Ni·zam 
(nĭ-zäm, -zăm, nī-)
(nĭ-zäm, -zăm, nī-)n.
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 nm in the Appendix of Semitic roots.]