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Encyclopedia > Nawabzada

A Nawab was originally the provincial governor or viceroy of a province or region of the Mughal empire. The term is Urdu derived from the Arabic 'naib', meaning deputy. In some areas, especially Bengal, the term was pronounced Nabob which appears to be derived from Spanish or Portuguese pronunciation. (The last variation has entered the English language. See below.) Most of the Muslim rulers of the subcontinent had accepted the authority of the Mughals. Hence the term Nawab is generally understood to mean any Muslim ruler in the subcontinent. Under British rule, Nawabs ruled the princely states of Awadh, Bahawalpur, Baoni, Banganapalle, Bhopal, Cambay, Jaora, Junagadh, Kurnool, Kurwai, Palanpur (Pakistan), Pataudi, Rampur, Sachin, and Tonk. Other former rulers bearing the title, such as the Nabobs of Bengal, had been dispossessed by the British or others by the time the Mughal dynasty finally ended in 1857. The Mughal Empire, (Mughal Baadshah, alternative spelling Mogul) was an empire that at its greatest territorial extent ruled parts of Afghanistan, Balochistan and most of the Indian Subcontinent between 1526 and 1857. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... The Arabic language (; , less formally, ) is the largest member of the Semitic branch of the Afro-Asiatic language family (classification: South Central Semitic) and is closely related to Hebrew and Aramaic. ... Bengal, known as Bôngo (Bengali: বঙ্গ), Bangla (বাংলা), Bôngodesh (বঙ্গদেশ), or Bangladesh (বাংলাদেশ) in Bangla (Bengali), is a region in the northeast of South Asia. ... A Muslim (Arabic: مسلم) is an adherent of Islam. ... A princely state or native state was a feudal monarchy in British India ruled by a hereditary ruler, who was nominally sovereign. ... Awadh (also known to the British as Oudh) is a region in the center of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. ... Bahawalpur is a city of Pakistan (1998 pop. ... Banganapalle is a town in Andhra Pradesh state, southern India. ... Bhopal is a city in central India, which is the capital of the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. ... Cambay, also known as Khambhat, is a town in Gujarat state, India. ... Jaora is a town in Ratlam district of Malwa, which had been a princely state before independence. ... Junagadh is a city, and also a district, in the Indian state of Gujarat. ... Map showing kurnool district Kurnool is a city in Andhra Pradesh state of southern India. ... Kurwai is a former princely state of British India, in what is now Vidisha district of Madhya Pradesh state of central India. ... Before Indias independence, Palanpur was ruled by Navab, a Muslim ruler. ... A non-descript town lying in the present-day Indian state of Haryana, Pataudi was the seat of the non-salute Princely state of the same name. ... Rampur is a former princely state of India ruled by a Muslim Nawab. ... Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar (born April 24, 1973) is a living cricket legend and member of the Indian cricket team since 1989. ... Tonk is a town in Rajasthan state, India. ... Bengal, known as Bôngo (Bengali: বঙ্গ), Bangla (বাংলা), Bôngodesh (বঙ্গদেশ), or Bangladesh (বাংলাদেশ) in Bangla (Bengali), is a region in the northeast of South Asia. ... 1857 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ...


Under Mughal rule, "Nawab" had been the name of an office, the equivalent of "Governor"; however, with the decline of that empire, the title and the powers that went with it became hereditary in families that seized power in the various provinces. The Mughal Empire (alternative spelling Mogul, which is the origin of the word Mogul) of India was founded by Babur in 1526, when he defeated Ibrahim Lodi, the last of the Delhi Sultans at the First Battle of Panipat. ...


The style for a nawab dynasty's queen(s) (usually his consort, and Islam is polygamous) is Begum (not specific). Most of the Nawab dynasties were male primogenitures, although several ruling Begums of Bhopal were a notable exception. Bhopal is a city in central India, which is the capital of the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. ...


Before the incorporation of India into the British Empire, Nawabs ruled the kingdoms of Awadh (or Oudh, encouraged by the British to shed the Mughal suzereignty and assume the imperial style of Badshah), Bengal, Arcot and Bhopal. The British Empire in 1897, marked in pink, the traditional colour for Imperial British dominions on maps The British Empire was the worlds first global power and the largest empire in human history, a product of the European Age of Discovery that began with the global maritime empires of... Awadh (also known to the British as Oudh) is a region in the center of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. ... Bengal, known as Bôngo (Bengali: বঙ্গ), Bangla (বাংলা), Bôngodesh (বঙ্গদেশ), or Bangladesh (বাংলাদেশ) in Bangla (Bengali), is a region in the northeast of South Asia. ... Arcot is a town in Vellore District of Tamil Nadu state in southern India. ... Bhopal is a city in central India, which is the capital of the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. ...


