# Nawab > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Nawab > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Nawab.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nawab > Source revision: 1352913212 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{short description|Mughal title given to Muslim rulers of princely states in the Indian subcontinent}} {{About|the honorific title|the nawab butterfly|Polyura}} {{redirect|Naib}} {{Use British English|date=April 2026}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2026}} {{More citations needed|date=April 2026}} {{Indo-Persian royal and noble ranks}} '''Nawab'''{{efn|[Balochi](/source/Balochi_language), [Pashto](/source/Pashto_language), [Urdu](/source/Urdu), [Persian](/source/Persian_language), [Punjabi](/source/Punjabi_language) {{small|([Shahmukhi](/source/Shahmukhi))}}, [Sindhi](/source/Sindhi_language): {{nq|نواب}}
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[Punjabi](/source/Punjabi_language) {{small|([Gurmukhi](/source/Gurmukhi))}}: ਨਵਾਬ}}{{efn|Also spelled Nawaab, Navaab, Navab, Nowab, Nabob, Nawaabshah, Nawabshah or Nobab.}} is a [royal title](/source/royal_title) indicating a ruler, often of a South Asian state, in many ways comparable to the Western title of [Prince](/source/Prince). The relationship of a Nawab to the Emperor of India has been compared to that of the [Kings of Saxony](/source/Kingdom_of_Saxony) to the [German Emperor](/source/German_Emperor).{{cite book |last1=Sir Robert |first1= Lethbridge |title=The Golden Handbook of India |date=1893 |page= x}} In earlier times the title was ratified and bestowed by the reigning [Mughal emperor](/source/List_of_emperors_of_the_Mughal_Empire) to semi-autonomous [Muslim](/source/Muslim) rulers of subdivisions or [princely states](/source/princely_states) in the [Indian subcontinent](/source/Indian_subcontinent) loyal to the [Mughal Empire](/source/Mughal_Empire), for example the [Nawabs of Bengal](/source/Nawabs_of_Bengal). Various Nawabs were permitted to maintain this title under the [suzerainty](/source/suzerainty) of the [Maratha Empire](/source/Maratha_Empire).{{cite book |title=Students' Britannica India: A to C (Abd Allah ibn al-Abbas to Cypress) |date=2000 |publisher=Encyclopaedia Britannica |page=199 |language=en}} "Nawab" usually refers to males and literally means ''Viceroy''; the female equivalent is "[Begum](/source/Begum)" or "''Nawab Begum''". The primary duty of a Nawab was to uphold the sovereignty of the Mughal emperor along with the administration of a certain province. The title of "nawabi" was also awarded as a personal distinction by the paramount power, similar to a [British peerage](/source/British_peerage), to persons and families who ruled a princely state for various services to the Government of [India](/source/British_Raj). In some cases, the titles were also accompanied by [jagir](/source/jagir) grants, either in cash revenues and allowances or land-holdings. During the [British Raj](/source/British_Raj), some of the chiefs, or [sardar](/source/sardar)s, of large or important tribes were also given the title, in addition to traditional titles already held by virtue of chieftainship. The term ''"[Zamindar](/source/Zamindar)i"'' was originally used for the ''[subahdar](/source/subahdar)'' (provincial governor) or viceroy of a ''[subah](/source/Subah_(province))'' (province) or regions of the Mughal Empire. ==History== [[Image:Lord Clive meeting with Mir Jafar after the Battle of Plassey.jpg|right|thumb|upright=0.90|[Robert Clive](/source/Robert_Clive), meeting