Mir (title)

Mīr (Persian مير ) is an honorary title that is derived as the German word Emir from the Arabic term Amīr ( امير, commander, prince '). The word-initial Alif is down there. As the term Amīr the Persian word to me at first was mainly used for princes, later also for poets such as ʿ Alī Mīr Shir Nawā'ī.

In India and Pakistan also Sayyid use the title for themselves. He has a similar function as honorific or Agha sahib. In the Delhi Sultanate and the Mughal Empire, the term was part of composite title as I WORKTABLE ( " Chief of Artillery " ), Mir Bahr ( "Admiral" ) or Miri ʿ Imārāt ( " Baubeaufsichtigter "). The secular and religious leader of the Yezidis has the title " Mīr of Schaichān ".

In Turkish, the term is a private Nisba - adjective formed that has " state, belonging to the government," the importance of. A derivation of Mīr is the Persian title Mīrzā. He is an abbreviation for Amir Zada ( " Prince 's son ").