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Persian names

* Mehr, an alternative name for
Mithra Mithra ( ae, ''Miθra'', peo, 𐎷𐎰𐎼 ''Miça'') commonly known as Mehr, is the Iranian deity of covenant, light, oath, justice and the sun. In addition to being the divinity of contracts, Mithra is also a judicial figure, an all-seein ...
, a Zoroastrian divinity *
Mehr (month) Mehr ( fa, مهر, ) is the seventh month of the Solar Hijri calendar, the official calendar of Iran and Afghanistan. Mehr has thirty days. It begins in September and ends in October by the Gregorian calendar. Mehr is the first month of autumn, ...
, the seventh month of the year and the sixteenth day of the month of the Iranian and Zoroastrian calendars * Mehr's day, or ''
Mehregan Mehregan ( fa, ) or Jashn-e Mehr ( '' Mithra Festival'') is a Zoroastrian and Iranian festival celebrated to honor the yazata Mithra ( fa, Mehr), which is responsible for friendship, affection and love. Name "Mehregan" is derived from the ...
'', the Zoroastrian/Iranian festival celebrated in honor of Mehr/Mithra


People

* Mehr (name) * Mihr (name) *
House of Mihran The House of Mihrān or House of Mehrān (Middle Persian: 𐭬𐭨𐭥𐭠𐭭; new Persian: مهران), was a leading Iranian noble family (''šahrdārān''), one of the Seven Great Houses of the Sassanid Persian Empire which claimed descent f ...
, a Parthian clan and an Armenian king


Places

* Mehr, alternate spelling of
Mohr, Fars Mohr ( fa, مهر, also Romanized as Mehr; also known as Mohur, Mūr, and Mohur-i- Saiyidān) is a city and capital of Mohr County, in Fars Province, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, i ...
, a city in Iran * Kabud Mehr, a village in Iran * Mehr, Ilam, a village in Ilam Province, Iran * Mehr-e Olya, a village in Markazi Province, Iran * Mehr-e Sofla, a village in Markazi Province, Iran * Mehr, Razavi Khorasan, a village in Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran * Mehrabad International Airport in Tehran * ''Darb-e Mehr'', Mithra's court, an alternate name for a Zoroastrian fire temple * Mihrimah Mosque, an Ottoman mosque located just inside the Edirnekapı District on the Walls of Istanbul, Turkey *
Mihrimah Sultan Mosque (Üsküdar) Mihrimah Sultan Mosque may refer to: * Mihrimah Sultan Mosque (Edirnekapı) * Mihrimah Sultan Mosque (Üsküdar) {{disambig Mosque disambiguation pages ...
, an Ottoman mosque in the historic center of the Üsküdar municipality, Istanbul, Turkey * Mihr, an Iranian village said to have once been the site of ''Adur Burzen-Mihr'', one of the legendary Great Fires of Zoroastrianism * Mihr's foot, another name for the Pamir Mountains * Mehr, a district of
Rees, Germany Rees is a town in the district of Kleve in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located on the right bank of the Rhine, approximately 20 km east of Kleve. The population in 2005 was 22,559. Founded in 1228, Rees is the oldest ...


Other

* Mehr News Agency (MNA), an Iranian news service established in 2003


See also

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Aryamehr Aryamehr ( fa, آریامهر, Âryâmehr, ) was the title used in the Pahlavi dynasty by Shahanshah Mohammad Reza Shah of Iran. It means ''Light of the Aryans''. History ''Aryamehr'' was granted as a secondary title by a session of the joint H ...
, a secondary title of the former shah * Mah (disambiguation) *
Mahr In Islam, a mahr (in ar, مهر; fa, مهريه; tr, mehir; sw, mahari; also transliterated ''mehr'', ''meher'', ''mehrieh'', or ''mahriyeh'') is the obligation, in the form of money or possessions paid by the groom, to the bride at the time ...
, a gift given by the husband to the wife in Muslim marriages * Meher (disambiguation) *
Mer (disambiguation) Mer or MER may refer to: Business * Management expense ratio * Market exchange rate * Merrill Lynch's former NYSE stock symbol People * Francis Mer (born 1939), a French businessman, industrialist and politician, former Minister of the Econo ...
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Mehrdad Mehrdād ( fa, مهرداد, ) is a common Persian male given name in Iran and other Persian speaking countries. The name is derived from '' Mehr'', an angelic Zoroastrian divinity ('' yazata'') of covenant, light, and oath. The Persian word '' ...
, a Persian name * Myrrh (disambiguation) {{disambiguation, geo