Mir (surname)
Mir also spelled as Meer (Kashmiri: میٖر, Persian: مير) is a Kashmiri tribe.[1] (meaning 'elite, general') native to the Kashmir
Origin
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Notable people
- Aasmah Mir, Scottish-Pakistani journalist
- Asif Raza Mir, actor and producer
- Ahad Raza Mir, actor and musician
- Frank Mir, American mixed martial artist, former UFC heavyweight champion
- Hamid Mir, Pakistani journalist, columnist and author
- Joan Mir, Spanish Grand Prix motorcycle rider, 2020 MotoGP world champion
- Joaquin Mir Trinxet, modernist Spanish painter
- Magín Mir, Spanish footballer
- Mushaf Ali Mir, Pakistani Air Chief Marshal
- Pedro Mir (1913–2000), poet, laureate of the Dominican Republic
- Rafa Mir, Spanish footballer
- Rasul Mir, poet of Kashmir
- Sajid Mir, Member, Senate of Pakistan (2015 - 2021)
- Samad Mir, sufi poet
- Sana Mir, Pakistani cricketer
See also
References
- ^ Muhammad Ashraf Wani (2004). Islam in Kashmir: Fourteenth to Sixteenth Century (pages 35, 191). Oriental Publishing House. ISBN 9788190138505.
- ^ GENEALOGY OF MIR AND WANI SURNAMES IN KASHMIR http://autarmota.blogspot.com/2013/10/genealogy-of-mir-and-wani-surnames-in.html?m=1.