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Mir (given Name)
Mir is a given name. In the majority of cases it is the name originated in the Indian subcontinent. It can also be a part of a two-part given name, such as Mir-Hasan or Mir-Fatah. A number of historical persons are commonly referred by the name starting with honorific "Mir (title), Mir". Notable people with the name starting with "Mir" include: *Mir of Tidore (c. 1511-1550s), third sultan of Tidore, Maluku Islands A *Mir Aamir Ali Khan Magsi *Mir Abdul (given name), multiple persons *Mir Abul Khayer *Mir Afsar Ali, Indian radio jockey and television anchor *Mir Ahmad (given name), multiple persons *Mir Aimal Kansi *Mir Akbar Khyber *Mir Akbar Mengal *Mir Ali (other), multiple persons *Mir Amanullah Notezai *Mir Amir Rind *Mir Amman (1748–1806), employee of Fort William College at Calcutta and translator *Mir Anees *Mir Aneesuddin *Mir Asadullah Baloch *Mir Asghar Rind *Mir Azam (born 1978), Pakistani first-class cricketer B *Mir Bacha Khan *Mir Bandeh Ali Khan Talpur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indian Subcontinent
The Indian subcontinent is a physiographic region of Asia below the Himalayas which projects into the Indian Ocean between the Bay of Bengal to the east and the Arabian Sea to the west. It is now divided between Bangladesh, India, and Pakistan. (subscription required) Although the terms "Indian subcontinent" and "South Asia" are often also used interchangeably to denote a wider region which includes, in addition, Bhutan, the Maldives, Nepal and Sri Lanka, the "Indian subcontinent" is more of a geophysical term, whereas "South Asia" is more geopolitical. "South Asia" frequently also includes Afghanistan, which is not considered part of the subcontinent even in extended usage.Jim Norwine & Alfonso González, ''The Third World: states of mind and being'', pages 209, Taylor & Francis, 1988, Quote: ""The term "South Asia" also signifies the Indian Subcontinent""Raj S. Bhopal, ''Ethnicity, race, and health in multicultural societies'', pages 33, Oxford University Press, 2007, ; Q ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mir Asadullah Baloch
Mir Asadullah Baloch is a Pakistani politician who had been a member of the Provincial Assembly of the Balochistan The Provincial Assembly of Balochistan is a unicameral legislature of elected representatives of the Pakistani province of Balochistan, and is located in Quetta, the provincial capital. It was established under Article 106 of the Constitution of ... from August 2018 till August 2023. On 8 September 2018, he was inducted into the provincial cabinet. On 9 September, he was made minister for Food and Social Welfare & Non-Formal Education. References Living people Balochistan National Party (Awami) politicians Politicians from Balochistan, Pakistan Year of birth missing (living people) Balochistan MPAs 2024–2029 {{Balochistan-MPA-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mir Dast
Mir Dast, (3 December 1874 – 19 January 1945) was a British Indian soldier and a recipient of the Victoria Cross for action during the First World War, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. Early life Mir Dast was a Pashtun from Afridi tribe and was born on 3 December 1874 to a Muslim family in the Maidan valley, Tirah, of what is now Pakistan. Mir Dast enlisted in the British Indian Army in December 1894. He served in the North-West Frontier and Waziristan prior to the First World War, and was promoted to the rank of jemadar in March 1909. His younger brother was Mir Mast who was promoted to a Jemadar before the outbreak of the Great War and would later defect to German enemy lines. Victoria Cross During the First World War Dast was a jemadar (warrant officer) in the 55th Coke's Rifles (Frontier Force), British Indian Army, attached to the 57th Wilde's Rifles (Frontier Force) when he performed th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mir Dariya Khan Khoso
Mir Dariya Khan Khoso (1925–2006) was a politician of the Jacobabad District who was a Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan The National Assembly of Pakistan, also referred to as ''Aiwān-ē-Zairīñ'', is the lower house of the bicameralism, bicameral Parliament of Pakistan, with the upper house being the Senate of Pakistan, Senate. As of 2023, the National Assem ... from 1962 to 1977. He was the grandson of Mir Bahadur Khan Khoso, father of MPA Mir Hassan Khan Khoso. Mir Sahib died on 4 November 2006 in Karachi. He was buried in his native village "Dinpur" Taluk Thul District Jacobabad. References Pakistani politicians 1925 births 2006 deaths {{Pakistan-MNA-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mir Damad
