Also jám, jām. [‘Of obscure origin’ (Yule).] A title given to certain native chiefs in Kutch, Kattywar, and the lower Indus.
1843. Sir C. Napier, Lett., in G. Smith, Life J. Wilson (1878), 440. JAM.—You have received the money of the British for taking charge of the dawk (post).
1849. E. B. Eastwick, Dry Leaves, 12. Juria—a small sea-port belonging to the Jám of Nowanaggar, a Rájpút chief celebrated for his drinking propensities, and also for being a fearless and dashing horseman.
1899. Daily News, 26 July, 3/2. The late Jam [of Nowananger] was permitted by the Government of India to disinherit his son by a Mohammedan lady…. He selected Kumar Ranjitsinghji as his son by adoption.