A few of the Muslim rulers (the vast majority were Hindu) who were tributary to the Mughal emperors took other titles; the first Nizam of Hyderabad was given the alternative title, Nizam ul Mulk, usually translated as Governor of the Kingdom. Nizam-ul-Mulk was the title of the ruler of Hyderabad state from 1724 to 1949. ... Hyderabad and Berar, 1903 Hyderābād was an autonomous princely state of south-central India from 1724 until 1948, ruled by a hereditary Nizam, and an Indian state from 1948 to 1956. ...

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Ruling Nawabs (families and dynasties) in India

  • Nawabs of Arcot
  • Nawabs of Awadh
  • Nawabs of Banganapalle
  • Nawabs of Baoni
  • Nawabs of Bengal
  • Nawabs and Begums of Bhopal
  • Nawabs of Cambay
  • Nawabs of Jaora
  • Nawabs of Junagadh
  • Nawabs of Kurwai
  • Nawabs of Palanpur
  • Nawabs of Pataudi
  • Nawabs of Rampur
  • Nawabs of Sachin
  • Tonk

The Nawabs of Arcot trace their line back to 2nd Caliph Umar ibn al-Khattāb Nawab ZULFIQAR ALI KHAN 1692/1703 Nawab DAUD KHAN 1703/1710 Nawab MUHAMMED SAADATULLAH KHAN I 1710/1732 Nawab DOST ALI KHAN 1732/1740 (grandnephew), died 1740. ... This page is a candidate for speedy deletion. ... The term Begum of Bhopal may refer to any of several ladies who ruled the princely state of Bhopal in Central India in the 19th and 20th centuries. ...

Ruling Nawabs (families and dynasties) in India

  • Bahawalpur (Pakistan)
  • Nawabs of Teri State (Kohat,Pakistan)
  • Naibs of Seni Gumbat (Kohat,Pakistan)

Other Nawabs

  • The title nawab was also awarderded as a pesronal distiction by the paramount power, a bit like a life peerage see Gakhars
  • Nawab is also the title of senior Muslim nobles in Hyderabad and Berar State; the crown prince title is usually (Persian) Wali Ehed.

// The British Raj and the Gakhars The Gakhars are by far the most interesting clan and are essentially the gentlemen and aristocracy of the (Rawalpindi) district. ... A Muslim (Arabic: مسلم) is an adherent of Islam. ... Hyderabad and Berar, 1903 Hyderābād was an autonomous princely state of south-central India from 1724 until 1948, ruled by a hereditary Nizam, and an Indian state from 1948 to 1956. ... Berar is a former province of British India, located in central India. ...

Derived titles

  • Nawabzada is a style, adding the Persian suffix '-zada' which means son (or other male descendants; see other cases in Prince), which (etymo)logically fits a Nawab's sons, but in actual practice various dynasties established other customs.

For example in Bahawalpur only the Nawab's Heir Apparent used Nawabzada before his personal name, then Khan Abassi, finally Wali Ahad Bahadur (an enhancement of Wali Ehed), while the other sons of the ruling Nawab surprising used the (hindi!) style Sahibzada before the personal name and only Khan Abassi behind. Elsewhere rulers not styled nawab awarded a style nawabzada. This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ...

  • In colloquial usage in English, the corrupted form nabob is sometimes used to refer to a merchant leader of high social status and wealth, or a capitalist. It can also be used metaphorically for people who have a grandiose style or manner of speech, as in Spiro Agnew's famous dismissal of the press as "nattering nabobs of negativism".

The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... Merchants function as professionals who deal with trade, dealing in commodities that they do not produce themselves, in order to produce profit. ... Social status is the standing, the honour or prestige attached to ones position in society. ... Wealth usually refers to money and property. ... In economics, a capitalist is someone who owns capital, presumably within the economic system of capitalism. ... Spiro Theodore Agnew, born Spiros Anagnostopoulos (November 9, 1918 – September 17, 1996) in Towson, Maryland, was the thirty-ninth Vice President of the United States, serving from 1969 to 1973 under President Richard M. Nixon. ...

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