with [Mir Jafar](/source/Mir_Jafar) after the [Battle of Plassey](/source/Battle_of_Plassey), by [Francis Hayman](/source/Francis_Hayman)]] [[File:Sadeq Mohammad Khan.jpg|left|thumb|upright|[General](/source/General) [Nawab Sir Sadeq Mohammad Khan V](/source/Sadeq_Mohammad_Khan_V), the last ruling Nawab of [Bahawalpur](/source/Bahawalpur)]] Nawab was a [Hindustani](/source/Hindustani_language) term, used in [Urdu](/source/Urdu_language), [Hindi](/source/Hindi), [Bengali](/source/Bengali_language), [Pashto](/source/Pashto_language) and many other North-Indian languages, borrowed via [Persian](/source/Persian_language) from the [Arabic](/source/Arabic_language) honorific plural of ''naib'', or "deputy". In some areas, especially [Bengal](/source/Bengal), the term is pronounced ''nobab''. This later variation has also entered English and other foreign languages as [nabob](/source/%3Awikt%3Anabob). [[File:Asif musicians 1812.jpg|250px|thumb|The winter [diwan](/source/Divan) of a [Mughal](/source/Mughal_Empire) nawab]] The [Subahdar](/source/Subahdar) was the head of the Mughal provincial administration. He was assisted by the provincial ''Diwan'', ''[Bakhshi](/source/Bakhshi_(Mughal_Empire))'', ''[Faujdar](/source/Faujdar)'', ''[Kotwal](/source/Kotwal)'', ''[Qazi](/source/Qadi)'', ''Sadr'', ''Waqa-i-Navis'', ''Qanungo'' and ''[Patwari](/source/Patwari)''. As the [Mughal empire](/source/Mughal_empire) began to dissolve in the early 18th century, many ''subahs'' became effectively independent.{{cite book |last=Whitworth |first=George Clifford |title=An Anglo-Indian Dictionary: A Glossary of Indian Terms Used in English, and of Such English Or Other Non-Indian Terms as Have Obtained Special Meanings in India |publisher=K. Paul, Trench |year=1885 |pages=301– |chapter=Subah |access-date=13 July 2020 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7tAOAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA301 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240209112831/https://books.google.com/books?id=7tAOAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA301#v=onepage&q&f=false |archive-date=9 February 2024 |url-status=live}} The term ''nawaab'' is often used to refer to any Muslim ruler in north or [south India](/source/south_India) while the term ''[nizam](/source/nizam)'' is preferred for a senior official; it literally means "governor of region". The [Nizam of Hyderabad](/source/Nizam_of_Hyderabad) had several nawabs under him: Nawabs of Cuddapah, Sira, Rajahmundry, Kurnool, Chicacole, et al. ''Nizam'' was his personal title, awarded by the Mughal Government and based on the term ''nazim'' as meaning "senior officer". ''Nazim'' is still used for a district collector in many parts of India. The term ''nawab'' is still technically imprecise, as the title was also awarded to Hindus and [Sikh](/source/Sikh)s, as well, and large [zamindar](/source/zamindar)s and not necessarily to all Muslim rulers. With the decline of that empire, the title, and the powers that went with it, became hereditary in the ruling families in the various provinces. Under later British rule, nawabs continued to rule various [princely states](/source/princely_states) of [Amb](/source/Amb_(princely_state)), [Bahawalpur](/source/Bahawalpur), [Balasinor](/source/Balasinor), [Baoni](/source/Baoni), [Banganapalle](/source/Banganapalle), [Bhopal](/source/Bhopal), [Cambay](/source/Cambay), [Jaora](/source/Jaora), [Junagadh](/source/Junagadh), [Kurnool](/source/Kurnool) (the main city of