Janab

Janab (جناب) is a rank title in Persian, which may be rendered as Excellency . At the court of Persia's Shahanshahs of the imperial Qajar dynasty, precedence for non-members of the dynasty was organised in eight protocollary classes, generally coupled to various offices and qualities; the highest of these, styled Nawab , was usually reserved for princes, while the six classes were awarded to various ministers, officers, commanders, Muslim clergy and so on. Ranking only below Nawab and Shakhs-i-Awwal (usually present and former Prime Ministers), Janab was the style borne by senior Ministers of State, high ranking clergy, Grand Ministers of State, Governors-General of major provinces, the Commander-in-Chief of the Army, etc.; it ranked above Amir or Khan , 'Ali Jah Muqarrab , 'Ali Jah , 'Ali Sha'an and 'Ali Qadir . The compound style Janab-i-Ashraf ( Ashraf being a provincial aristocrat) was borne by prime ministers and can be translated as His Serene Highness.

Janab (جناب) is a rank title in Persian, which may be rendered as Excellency . At the court of Persia's Shahanshahs of the imperial Qajar dynasty , precedence for non-members of the dynasty was organised in eight protocollary classes, generally coupled to various offices and qualities; the highest of these, styled Nawab , was usually reserved for princes, while the six classes were awarded to various ministers, officers, commanders, Muslim clergy and so on. Ranking only below Nawab and Shakhs-i-Awwal (usually present and former Prime Ministers), Janab was the style borne by senior Ministers of State, high ranking clergy, Grand Ministers of State, Governors-General of major provinces, the Commander-in-Chief of the Army, etc.; it ranked above Amir or Khan , 'Ali Jah Muqarrab , 'Ali Jah , 'Ali Sha'an and 'Ali Qadir . The compound style Janab-i-Ashraf ( Ashraf being a provincial aristocrat) was borne by prime ministers and can be translated as His Serene Highness.

Janab (جناب) is a rank title in Persian , which may be rendered as Excellency . At the court of Persia 's Shahanshahs of the imperial Qajar dynasty , precedence for non-members of the dynasty was organised in eight protocollary classes, generally coupled to various offices and qualities; the highest of these, styled Nawab , was usually reserved for princes, while the six classes were awarded to various ministers, officers, commanders, Muslim clergy and so on. Ranking only below Nawab and Shakhs-i-Awwal (usually present and former Prime Ministers), Janab was the style borne by senior Ministers of State, high ranking clergy, Grand Ministers of State, Governors-General of major provinces, the Commander-in-Chief of the Army, etc.; it ranked above Amir or Khan , 'Ali Jah Muqarrab , 'Ali Jah , 'Ali Sha'an and 'Ali Qadir . The compound style Janab-i-Ashraf ( Ashraf being a provincial aristocrat) was borne by prime ministers and can be translated as His Serene Highness .

Janab , Janaab or Janob (Persian spelling) ( ; ) is an Islamic honorary title, which means "Sir" in English. The title has been carried by many Islamic poet and writers. The compound style Janab-e-Ashraf ( جنابِ اشرف ; janāb-i ashraf - literal meaning "the Field of Honour", Ashraf being a provincial aristocrat) was borne by prime ministers and can be translated as His Serene Highness . In the Arabic-speaking Middle East , it is used as a way of addressing certain high officials or someone very respectful, also even as a polite title added after a man's surname or used as the plural for Mister (Mr.) before a list of men's names. It literally also used and means " (the) Right Honourable " or " Esquire , Messrs , Esq ". At the court of Persia 's Shahanshahs of the imperial Qajar dynasty , precedence for non-members of the dynasty was organized in eight protocollary classes, generally coupled to various offices and qualities; the highest of these, styled Nawab , was usually reserved for princes, while the six classes were awarded to various ministers, officers, commanders, Muslim clergy and so on. Ranking only below Nawab and Shakhs-i-Awwal (usually present and former Prime Ministers), Janab was the style borne by senior Ministers of State, high ranking clergy.