Sentence:  The <WSD>nawabs</WSD> 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. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  A Muslim official in South Asia acting as a provincial deputy ruler under the Mughal empire; a local governor. (from 17th c.)