nawab

Example Sentences

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The story goes that the mutton galouti kebabs that have defined the city amongst visitors were created to feed an ageing nawab who had lost his teeth.

From BBC • Dec. 19, 2025

In the popular lexicon, the term black hole once suggested only the legendary hellish cell in Calcutta in which British prisoners were held by an 18th century Indian nawab.

From Time Magazine Archive

Following the nawab he traversed many corridors and chambers and ultimately reached an apartment in which Chumru was seated.

From The Red Year A Story of the Indian Mutiny by Tracy, Louis

Before the nawab who headed their escort quite realized what was happening, Roger had vanished.

From The Great Mogul by Tracy, Louis

The native troops, who had for some time previously evinced a seditious spirit, finally broke into rebellion on the 18th of June 1857, and placed the titular nawab of Farukhabad on the throne.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 2 "Fairbanks, Erastus" to "Fens" by Various