8
    .
Regnal titles
Preceded by Style of the Egyptian sovereign
1517–1805 		Succeeded by
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