Mehr or Mihr may refer to:
Persian names
* Mehr, an alternative name for
Mithra
Mithra ( ; ) is an ancient Iranian deity ('' yazata'') of covenants, light, oaths, justice, the Sun, contracts, and friendship. In addition to being the divinity of contracts, Mithra is also a judicial figure, an all-seeing protector of Truth ( ...
, a Zoroastrian divinity
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Mehr (month)
Mehr (, ) 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, and is follo ...
, 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 () or Jashn-e Mehr ( ''Mithra Festival'') is a Zoroastrianism, Zoroastrian and Iranian peoples, Iranian festival celebrated to honor the yazata Mithra (), which is responsible for friendship, affection and love.
Name
"Mehregan" is ...
'', the Zoroastrian/Iranian festival celebrated in honor of Mehr/Mithra
People
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Mehr (name)
Mehr (Persian language, Persian: مهر) is a name of Persian origin that may refer to:
Given name or epithet
* Nur Jahan, Mehr-un-Nissa, name given at birth to Nur Jahan (1577-1645), Empress Consort of the Mughal Empire
* Mehr Abdul Haq (1915– ...
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Mihr (name)
Mihr is a name of Persian origin (مهر) that may refer to:
Given name
* Emine Mihrişah Sultan (died 1732), French second concubine of Ottoman Sultan Ahmed III, and mother of Sultan Mustafa III
* Mihr-Mihroe (died 555), 6th century Sas ...
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House of Mihran
The House of Mihrān or House of Mehrān (Middle Persian: 𐭬𐭨𐭥𐭠𐭭; New Persian: ), was a leading Iranian noble family (''šahrdārān''), one of the Seven Great Houses of the Sasanian İranian Empire which claimed descent from the ...
, a Parthian clan and an Armenian king
Places
* Mehr, alternate spelling of
Mohr, Fars
Mohr () is a city in the Central District of Mohr County, Fars province, Iran
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Iraq to the west, Turkey, Azerbai ...
, a city in Iran
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Kabud Mehr, a village in Iran
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Mehr, Ilam, a village in Ilam Province, Iran
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Mehr-e Olya, a village in Markazi Province, Iran
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Mehr-e Sofla, a village in Markazi Province, Iran
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Mehr, Razavi Khorasan, a village in Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran
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Mehrabad International Airport
Mehrabad Interglobal Airport is an airport serving Tehran, the capital of Iran. Prior to the construction of the larger Imam Khomeini International Airport in 2007, Mehrabad was Tehran's primary airport for both international and domestic tr ...
in Tehran
* ''Darb-e Mehr'', Mithra's court, an alternate name for a Zoroastrian
fire temple
A fire temple (; ) is a place of worship for Zoroastrians.
In Zoroastrian doctrine, ''atar'' and '' aban'' (fire and water) are agents of ritual purity.
Clean, white "ash for the purification ceremonies sregarded as the basis of ritual lif ...
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Mihrimah Mosque, an Ottoman mosque located just inside the Edirnekapı District on the Walls of Istanbul, Turkey
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Mihrimah Sultan Mosque (Üsküdar) Mihrimah Sultan Mosque may refer to:
* Mihrimah Sultan Mosque (Edirnekapı)
* Mihrimah Sultan Mosque (Üsküdar)
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, 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
The Pamir Mountains are a Mountain range, range of mountains between Central Asia and South Asia. They are located at a junction with other notable mountains, namely the Tian Shan, Karakoram, Kunlun Mountains, Kunlun, Hindu Kush and the Himalaya ...
* Mehr, a district of
Rees, Germany
Rees () is a town in the Kleve (district), 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 ...
Other
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Mehr News Agency
The Mehr News Agency (MNA; ) is a semi-official news agency sponsored by the government of Iran. It is headquartered in Tehran, and is owned by the Iranian government's Islamic Development Organization (IIDO). Mehr publishes all content on its we ...
(MNA), an Iranian news service established in 2003
See also
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Aryamehr
''Aryamehr'' (, ) was a title used in the Pahlavi dynasty by Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi of Iran. It means ''Light of the Aryans'' in the Persian language.
History
''Aryamehr'' was granted as a secondary title by a session of the joint Houses of ...
, a secondary title of the former shah
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Mah (disambiguation)
Mah is the moon figure of Zoroastrianism.
Mah also may refer to:
* An alternative spelling of Ma (surname)
* mAh, milli ampere hour, a unit of electric charge
* Maharashtra, a state in western India (postal code MAH)
* Ljubljana Marsh, occasionall ...
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Mahr
In Islam, a mahr (in ; ; Bengali: দেনমোহর; ; ; ; also transliterated ''mehr'', ''meher'', ''denmohor, mehrieh'', or ''mahriyeh'') is the bride wealth obligation, in the form of money, possessions or teaching of verses from the Qur ...
, a gift given by the husband to the wife in Muslim marriages
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Meher (disambiguation)
Meher may refer to:
People
* Danthala Venkata Meher Baba (1950–2008), an Indian cricketer
* Gangadhar Meher (1862–1924), an Indian poet
* Gurubari Meher, a martyr in the Indian independence movement against Britain
* Harshad Meher (born 1992 ...
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Mehar (disambiguation)
Mehar Suleman
'Mehar Suleman'' (born October 23, 2003) is a Pakistani entrepreneur, business developer, and business coach. He is the founder and CEO of 'X2 Technologies'', 'Tech Processing LLC'', and 'IMS Marketing'', specializing in digital ma ...
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Mehran (disambiguation)
Mehran () is derived from the term ''mehr'' (English: ''sun''), relating to Mithra, an ancient Zoroastrian Persian deity.
Mehran may refer to:
Places Iran
* Mehran (district), a neighborhood of northern Tehran, capital of Iran
* Mehran, Alborz ...
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Mihira (disambiguation)
Mihira is an ancient Indian word meaning "Sun". It may refer to:
* Mithra, the Indo-Iranian sun god
* Varahamihira, ancient Indian astronomer
* Mihirakula, a Huna king
* Mihira Bhoja
Mihira Bhoja () or Bhoja I was the Pratiharan Emperor ...
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Mer (disambiguation)
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Mehrdad
Mehrdad () is a common Persian male given name in Iran and other Persian speaking countries. Mehrdad is a Persian name for boys that means "given by sun" or "given by love". ''Mehr'' means "sun" or "love," and ''Dad'' means "given."
It comes fr ...
, a Persian name
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Myrrh (disambiguation)
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