Meaning of nawab | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A Muslim official in South Asia acting as a provincial deputy ruler under the Mughal empire; a local governor.
   historical
2. Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Polyura (possibly a subgenus of genus Charaxes).

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Examples

“Colonel Altamont, the Nawaub of Lucknow’s prime favourite, an extraordinary man, who had, it was said, embraced Mahometanism, and undergone a thousand wild and perilous adventures was at present⟳ in this country, trying to negotiate⟳ with the Begum Clavering, the sale of the Nawaub’s celebrated nose-ring diamond, ‘the light⟳ of the Dewan.’”

“The nawabs of Bhopal, Ranput, Murshidabad, and Dhaka, along with the nizam of Hyderabad, all affirmed that the sultan has misled Muslims with his “erroneous” call⟳ to jihad and insisted that Indian Muslims had a duty to support⟳ Great Britain.”

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