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Nizam (name)

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Nizam or Nezam is both a given name and a surname. It is derived from the Arabic word نِظَام niẓām, meaning "order, system", often by way of Persian. Notable people with the name include:

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Given name

  • Nizam Bai (before 1631–1692), Mughal queen
  • Khwaja Nizam ad Din, Pakistani Sufi
  • Nezam Hafiz (1969–2001), Guyanese-born American cricketer
  • Hairul Nizam Hanif (born 1979), Malaysian footballer
  • Sikandar Lodi (died 1517), born Nizam Kahn, Sultan of Delhi
  • Saiful Nizam Miswan (born 1981), Malaysian footballer
  • Ahmad ibn Nizam al-Mulk (died 1149 or 1150), Persian vizier
  • Nizam al-Mulk (1018–1092), Persian scholar and vizier
  • Tuan Nizam Muthaliff (1966–2005), Sri Lankan military intelligence officer
  • Nizam al-Din Nishapuri (died 1328 or 1329), Persian mathematician and poet
  • Nazim Pasha (1848–1913), Chief of Staff of the Army of the Ottoman Empire
  • Nizam Peerwani, American medical examiner
  • Burhan Nizam Shah I (c. 1503 – 1553), ruler of the Ahmednagar Sultanate
  • Burhan Nizam Shah II (died 1595), ruler of the Ahmednagar Sultanate
  • Hussain Nizam Shah I (born 1555; unknown death date), ruler of the Ahmednagar Sultanate
  • Murtaza Nizam Shah III, Sultan of Ahmadnagar
  • Nizam al-Din Yahya (c. 1417 – 1480), the Mihrabanid malik of Sistan

    • Surname

  • Ahmed Nizam (born 1986), Indian cricketer
  • Khairul Nizam (born 1991), Singaporean footballer
  • Mohamed Nizam (born 1974), Maldivian footballer
  • Musa Nizam (born 1990), Turkish footballer
  • Naem Nizam, Bangladeshi newspaper editor
  • Sarwar Jahan Nizam (born 1952), Chief of Staff of the Bangladesh Navy
  • Sheen Kaaf Nizam (born 1947), Urdu poet
  • Zaiful Nizam (born 1987), Singaporean footballer

    • References

    Nizam (name) Wikipedia
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