Mehran () is derived from the term ''mehr'' (English: ''sun''), relating to

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 ( ...

, an ancient Zoroastrian Persian deity. Mehran may refer to:

Places

Iran

* Mehran (district), a neighborhood of northern Tehran, capital of Iran * Mehran, Alborz, a village in Alborz Province *

Mehran, Ilam Mehran () is a city in the Central District of Mehran County, Ilam province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district. Mehran is near Iran's western border with Iraq. Because of its strategic proximity (only two hours ...

, a city in Ilam Province *

Mehran County Mehran County (Kurdish Kurdish may refer to: *Kurds or Kurdish people *Kurdish language ** Northern Kurdish (Kurmanji) **Central Kurdish (Sorani) **Southern Kurdish ** Laki Kurdish *Kurdish alphabets *Kurdistan, the land of the Kurdish peo ...

, Ilam Province *

Mehran District Mehran District () is in Bandar Lengeh County, Hormozgan 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, Azerbaijan, and ...

, Hormozgan Province *

Mehran Rural District Mehran Rural District () is in Mehran District of Bandar Lengeh County, Hormozgan 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 wes ...

, Hormozgan Province

Pakistan

* Mehran, a name for

Sindh Sindh ( ; ; , ; abbr. SD, historically romanized as Sind (caliphal province), Sind or Scinde) is a Administrative units of Pakistan, province of Pakistan. Located in the Geography of Pakistan, southeastern region of the country, Sindh is t ...

province in Pakistan * Gulshan-e-Mehran, a suburb of Karachi, Pakistan * Mehran Town, Korangi Industrial Area, Karachi, Sindh *

PNS Mehran The Pakistan Navy Station Mehran, commonly known as the PNS Mehran, is a naval air station that is the headquarters of the Pakistan Navy's air arm located in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. Established in 1975, the naval base shares its jurisdicti ...

, a naval base in Pakistan

Rivers

Mehran River The Mehran () is a river in Hormozgan province in the south of Iran. It rises in the south of Fars province, and flows through the towns of Jenah and Kookherd in Hormozgan province. The Mehran terminates in a delta in the area of the Hara for ...

, in Hormozgan Province, Iran * Mehran River, another name for the Komur River, a tributary of the Aji Chai in Iran * Mehran River, a local name for the

Indus River The Indus ( ) is a transboundary river of Asia and a trans-Himalayas, Himalayan river of South Asia, South and Central Asia. The river rises in mountain springs northeast of Mount Kailash in the Western Tibet region of China, flows northw ...

in Sindh, Pakistan

Other

* Mithras (disambiguation) *

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 ...

Mehr (disambiguation) Mehr or Mihr may refer to: Persian names * Mehr, an alternative name for Mithra, a Zoroastrian divinity * Mehr (month), the seventh month of the year and the sixteenth day of the month of the Iranian and Zoroastrian calendars * Mehr's day, or ' ...

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 ...

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 ...

Mehran (name) Mehran () is a given name and surname of Persian origin. Given name * Mehran Ghassemi (1977–2008), Iranian journalist * Mehran Maham (born 1969), Iranian film producer * Mehran Marri (born 1973), Pakistani separatist militant * Mehran Modiri ...

* Mehran, is a character in the Persian epic poem ''

Shahnameh The ''Shahnameh'' (, ), also transliterated ''Shahnama'', is a long epic poem written by the Persian literature, Persian poet Ferdowsi between and 1010 CE and is the national epic of Greater Iran. Consisting of some 50,000 distichs or couple ...

'' * ''Mehran'' (magazine), Pakistan *

Mehran Force The Mehran Force was an auxiliary of the Pakistan Army used for internal security duties in Sindh. In 1994 the Mehran Force had a strength of 24,000 and was organizationally divided into "wings" of approximately 800 men each. The Mehran Force was ...

, a defunct Pakistan paramilitary organization *

Mehran Highway Mehran Highway (, , also known locally as Nawabshah–Kot Lalu–Kumb Road and officially as Highway 31) is a two-lane-wide, bidirectional, single carriageway, provincially maintained highway in Sindh that extends from Khairpur to Nawabshah. T ...

, in Sindh, Pakistan *

Mehran University of Engineering & Technology Mehran University of Engineering & Technology () (Often referred as Mehran University or MUET) is a public research university located in Jamshoro, Sindh, Pakistan focused on STEM education. It was established in July 1976, as a campus of t ...

, in Jamshoro, Sindh, Pakistan *

Battle of Mehran In response to the loss of the strategic al-Faw Peninsula during the Iran–Iraq War, the Iraqis pushed into Iran to seize the strategic Iranian city of Mehran to trade for the strategically important territory. Saddam was able to seize the ci ...

, a 1986 battle in the Iran-Iraq War * ''

Daily Mehran ''Daily Mehran'' () is a Sindhi daily newspaper in Sindh, Pakistan. History It was founded in 1957. Its headquarter located in Hyderabad, Sindh. Editors * Shamsher-ul-Hyderi See also * List of newspapers in Pakistan The total number of ...

'', a daily newspaper in Sindh, Pakistan * House of Mehran, an Iranian noble family * Suzuki Mehran, an economic car manufactured and marketed by Suzuki in Pakistan * {{disambiguation, geo