Janab

Ashraf being a provincial aristocrat) was borne by prime ministers and can be translated as His Serene Highness.^{[citation needed}

Messrs, Esq".^{[citation needed]} It also has the same meaning in Bengali, Urdu and Hindi.^[2]

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.^{[citation needed}