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‖ Nizam|nɪˈzɑːm|
[Urdū and Turkish nizām, ad. Arab. nidām, order, disposition, arrangement, etc.; in sense 1 used as an abbreviation of the title nizām-al-mulk ‘governor of the empire’.]
1. The hereditary title of the rulers of Hyderabad belonging to the dynasty founded by Asaf Jāh, Subahdar of the Deccan from 1713–48.
[1601R. Johnson Kingd. & Commw. (1603) 45 Nizzamuluc and Idalcam (for so the Portugals call the two princes of Decon). 1753Hanway Trav. (1762) II. xiv. iii. 349 Nizam al muluch, governor of deccan,..appropriated the revenues.] 1768Hist. in Ann. Reg. 66/1 This bold adventurer worked upon the weakness of the Nizam of the Decan. 1796Morse Amer. Geog. II. 539 The possessions of the Nizam or Soubah of the Deccan. 1817Jas. Mill Brit. India II. iv. viii. 268 It is under the title of the Nizam, that the Subahdar of Deccan is commonly known. 1840Macaulay Ess., Clive (1897) 509 Some glittering puppet dignified by the title of Nabob or Nizam. 1893Whitaker's Almanack 454 Hyderabad is as large as..Italy, and the Nizam enjoys a gross revenue of Rx. 3,340,000.
2. The Turkish regular army; the men, or one of the men, composing this. Also attrib.
1840J. B. Fraser Koordistan II. xvii. 404 You see the slim figures of the Nizam flitting past you in their semi-European garb. 1845Lady Stanhope Mem. I. vii. 258 She saw a man, in a nizàm dress. 1856R. F. Burton El-Medinah xxxiii. (1879) 481 The Nizam, or Regulars, had not been paid for seven months. 1867Chamb. Encycl. IX. 588/1 The total of the nizam is thus 156,480 men.
Hence Niˈzamate, the Nizam's territory.
1887Pall Mall G. 24 Nov. 13/2 The Nizam, or at least the taxpayers of the Nizamate, were to pay the piper. |