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Nizam (iou)



Nizam noun. M18.
[Turkish, Persian, & Urdu nizam (in sense 1 abbreviation of nizam-al-mulk administrator of the realm, in sense 2 abbreviation of nizam askeri regular soldier) from Arab. ni&zdbelow;am good order, disposition, arrangement.]
Hist.
(The title of) the hereditary ruler of Hyderabad, a former State of southern India, divided in 1956 between Andhra Pradesh, Mysore (Karnataka), and Maharashtra. M18.
(The body of men composing) the Turkish regular army. M19.
Nizamut noun [Urdu nizamat] Hist. the authority or office of the Nizam of Hyderabad M18.