ÎWali, Wā'lī noma Vali (ngesi-Arabhu; والي) yisihloko sokuphatha esisetshenziswa kwamazwe alandela inkolo yamaSulumane (Muslim World) (kufaka phakathi uCalphate noMbuso Wase-Ottoman ) ukuqoka abaphathi bezinhlaka zokuphatha. Lesihloko sisetshenziswa kwamanye amazwe. Isigaba esilawulwa yiWāli sibizwa ngokuthi Wilayah, e-Ottoman Turkey kuthiwa noma kwakuthiwa "iVilayet". Isihloko njengamanje sibhekisa nasenhlokweni yomkhosi waseBangsamoro, isifunda esizimele esinamaSulumane amaningi ePhilippines. e-Algeria, leligama elithi Wāli lisetshenziselwa ukuchaza umuntu ongu-Ndunankulu wesifundazwe futhi ukhethwa umengameli. E-Iran leli gama laziwa njenge-Vāli futhi libhekisa kumbusi-jikelele noma inkosi yendawo yesifundazwe esibalulekile. Ngesikhathi sokubusa kukaSafavid 1501-1722 ababusi bokuqala bezifundazwe ezazingaphansi ngaleso sikhathi zombuso waseGeorgia Kartli noKakheti, inkosi yaseKurdish yase- Ardalan, izinduna zesiFundazwe saseLorestān kanye nesifundazwe saseKhuzestan entshonalanga ye-Iran babethathwa njengabaphathi bezindlalifa ezibizwa ngeVāli ilingana neBeylerbeylik (iSafavid Persia). La "makhosi amamashi" kufanele avikele imingcele yasentshonalanga ye-Iran emandleni angaphandle. Ngesikhathi sokubusa kweQajar 1785-1925 umbuso waseGeorgia wehlulwa yiRussia kwathi amakhosi ezofuzo athathelwa indawo yizikhulu zombuso ophakathi. Ngokuyinhloko lezi zikhulu zazivela eqenjini lezikhulu zamakhosi kanye nezikhulu zasebukhosini futhi zenziwa iVāli yezifundazwe ezibalulekile.