NAWAB  , a See also:

• MAHOMMEDAN

Mahommedan See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title for a native ruler in See also:

• INDIA
• INDIA, FRENCH

India, answering to the See also:

• HINDU

Hindu See also:

• RAJA

raja . Nawab originally means a See also:

• DEPUTY (through the Fr. from a Late Lat. use of deputare, to cut off, allot; putare having the original sense of to trim, prune)

deputy, being the honorific plural of the Arabic naib, and it was applied to a delegate of a supreme See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief, the See also:

• VICEROY (from O. Fr. viceroy, mod. viceroi, i.e. Lat. vice, in place of, and roy or roi, king)

viceroy or See also:

• GOVERNOR (from the Fr. gouverneur, from gouverner, O. Fr. governer, Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, to direct, guide)

governor under the See also:

• GREAT

Great See also:

• MOGUL, MOCHAL, or MIGHAL

Mogul, e.g. the nawab of Oudh . From this use it became a title of See also:

• RANK (O.Fr. rant or rent, mod. rang, generally connected with the O.E. and O.H.G. bring, a ring)

rank, without See also:

• OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office, and is now sometimes conferred by the See also:

• BRITISH

British See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government on Mahommedan gentlemen for distinguished service .