Mīr Dāmād () (c. 1561 – 1631/1632), known also as Mir Mohammad Baqer Esterabadi, or Asterabadi, was a Twelver Shia Iranian philosopher in the Neoplatonizing Islamic Peripatetic traditions of Avicenna. He was a scholar of the traditional Islamic sciences, and foremost figure (together with his student Mulla Sadra) of the cultural renaissance of Iran undertaken under the Safavid dynasty. He was also the central founder of the School of Isfahan, noted by his students and admirers as the Third Teacher (mu'alim al-thalith) after Aristotle and al-Farabi. Philosophy His major contribution to Islamic philosophy was his novel formulation regarding gradations of time and the emanations of the separate categories of time as descending divine hypostases. He resolved the controversy of the createdness or uncreatedness of the world in time by proposing the notion of ''huduth-e-dahri'' (atemporal origination) as an explanation grounded in Avicennan and Suhrawardian categories, whilst tran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mir Changez Khan Jamali
Mir Changez Khan Jamali is a Pakistani politician who was a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from 2008 to 2013. Political career He ran for the seat of the Provincial Assembly of Balochistan as a candidate of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) from Constituency PB-26 (Nasirabad-II) in the 2008 Pakistani general election but was unsuccessful. He received 9,204 votes and lost the seat to Zahoor Hussain Khoso. He was elected unopposed to the National Assembly of Pakistan from Constituency NA-266 (Nasirabad-cum-Jaffarabad) as a candidate of PPP in by-election held in May 2009. On 11 February 2011, he was inducted into the federal cabinet of Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gillani and was appointed as Federal Minister for Science and Technology where he continued to serve until 19 June 2012. On 22 June 2012, he was inducted into the federal cabinet of Prime Minister Raja Pervaiz Ashraf and was re-appointed as Federal Minister for Science and Technology where he continued to serve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mir Chakar Rind
Chakar Khan Rind (1468–1565) ( Balochi: میر چاکَر خان رِند) was a Baloch chieftain who founded the Second Baloch Confederacy (1487–1512). He is considered a folk hero of the Baloch people and an important figure in the Baloch epic '' Hani and Sheh Mureed.'' Family According to Baloch history, Mir Chakar Rind is descendant of Rind Khan, the son of the founder of Baloch Jalal Khan. Mir Chakar Rind's hometown was Mandh (Kech District), Balochistan. His descendants moved to different parts of the region and the Middle East. They often add Rind as a suffix to their name. History Mir Chakar became the head of Rind tribe at the age of 18 after the death of his father Mir Shehaq Rind. Mir Chakar's fiefdom was short-lived because of the great civil war between the Lashari and Rind tribes of Balochistan. Mir Chakar as head of his tribe went to war, which resulted in thousands dying. The war and the gallantry of the two tribes' leaders continues to be a part o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mir Bijar Khan Talpur
''Mir'' (, ; ) was a space station operated in low Earth orbit from 1986 to 2001, first by the Soviet Union and later by the Russia, Russian Federation. ''Mir'' was the first modular space station and was assembled in orbit from 1986 to 1996. It had a greater mass than any previous spacecraft. At the time it was the largest artificial satellite in orbit, succeeded by the International Space Station (ISS) after ''Mir'''s orbital decay, orbit decayed. The station served as a microgravity laboratory , research laboratory in which crews conducted experiments in biology, human biology, physics, astronomy, meteorology, and spacecraft systems with a goal of developing technologies required for permanent occupation of Outer space, space. ''Mir'' was the first continuously inhabited long-term research station in orbit and held the record for the longest continuous human presence in space at 3,644 days, until it was surpassed by the ISS on 23 October 2010. It holds the recor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