Deccan), [Kurwai](/source/Kurwai), Mamdot, [Multan](/source/Multan), [Palanpur](/source/Palanpur), [Pataudi](/source/Pataudi), [Radhanpur](/source/Radhanpur), [Rampur](/source/Rampur%2C_Uttar_Pradesh), [Malerkotla](/source/Malerkotla), [Sachin](/source/Sachin%2C_Gujarat), and [Tonk](/source/Tonk_(princely_state)). Other former rulers bearing the title, such as the nawabs of Bengal and [Awadh](/source/Oudh_State), had been deprived by the British or others by the time the Mughal dynasty finally ended in 1857. [[File:Nawab Alivardi Khan with his grandson Siraj ud-Daulah.jpg|thumb|Nawab '[Alivardi Khan](/source/Alivardi_Khan) with his grandson [Siraj-Ud-Daulah](/source/Siraj-Ud-Daulah) sit opposite his nephew Sayyid Ahmad Khan (Saulat Jang) and his Wazir another one is high rank amartya of durbar, Murshidabad.]] Some princes became nawab by promotion. For example, the ruler of [Palanpur](/source/Palanpur) was "diwan" until 1910, then "nawab sahib". Other nawabs were promoted are restyled to another princely style, or to and back, such as in [Rajgarh](/source/Rajgarh_State) a single rawat (rajah) went by nawab. The style for a nawab's wife is ''[begum](/source/begum)''. Most of the nawab dynasties were male [primogeniture](/source/primogeniture)s, although several ruling [Begums of Bhopal](/source/Begum_of_Bhopal) were a notable exception. Before the incorporation of the [Subcontinent](/source/Indian_subcontinent) into the [British Empire](/source/British_Empire), nawabs ruled the kingdoms of Awadh (or Oudh, encouraged by the British to shed the Mughal suzerainty and assume the imperial style of Badshah), Bengal, [Arcot](/source/Arcot) and Bhopal. ==Ruling nawab families== [[File:The procession of Yusef Ali Khan.jpg|right|thumb|''The Procession of [Yusef Ali Khan](/source/Yusef_Ali_Khan)'', a painting depicting Yusef Khan on his way to an encampment for the [durbar](/source/durbar_(court)) held at [Fatehgarh](/source/Fatehgarh) in 1859]] ===Nawabi dynasties acceding to India=== {{div col}} * Nawab of Akbarpur - Asmatara Farida Begum * Nawab [Mir Osman Ali Khan Bahadur](/source/Mir_Osman_Ali_Khan), the 7th [Nizam of Hyderabad](/source/Nizam_of_Hyderabad) * Nawab of Ashwath * Nawab Babi of [Balasinor](/source/Balasinor_State) * [Nawab of Banganapalle](/source/Nawab_of_Banganapalle), previously [Masulipatam](/source/Nawab_of_Masulipatam) * Nawab of [Baoni](/source/Baoni_State) * Nawab of Basai, Nawab Khwaja Muhammad Khan * Nawab of [Berar](/source/Berar_Province) styled Mirza of Berar (title held by the heir to the [Nizam of Hyderabad](/source/Nizam_of_Hyderabad)) * Nawab of [Bhikampur and Datawali](/source/Bhikampur_and_Datawali_(Aligarh)_State) * [Nawab of Bhopal](/source/Nawab_of_Bhopal) (female rulers were known as Nawab Begum) * [Nawabs of Cambay](/source/Cambay_State) * the former [Nawabs of the Carnatic](/source/Nawab_of_the_Carnatic), restyled Princes of Arcot * Nawab of Dujana * [Nawab of Farrukhabad](/source/Nawab_of_Farrukhabad) * Nawab of [Jaora](/source/Jaora_State) * Nawab Sahib of [Junagadh](/source/Junagadh_State) * Nawab of [Malerkotla](/source/Malerkotla_State) * Nawab of [Muhammadgarh](/source/Mohammadgarh_State) * Nawab Sahib of [Palanpur](/source/Palanpur_State) (''Diwan'' until 1910) *Nawab of Awadh * Nawab of [Pathari](/source/Pathari_State) * [Nawab of Radhanpur](/source/Nawab_of_Radhanpur) * [Nawab of Rampur](/source/Nawab_of_Rampur) * [Nawab of Sachin](/source/Nawab_of_Sachin) * [Nawab of Sardhana](/source/Nawab_of_Sardhana) * [Nawab of Tonk](/source/Nawab_of_Tonk), India * Nawab of [Ghazipur](/source/Ghazipur) {{div col end}} ===Nawabi dynasties in India abolished before