title: Nizam (name)
text: # Nizam (name)
  
  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 (c.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
  
  ## Surname
  
  * Ahmed Nizam (born 1986), Indian cricketer
  * Khairul Nizam (born 1991), Singaporean footballer
  * Mohamed Nizam (born 1974), Maldivian footballer
  * Musa Nizam (born 1990), Turkish footballer
  * Naem Nizam, Bangladeshi newspaper editor
  * Sarwar Jahan Nizam (born 1952), Chief of Staff of the Bangladesh Navy
  * Sheen Kaaf Nizam (born 1947), Urdu poet
  * Zaiful Nizam (born 1987), Singaporean footballer
  