Sentence:  The nawabs of Bhopal, Ranput, Murshidabad, and Dhaka, along with the <WSD>nizam</WSD> 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. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  The hereditary sovereign of Hyderabad, a former state of India. (from 18th c.)