independence=== * [Nawab of Kurwai](/source/Nawab_of_Kurwai) * [Nawab of Pataudi](/source/Nawab_of_Pataudi) * [Nawab of Savanur](/source/Nawab_of_Savanur) * [Nawab of Mamdot](/source/Nawab_of_Mamdot) * Nawab of [Tarakote State](/source/Tarakote_State) * Nawab of Banda (Bundelkhand) * Nawab of Farukhnagar * Nawab of Jhajjar * [Nawab of Surat](/source/Nawab_of_Surat) * Nawab of Mohna ===Nawabi dynasties acceding to Pakistan=== {{div col}} * [Nawab of Kalabagh](/source/Nawab_of_Kalabagh) * [Nawab of Amb](/source/Nawab_of_Amb) * [Nawab of Bahawalpur](/source/Nawab_of_Bahawalpur) * Nawab of [Dir](/source/Dir_(princely_state)) * Nawab of [Swat](/source/Swat_(princely_state)) * Nawab Sahib of [Junagadh](/source/Junagadh) * Nawab of [Kharan](/source/Kharan_(princely_state)) * Nawab of [Maler Kotla](/source/Maler_Kotla) * Nawab of [Jogezai](/source/Jogezai) * Nawab of [Bugti](/source/Bugti) * Nawab of [Marri (tribe)](/source/Marri_(tribe)) * [Nawab of Sanghar](/source/Nawab_of_Sanghar){{div col end}} ===Nawabi dynasties acceding to Bangladesh === {{div col}} * [Nawab of Bengal](/source/Nawab_of_Bengal) * [Nawab of Dhaka](/source/Nawab_of_Dhaka) * [Nawab of Longla](/source/Nawab_of_Longla) (Sylhet) {{div col end}} ===Former dynasties which became political pensioners=== * [Padshah-i-Oudh](/source/Padshah-i-Oudh), formerly [Nawab Wazir](/source/Nawab_of_Awadh) of Awadh, :: also imperial [Wazir](/source/Vizier) of all Mughal India, both hereditary * [Nawabs of Bengal](/source/Nawabs_of_Bengal), as [Nawabs of Murshidabad](/source/Nawabs_of_Murshidabad) * Nawab of Marauli * Nawab of Patna * Nawab of Surat * [Nawab of Longla](/source/Nawab_of_Longla) (Sylhet) === Rohilla Confederation=== All of these states were at some point under the authority of the Nawab of Rohilkhand, later made the Nawab of Rampur. Most of these states were annexed at the close of the [First Rohilla War](/source/First_Rohilla_War).{{cite book |last1=Hamilton |first1=Charles |title=An Historical Relation of the origin, progress and final dissolution of the Rohilla Afghans in the northern provinces of Hindostan |pages=90–92|language=en}} * [Nawab of Badaun](/source/Kingdom_of_Rohilkhand) * [Nawab of Moradabad](/source/Kingdom_of_Rohilkhand) * [Nawab of Bareilly](/source/Kingdom_of_Rohilkhand) * [Nawab of Najibabad](/source/Kingdom_of_Rohilkhand) * [Nawab of Philibit](/source/Kingdom_of_Rohilkhand) * [Nawab of Farrukhabad](/source/Kingdom_of_Rohilkhand) * [Nawab of Bisollee](/source/Kingdom_of_Rohilkhand) == Miscellaneous nawabs == === Personal nawabs === The title ''nawab'' was also awarded as a personal distinction by the paramount power, similarly to a [British peerage](/source/British_peerage), to persons and families who never ruled a princely state. For the Muslim elite various Mughal-type titles were introduced, including nawab. Among the noted British creations of this type were Nawab [Hashim Ali Khan](/source/Hashim_Ali_Khan) (1858–1940), Nawab [Khwaja Abdul Ghani](/source/Khwaja_Abdul_Ghani) (1813–1896), [Nawab Abdul Latif](/source/Nawab_Abdul_Latif) (1828–1893), Nawab [Faizunnesa Choudhurani](/source/Faizunnesa_Choudhurani) (1834–1904), Nawab [Ali Chowdhury](/source/Syed_Nawab_Ali_Chowdhury) (1863–1929), [Nawaab Syed Shamsul Huda](/source/Nawaab_Syed_Shamsul_Huda) (1862–1922), [Nawab Sirajul Islam](/source/Nawab_Sirajul_Islam) (1848–1923), [Nawab Alam yar jung Bahadur](/source/Nawab_Alam_yar_jung_Bahadur), M.A, Madras, B.A., B.C.L., Barr-At-Law (1890–1974). There also were the Nawabs of Dhanbari, Nawabs of Ratanpur, Nawabs of [Baroda](/source/Baroda) and such