Nizam

American  

[ni-zahm, -zam, nahy-] / nɪˈzɑm, -ˈzæm, naɪ- /

noun

1. the title of the ruler of Hyderabad from the beginning of the 18th century to 1950.

2. (lowercase) the Turkish regular army or any member of it.

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Nizam ¹ British  

/ nɪˈzɑːm /

noun

1. the title of the ruler of Hyderabad, India, from 1724 to 1948

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nizam ² British  

/ naɪˈzæm /

noun

1. (formerly) a Turkish regular soldier

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Etymology

Origin of Nizam

1595–1605; Nizam ( def. 1 ) < Urdu Nizām-al-mulk governor of the realm; Nizam ( def. 2 ) < Turkish nizamiye regular army; both < Arabic niẓām order, arrangement

Example Sentences

The nizam’s court, with its sumptuous palaces, its concubines, its rituals and recitations of poetry and music, was the chief inheritor of the archaic grandeur of the moguls.

From The Wall Street Journal

The nizam juggled between his obligations to the colonial raj and to India’s rising pro-independence leaders Jawaharlal Nehru and Muhammad Ali Jinnah.

From The Wall Street Journal

At one point, he identifies a lost deed, by which Abdulmejid transferred the caliphate to the nizam’s family.

From The Wall Street Journal

The Niloufer café, located in the old quarters of the city, was actually named after the Nizam's Iranian daughter-in-law.

From BBC

Persian was widely spoken under the rule of a Muslim Nizam, or prince.

From BBC