Nizam (name) explained
Nizam (name) should not be confused with Nizam (title).
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:
Given name
- Nizam Bai (1643–1692), Mughal princess consort
- 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
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