others. ===Nawab as a court rank=== [[Image:Saadat Ali Khan I.jpg|right|thumb|upright=0.70|A picture of whom is believed to be the first ever "Nawab" of [Mughal Empire](/source/Mughal_Empire), "Saadat Ali Khan I" of [Awadh](/source/Nawab_of_Awadh).]] ''Nawab'' was also the rank title—again not an office—of a much lower class of [Muslim](/source/Muslim) nobles—in fact retainers—at the court of the [Nizam of Hyderabad](/source/Nizam_of_Hyderabad) and [Berar](/source/Berar_Province) State, ranking only above [Khan Bahadur](/source/Khan_(title)) and Khan, but under (in ascending order) [Jang](/source/Khan_(title)), [Daula](/source/Al-Dawla), [Mulk](/source/Malik), [Umara](/source/Umara) and [Jah](/source/Jah); the equivalent for Hindu courtiers was [Raja Bahadur](/source/Raja_Bahadur). ==Related titles== ===Nawabzada=== [[File:The Navab's arrival before Clive's position.jpg|left|thumb|The [Nawab of Bengal](/source/Nawab_of_Bengal), [Mir Qasim](/source/Mir_Qasim) 1757]] This style, adding the Persian suffix ''-zada'' which means son (or other male descendants; see in other cases prince), etymologically fits a nawab's sons, but in actual practice various dynasties established other customs. For example, in [Bahawalpur](/source/Bahawalpur_(princely_state)) only the nawab's [heir apparent](/source/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 used the style [sahibzada](/source/sahibzada) before the personal name and only Khan Abassi behind. "Nawabzadi" implies daughters of the reigning nawbab. Elsewhere, there were rulers who were not styled nawbab yet awarded a title nawabzada to others. ===Naib (Ottoman, Iranian, Arabic title)=== {{See also|Dar Niaba}} The word ''naib'' ({{langx|ar|نائب}}) has been historically used to refer to any [suzerain](/source/suzerain) leader, [feudatory](/source/feudatory), or [regent](/source/regent) in some parts of the [Ottoman Empire](/source/Ottoman_Empire), successive early modern [Persianate](/source/Persianate) kingdoms ([Safavids](/source/Safavids), etc.), and in the eastern [Caucasus](/source/Caucasus) (e.g. during [Caucasian Imamate](/source/Caucasian_Imamate)). In the [Sultanate of Morocco](/source/Sultanate_of_Morocco), the Naib was the Sultan's [emissary](/source/Ambassador) to the foreign legations in [Tangier](/source/Tangier) between 1848 and 1923, when the creation of the [Tangier International Zone](/source/Tangier_International_Zone) led to its replacement by the office of the [Mendoub](/source/Mendoub). Today, the word is used to refer to directly elected legislators in lower houses of parliament in many Arabic-speaking areas to contrast them against officers of upper houses (or [Shura](/source/Shura)). The term [Majlis al-Nuwwab](/source/Majlis_al-Nuwwab_(disambiguation)) ({{langx|ar|مجلس النواب}}, literally ''council of deputies'') has been adopted as the name of several legislative lower houses and unicameral legislatures. "Naib" has also been used in the [Malay language](/source/Malay_language) (especially of the [Malaysian variant](/source/Malaysian_language)) to translate the component of "deputy" or "vice" in certain titles (e.g "Vice President" - ''Naib Presiden''){{Cite web|title=vice - Kamus Bahasa Inggeris|url=http://prpm.dbp.gov.my/Cari1?keyword=vice&d=139128&#LIHATSINI|website=Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu|publisher=[Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka](/source/Dewan_Bahasa_dan_Pustaka)|access-date=25 May 2020|archive-date=25 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211025163245/https://prpm.dbp.gov.my/Cari1?keyword=vice&d=139128&#LIHATSINI|url-status=live}} aside