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Ni·zam

(nĭ-zäm′, -zăm′, nī-)

1. Used formerly as a title for rulers of Hyderabad, India.

2. The Turkish army, especially in the 1800s.

[Urdu nizām(-almulk), governor (of the empire), from Arabic niẓām, order, arrangement, from naẓama, to arrange; see nṯ̣m in Semitic roots.]

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nizam

(naɪˈzæm)

(Military) (formerly) a Turkish regular soldier

[C18: ultimately from Arabic nizām order, arrangement]

Nizam

(nɪˈzɑːm)

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

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Ni•zam

(nɪˈzɑm, -ˈzæm, naɪ-)

n.

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

2. (l.c.) the Turkish army or any member of it.

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

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Not far off rose Ellora, with its graceful pagodas, and the famous Aurungabad, capital of the ferocious Aureng-Zeb, now the chief town of one of the detached provinces of the kingdom of the Nizam. It was thereabouts that Feringhea, the Thuggee chief, king of the stranglers, held his sway.

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