Free Last Nizam (9781742626109) by John Zubrzycki

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    Zubrzycki, John.
The last nizam.
    ISBN-13 978 1 4050 3722 8.
ISBN-10 1 4050 3722 9.
    1. Nizam, Jah, Nizam of Hyderabad 1933– .
2. India – Hyderabad – Kings and rulers. I. Title.
    954.092
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For Niki

Glossary
adab
salutation
ashrafi
gold coin
begum
title given to women of rank
burqa
head to toe clothing worn by women
charpoy
wooden bed
chaush
slang for Arabs
chauth
donation of one-fourth of all revenue
crores
ten million
dams
copper coins
darbar
court
dastar
turban worn by Nizam’s officials
devadasis
temple dancers or prostitutes
Diwan
Prime Minister
faqir
Muslim religious mendicant
farman
royal decree or order
gaddi
raised platform
ghazals
love poem
hakeem/hakim
physician, doctor
haveli
palace
hookah
pipe
howdah
a seat on an elephant for riding
jagir
small territory
jihad
holy war
kafir
non-believer
khana
house
khanazad
adopted son or daughter of Nizam
khilat
dress of honour
khureeta
dispatch
khutba
Friday Sermon at the mosque
kismet
fate
kulcha
bread
lakhs
one hundred thousand
lungyi
traditional Burmese dress
maidan
open field
mannat
vows
mans
unit of measurement
mansab
hereditary title
maulvi
religious tutor
muezzin
one who calls Muslims to prayer
musnud
throne
nawab
provincial governor or nobleman
nazar
gift
paan
betel nut
pagodas
a unit of currency
Paigah
household troops of the Nizam
pasha
officer
peshi
pertaining to the Nizam’s office
peshkar
deputy
peshkash
monetary tribute
peshwa
a Maratha minister
pilau
traditional rice dish
purdah
lit. curtain, signifying concealment of woman
Rajpramukh
governor
ryot
subject
Sadr-i-Azam
president
sahibzada
son of the Nizam
salaam
ceremonial greeting
sanad
scroll
Sarf-i-Aman
state treasury
Sarf-i-Khas
private estate
satyagraha
non-violent protest
shamsheer
Persian sword
sherwani
suit
shikar
hunting
sowcar
local banker
taluqdar
collector
ulemma
learned man
vakil
deputy
zamindar
holder/occupier of