from ''timbalan'' and ''wakil'' (latter predominant in the [Indonesian variant](/source/Indonesian_language)). =="Nabob", derived colloquial term== {{Other uses|Nabob (disambiguation)}} In colloquial usage in English (since 1612),[http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nabob?show=0&t=1284641928 Origin of NABOB] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161203060951/https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nabob?show=0&t=1284641928 |date=3 December 2016 }}, Merriam-Webster.com. Retrieved 16 September 2010. adopted in other Western languages, the [transliteration](/source/transliteration) "nabob" refers to commoners: a merchant-leader of high social status and wealth. "Nabob" derives from the [Bengali](/source/Bengali_language) pronunciation of "nawab": {{langx|bn|নবাব}} ''nôbab''. During the 18th century in particular, it was widely used as a disparaging term for British merchants or administrators who, having made a fortune in India, returned to Britain and aspired to be recognised as having the higher social status that their new wealth would enable them to maintain. [Jos Sedley](/source/Vanity_Fair_(novel)) in [Thackeray's ''Vanity Fair''](/source/Vanity_Fair_(novel)) is probably the best known example in fiction. From this specific usage it came to be sometimes used for ostentatiously rich businesspeople in general. "Nabob" can also be used metaphorically for people who have a grandiose sense of their own importance, as in the famous alliterative dismissal of the news media as "''nattering nabobs of negativism''" in a speech that was delivered by [Nixon](/source/Richard_Nixon)'s vice president [Spiro Agnew](/source/Spiro_Agnew) and written by [William Safire](/source/William_Safire).[http://politicaldictionary.com/words/nattering-nabobs-of-negativism/ "nattering nabobs of negativism"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170210050026/http://politicaldictionary.com/words/nattering-nabobs-of-negativism/ |date=10 February 2017 }}, PoliticalDictionary.com. Retrieved 7 April 2015. ==Gallery== File:Major-General the Hon. Arthur Wellesley being received in durbar at the Chepauk Palace Madras by Azim al-Daula Nawab of the Carnatic 18th February 1805.jpg|[Azim-ud-Daula](/source/Azim-ud-Daula) File:Oziashumphrey.jpg|Hyder Beg Khan of [Awadh](/source/Awadh) File:CheetahHunt.jpg|Nawabs hunting a [blackbuck](/source/blackbuck) with their [Asiatic cheetah](/source/Asiatic_cheetah) File:Javanbakht.jpg|[Nawab of Awadh](/source/Nawab_of_Awadh) (left) and [Mughal prince](/source/Mughal_Empire) and [Heir apparent](/source/Heir_apparent) [Mirza Jawan Bakht](/source/Mirza_Jawan_Bakht_(born_1749)) (right) File:Cheetahs nawab oudh1844.jpg|Nawabs and [cheetah](/source/cheetah)s File:Nawab of Kalabagh Malik Amir Mohammad khan.jpeg|[Nawab Malik Amir Mohammad Khan](/source/Nawab_Malik_Amir_Mohammad_Khan) The [Nawab of Kalabagh](/source/Nawab_of_Kalabagh) and chief of the Awan tribe File:A Nawab of Awadh, Lucknow, India. 