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Nizam

Ni·zam [ ni zm ] (plural Ni·zams)


noun 
Definition:
 
title for Indian ruler: the title given to the hereditary ruler of the former Indian state of Hyderabad

[Mid-18th century. < Urdu nizām-al-mulk "administrator of the realm"]
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