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Nizam-ul-Mulk Asaf Jah I
Nizam-ul-Mulk Asaf Jah I (Mir Qamar-ud-Din, 1671–1748) was a Mughal nobleman who defeated his rival at Shakar Kheda in 1724 and founded the Hyderabad state as its first Nizam.
Nizam's army
Nizam's army (نظام کی فوج) was the military establishment of the Nizams of Hyderabad. It began as noble and European-trained troops and later became the Hyderabad Contingent.
Nizāmābād, Telangana
Nizamabad (నిజామాబాద్), formerly Indur, is a district in north-west Telangana, India, named after the Nizam of Hyderabad in 1905. A top turmeric-producing district; National Turmeric Board headquartered there; 1,571,022 people (2011).
Nizamat of Azimabad
The Nizamat of Azimabad (عظیم‌آباد) was the Mughal provincial government of Bihar, based at Patna, which Prince Azim-us-Shan renamed Azimabad during his governorship of Bengal from 1703 to 1707.
Nizamat of Bengal
The Nizamat of Bengal (نظامت بنگالہ) was the Mughal provincial government of Bengal, Bihar, and Orissa, administered from Murshidabad by nawabs founded by Murshid Quli Khan.
Nizamat of Murshidabad
The Nizamat of Murshidabad (مورشدآباد نظامت) was the nawabi court and administration of Bengal, seated at Murshidabad, founded by Murshid Quli Khan and lasting until 1880.
Nizāmī (Mercurian crater)
Nizāmī (Nizami) is a 76-km-wide impact crater in Mercury's Borealis quadrangle (H-01) near the north pole, IAU-approved in 1979 and named for the Persian epic poet Nizāmī (c. 1141–1209); it shows polygonal wall geometry.
Nizami Aruzi
Nizami Aruzi Samarqandi was a 12th-century Persian poet and prose writer from Samarkand, best known for the Chahar Maqala, his treatise on secretaries, poets, astronomers, and physicians.
Nizami Ganjavi (نظامی گنجوی)
Nizami Ganjavi (نظامی گنجوی), Jamal al-Din Ilyas ibn Yusuf, c. 1141–1209, a Persian-language poet of Ganja whose Khamsa, five masnavi poems including Khosrow o Shirin and Leyli o Majnun, shaped Persian and Islamic literature.
Nizamiye Army
The Nizamiye Army (Nizamiye Ordusu) was the regular standing army of the Ottoman Empire, organized in mature form by Sultan Abdulaziz's 1869 regulation and restructured on Prussian lines.
Nizamiyya madrasa network
The Nizamiyya madrasa network (المدرسة النظامية) was a group of state-sponsored colleges of Islamic law founded across the Seljuk empire by the vizier Nizam al-Mulk in the eleventh century.
Nizamiyya madrasas
The Nizamiyya madrasas (النظامية) were a network of Shafi'i law colleges founded by Seljuk vizier Nizam al-Mulk in the eleventh century, from Baghdad to Nishapur.
Nizamuddin Ahmad
Nizamuddin Ahmad (نظام الدین احمد) was a Mughal historian and imperial bakhshi under Akbar who wrote the Tabaqat-i Akbari, the first single-work history of Muslim-ruled India.
Nizamuddin Auliya (نظام الدین اولیاء)
Nizamuddin Auliya, also known as Nizamuddin Chishti, was a Chishti Sufi saint of Delhi whose khanqah at Ghiyaspur became the largest Sufi lodge in India.
Nizan Guanaes
Nizan Guanaes, born 1958 in Salvador, Bahia, is a Brazilian advertising entrepreneur who co-founded Grupo ABC in 2002, sold it to Omnicom for about R$ 1 billion, and later founded the AI platform Nizai.
Nizar Amidi (نزار محمد سعيد أميدي)
Nizar Amidi (نزار محمد سعيد أميدي), PUK politician born 1968 in Amedi, Iraq; long director of the presidential office, ex-Minister of Environment, elected Iraq's president 11 April 2026 with 227 votes.
Nizar Awadallah
Nizar Awadallah (نزار عوض الله), born 1957 in Gaza City, is a Hamas Politburo member since 2009, founding figure of the al-Qassam Brigades, Shalit deal negotiator, and post-2024 temporary leadership committee member.
Nizar ibn al-Mustansir
Nizar ibn al-Mustansir (نزار بن المستنصر), eldest son of the Fatimid caliph al-Mustansir, was passed over for his half-brother in 1094, revolted at Alexandria, and died imprisoned in Cairo.
Nizar J. Bahlis
Nizar J. Bahlis is a Canadian hematologist and multiple myeloma researcher at the University of Calgary, where he is an Associate Professor of Medicine, known for leading trials of elranatamab and mezigdomide.
Nizar Qabbani
Nizar Qabbani (نزار قباني) was a Syrian poet and diplomat, one of the most widely read modern Arab poets, known for love poetry and political verse.
Nizar–Musta'li succession crisis
The Nizar–Musta'li succession crisis was the contest over the Fatimid caliphate after al-Mustansir died in 1094, when the vizier al-Afdal installed al-Musta'li over the designated heir Nizar.
Nizari da'wa and fida'is
The Nizari da'wa and fida'is (دعوت نزاری و فدائیان) were the missionary network and assassination corps of the Nizari Isma'ili state at Alamut, founded by Hasan-i Sabbah in 1090.
Nizari farmans of Alamut
The Nizari farmans of Alamut (فرمان‌های الموت) are decrees of the Nizari Ismaili state at Alamut, Iran, most famously Hasan II's 1164 proclamation of the qiyama.
Nizari fida'is (Assassins)
The Nizari fida'is (حشاشین) were self-sacrificing devotees who carried out assassinations for the Nizari Ismaili state centered on Alamut, whose enemies' label hashishiyya became the word Assassin.
Nizari Isma'ilis
The Nizari Isma'ilis (النزارية) are a branch of Isma'ili Shi'is who built a fortress-state centered on Alamut in Iran from 1090 until the Mongol conquest of 1256.
Nizari Isma'ilism
Nizari Isma'ilism is the largest branch of Isma'ili Shia Islam, defined by belief in a living hereditary Imam, currently Aga Khan V, who leads some 12 to 15 million followers in over 35 countries.
Nizari Ismaili state
Nizari Ismaili state (Alamut state): Ismaili polity founded by Hasan-i Sabbah at Alamut in 1090, lasting 166 years with 200+ castles across Persia and Syria, until Hulagu's Mongol conquest in 1256; Syrian branch fell to Baybars in 1273.
Nizari Ismailis of Alamut
The Nizari Ismailis of Alamut (نزاریان الموت) were a Shi'i Isma'ili state founded by Hasan-i Sabbah at Alamut in 1090, ending under the Mongols in 1256.
Nizari Ismailis of Syria
The Nizari Ismailis of Syria (الإسماعيليون النزارية في الشام) were the Syrian branch of the Nizari Ismaili da'wa, holding fortresses in central Syria from the early 12th century.
Nizari–Musta'li schism
The Nizari–Musta'li schism was the permanent division of the Isma'ili movement into Nizari and Musta'li branches, triggered in 1094 by the disputed Fatimid succession after al-Mustansir's death in Cairo.