19th century.jpg|[Afsharid](/source/Afsharid)s and a [Mughal](/source/Mughal_Empire) nawab File:Stinger Lawrence and Nawab Wallajah.JPG|[Muhammed Ali Khan Wallajah](/source/Muhammed_Ali_Khan_Wallajah) the [Nawab of Carnatic](/source/Nawab_of_Carnatic) File:Nawab shuja ud daulah.jpg|[Shuja-ud-Daula](/source/Shuja-ud-Daula) the [Nawab of Awadh](/source/Nawab_of_Awadh) File:Shujah ud-Daulah and his sons shoberl.jpg|[Shuja-ud-Daula](/source/Shuja-ud-Daula) and his sons and relative File:Adina Beg tells his beads (6124587257) (cropped).jpg|[Adina Beg Khan](/source/Adina_Beg_Khan), the only [Nawab of Punjab](/source/List_of_monarchs_of_Punjab) File:The Third battle of Panipat 13 January 1761.jpg|Nawabs in battle during the [Battle of Panipat (1761)](/source/Battle_of_Panipat_(1761)) File:Death of the Nabob of the Carnatic by Paul Philippoteaux.jpg|[Nawab of the Carnatic](/source/Nawab_of_the_Carnatic) in battle File:A Nawab of Mughal dynasty, India, 17th-18th century.jpg|A nawab, during the reign of the [Mughal Emperor](/source/Mughal_Emperor) [Shah Jahan](/source/Shah_Jahan) File:Shuja-ud-Din Muhammad Khan.jpg|[Shuja-ud-Din Muhammad Khan](/source/Shuja-ud-Din_Muhammad_Khan) the [Nawab of Bengal](/source/Nawab_of_Bengal) File:Muhammad Anwaruddin.jpg|[Anwaruddin Muhammed Khan](/source/Anwaruddin_Muhammed_Khan) the [Nawab of the Carnatic](/source/Nawab_of_the_Carnatic) File:Nawab of Bengal.jpg|[Nawab of Bengal](/source/Nawab_of_Bengal) File:Ali Bahadur.jpg|[Ali Bahadur I](/source/Ali_Bahadur_I) the Nawab of Bundelkhand ==Princely states ruled by Nawabs== {{div col|colwidth=20em}} *[Amb (Tanoli)](/source/Amb_(princely_state)) *[Arcot](/source/Arcot) *[Awadh](/source/Awadh) *[Bahawalpur](/source/Bahawalpur) *[Balasinor](/source/Balasinor) *[Banganapalle](/source/Banganapalle) *[Baoni](/source/Baoni) *[Bengal](/source/Bengal) *[Berar](/source/Berar_Province) (nominally under Nizam of Hyderabad) *[Banda](/source/Banda_State) *[Bhopal](/source/Bhopal_State) *[Cambay](/source/Cambay) *[Dir](/source/Dir_(princely_state)) *[Farrukhabad](/source/Farrukhabad) ([Uttar Pradesh](/source/Uttar_Pradesh), India) *[Farrukhnagar](/source/Farrukhnagar) *[Hyderabad](/source/Hyderabad) *[Jaora](/source/Jaora) *[Junagadh](/source/Junagadh) *[Janjira](/source/Janjira_State) *[Ghazipur](/source/Ghazipur) *[Tarakote State](/source/Tarakote_State) *[Kurwai](/source/Kurwai) *[Kalabagh](/source/Kalabagh) *[Malerkotla](/source/Malerkotla) *[Mamdot](/source/Mamdot) *[Manavadar](/source/Manavadar) *[Warcha](/source/Warcha) *[Palanpur](/source/Palanpur) ([Gujarat](/source/Gujarat), India) *[Pataudi](/source/Pataudi) *[Radhanpur](/source/Radhanpur) *[Rampur](/source/Rampur%2C_Uttar_Pradesh) *[Sachin](/source/Sachin%2C_Gujarat) *[Tonk](/source/Tonk_(princely_state)) {{div col end}} ==See also== * [Subahdar](/source/Subahdar) * [Mughal Empire](/source/Mughal_Empire) == Notes == {{notelist}} ==References== {{Reflist}} ==Further reading== * {{cite book |last=Akbar |first=M Ali |year=2012 |chapter=Dhaka Nawab Estate |chapter-url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Dhaka_Nawab_Estate |editor1-last=Islam |editor1-first=Sirajul |editor1-link=Sirajul Islam |editor2-last=Jamal |editor2-first=Ahmed A. |title=Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh |edition=Second |publisher=[Asiatic Society of Bangladesh](/source/Asiatic_Society_of_Bangladesh)}} * {{cite book |last=Islam |first=Sirajul |year=2012 |chapter=Nawab |chapter-url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Nawab |editor1-last=Islam |editor1-first=Sirajul |editor1-link=Sirajul Islam |editor2-last=Jamal |editor2-first=Ahmed A. |title=Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh |edition=Second |publisher=[Asiatic Society of Bangladesh](/source/Asiatic_Society_of_Bangladesh)}} *[http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=nabob&searchmode=none Etymology OnLine] *{{EB1911|wstitle=Nawab|volume=19|page=317}} Category:Nawabs of India Category:Gubernatorial titles Category:Heads of state Category:Noble titles Category:Royal titles 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