Jam Sahib

{{Short description|Title of the ruling prince of Nawanagar}}

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{{Use Indian English|date=July 2017}}

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File:Ranjitsinhji c1908.jpg, known as Ranji]]

Jam Sahib ({{langx|gu|જામ સાહેબ}}) or simply Jam was a native title used by the rulers of a few princely states, notably born in western British India into the Samaa dynasty and their Jadeja branch which denotes their claimed descent from the legendary Jamshed of Iran.{{cite book|first=Mario |last=Rodrigues |title=Batting for the Empire: A Political Biography of Ranjitsinhji |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=d0puAAAAMAAJ |year=2003 |publisher=Penguin Books, 2003 |isbn=9780143029519 |page=51 |quote=Yet another version said the Jadejas were descendants of the great Emperor Jamshed of Iran, hence the title Jam under which they ruled.}}{{cite book|first=B. N. |last=Goswamy |title=A Place Apart: Painting in Kutch, 1720-1820 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FSUNAQAAIAAJ |year=1983 |publisher=Oxford University Press, 1983 |isbn=9780195613117 |page=7 |quote=His successor, Jam Pumvro, had more than his share of troubles, and earned an evil reputation for himself but, for us, his title is of interest for it was derived apparently from the legendary Jamshed of Iranian origin.}}