Definition of Nizam

1. n. The title of the native sovereigns of Hyderabad, in India, since 1719.

2. n. A regular soldier of the Turkish army. See Army organization, above.

Definition of Nizam

1. Noun. (historical) A native sovereign of Hyderabad, India. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Nizam

1. a former sovereign of India [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Nizam

nival
nivation
niveous
nix
nixe
nixed
nixer
nixers
nixes
nixies
nixing
nixtamal
nixtamalization
nixy
nizam (current term)
nizamate
nizamates
nizams
nizatidine
nizzles
njovera
nka
nkat
nm
nmu
no'm
no(a)
no-

Literary usage of Nizam

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Cambridge Modern History by Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero (1907)
"Lord Mornington dealt first with the nizam. "A French State in the peninsula," to use Wellington's phrase, was growing up in the territories of ..."

2. Early Records of British India: A History of the English Settlements in by James Talboys Wheeler (1878)
"The new nizam, Nazir Jung, was joined by all the Rajas and so-called Nawabs in the Carnatic. He was also joined by the English and the English Nawab ..."

3. A Collection of Treaties, Engagements, and Sanads Relating to India and ...by India Foreign and Political Dept by India Foreign and Political Dept (1892)
"French settlement in the Deccan not to be permitted by the nizam of — French troops to lie removed from the Deccan by the nizam of —— Frenchmen to he ..."

4. The Fortnightly Review (1884)
"THE KINGDOM OF THE nizam. A FEW months ago, at a village in the Deccan, ... They were subjects of the nizam, who had not paid the full government rent for ..."

5. A Oriental Biographical Dictionary: Founded on Materials Collected by the by Thomas William Beale, Henry George Keene (1881)
"nizam Shah died suddenly on the night of his marriage, being tho 29th of ... It was compiled by Shaikh nizam and other learned men, and commenced in the ..."

6. Macmillan's Magazine by David Masson, George Grove, John Morley, Mowbray Morris (1884)
"The next day, Monday, was one of repose for all English visitors except the Viceroy, who exchanged State visits with the nizam, ..."

7. Dictionary of Indian Biography by Charles Edward Buckland (1906)
"12, 1766, through Brig- General Caillaud with nizam AH for mutual ... nizam Ali treacherously deserted the English, and with Hyder Ali invaded the Carnatic, ..."

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