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NIZAM , the hereditary See also:

title of the reigning See also:prince of See also:Hyderabad (q.v.) in See also:India, derived. from an Arabic word meaning See also:order, or See also:administration. The same word is found in Nazim, applied to the See also:Nawab of See also:Bengal, and in Nizamat, the old See also:term for criminal See also:jurisdiction. Nizam-ul-Hulk (=" See also:administrator of the See also:kingdom") was the title of Asaf Jah, the founder of the See also:dynasty, a very able soldier and See also:minister of the See also:court of See also:Aurangzeb, who was appointed See also:governor of the See also:Deccan in 1713, and established his See also:independence before his See also:death in 1748.

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