Nī-zām', n.

n. [Hind. & Ar. nizām, order, disposition, a ruler or sovereign prince; from Ar. nazama, to arrange, govern.] The title of the native sovereigns of Hyderabad, in India, derived from Nizam-ul-Mulk, who, after the death of Aurungzebe, obtained possession of the Mohammedan conquests in the Deccan, and whose name was assumed as a title by his successors in the sovereignty. Eng. Cyc.