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Mir Anees

Mir Anees (میر انیس), born Mir Babar Ali Anees, was an Urdu marsiya poet of Lucknow known for his elegies on Karbala, who died in 1874.

Mir bakhshi

The Mir bakhshi (میر بخشی) was the paymaster-general of the Mughal empire, handling army recruitment, annual inspections, horse branding, and pay, second only to the Diwan.

Mir Bozhy

Mir Bozhy (Мир Божий, "God's World") was a liberal Russian monthly journal published in Saint Petersburg from 1892 to 1906, aimed at self-education and a broad democratic readership.

Oct 21, 2026

Mir Castle Complex (Мірскі замак) is a Gothic, Renaissance, and Baroque fortified brick castle in Mir, Grodno Province, Belarus, begun by the Ilyinich family and completed by the Radziwills; UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2000, criteria ii and iv.

Mir Emad Hassani

Mir Emad Hassani (میرعماد حسنی) was a celebrated Persian calligrapher of the Safavid era, born in Qazvin around 1554, who brought nastaʿlīq script to its height.

Mir Fendereski

Mir Fendereski (میر فندرسکی) was a philosopher and mystic of Safavid Iran, born around 1562 and died in 1640 in Isfahan, known for teaching Avicenna and traveling to Mughal India.

Mir Ghulam Ali Azad Bilgrami

Mir Ghulam Ali Azad Bilgrami (مرزا غلام علی آزاد بلگرامی) was an Indian scholar, poet, and Sufi of Bilgram who wrote in Arabic, Persian, and Hindi.

Mir Hasan

Mir Hasan (میر حسن), full name Mir Ghulam Hasan, was an Urdu and Persian poet of the late Mughal period, best known for the romantic masnavi Sihar-ul-Bayan, completed in 1784–85.

Mir Husain Ali Khan Kirmani

Mir Husain Ali Khan Kirmani (میر حسین علی خان کرمانی) was a Persian-language historian of the Mysore court, author of the Nishan-i Haidari, a history of Hyder Ali and Tipu Sultan.

Mir Hussain Ali Khan Kirmani

Mir Hussain Ali Khan Kirmani was a Persian-language historian of Mysore, active 1781 to 1802, who wrote the Nishan-i Haidari on Haidar Ali and Tipu Sultan.

Mir Jafar (میر سید جعفر علی خان بہادر)

Mir Jafar (میر سید جعفر علی خان بہادر, c.1691-1765), commander of the Nawab of Bengal's cavalry, secretly allied with the East India Company before Plassey (23 June 1757), withheld his troops, and was installed Nawab of Bengal 1757-1760 and 1763-1765.

Mir Jumla II

Mir Jumla II (میر جملہ), born Mir Muhammad Sa'id Ardistani, was a Persian-born diamond merchant and general who served Golkonda and then Aurangzeb as governor of Bengal.

Mir Jumla's defection to the Mughals

Mir Jumla's defection to the Mughals was the 1655–56 transfer of Golconda's wazir, Mir Jumla, from Sultan Abdullah Qutb Shah to Prince Aurangzeb, triggering a Mughal invasion of Golconda.

Mir Jumla's invasion of Assam

Mir Jumla's invasion of Assam (মিৰ জুমলাৰ অসম আক্ৰমণ) was a 1662–63 Mughal campaign against the Ahom kingdom, ordered by Aurangzeb and led by Mir Jumla.

Mir Laik Ali

Mir Laik Ali (مر لائق علی) was an engineer who served as Prime Minister of Hyderabad State until Operation Polo ended his ministry in September 1948.

Mir Madan

Mir Madan (میر مدن) was a loyal general of Nawab Siraj-ud-Daulah of Bengal who took command of the Nawab's forces and died at the Battle of Plassey in 1757.

Mir mine

The Mir mine, or Mirny Mine, is a diamond mine in Mirny, Yakutia, Russia, worked from 1957 in one of the world's largest open pits.

Mir Miran

Mir Miran (میر میران) was a son of Mir Jafar, the nawab of Bengal installed after the Battle of Plassey, and ordered Siraj-ud-Daulah's execution in 1757.

Sep 27, 2026

Mir Mohammad Helal Uddin

Mir Mohammad Helal Uddin is a Bangladeshi politician of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party serving as State Minister of Land since 2026 and representing Chattogram-5 in parliament.

Mir Mohsun Navvab

Mir Mohsun Navvab (Mir Möhsün Nəvvab, 1833–1918) was an Azerbaijani polymath of Shusha, active as a poet, painter, and musicologist; his treatise Vüzuhül-ərqam is a key source on the Karabakh mugham tradition.

Mir Mosharraf Hossain

Mir Mosharraf Hossain (মীর মশাররফ হোসেন) was a Bengali novelist and playwright best known for Bishad Sindhu, an epic novel on the martyrdom of Imam Hossain at Karbala.

Mir Muhammad Mumin Astarabadi

Mir Muhammad Mumin Astarabadi (میر محمد مومن استرآبادی) was a Persian scholar, poet, and architect who served the Golconda sultanate as prime minister and planned Hyderabad, including the Charminar.

Mir Muhammad Rebellion

Mir Muhammad Rebellion: Kurdish uprising (1830–1838) led by Mir Muhammad of Rawanduz, the Blind emir of the Soran Emirate, against Ottoman centralization; suppressed after a Rawanduz fatwa, ending in his 1836 surrender and 1838 death.

Mir Osman Ali Khan (میر عثمان علی خان)

Mir Osman Ali Khan (میر عثمان علی خان), also known as Asaf Jah VII, was the seventh and last Nizam of Hyderabad, ruling the princely state from 1911 to 1948.

Mir Qasim

Mir Qasim (میر قاسم) was Nawab of Bengal from 1760 to 1763, installed by the East India Company in place of his father-in-law Mir Jafar.

Mir Sadiq

Mir Sadiq (میر صادق) was chief minister, or Diwan, of Tipu Sultan of Mysore, remembered for allegedly betraying Tipu during the 1799 siege of Seringapatam.

Mir Sarwar

Mir Sarwar (Mohammad Sarwar Mir, born 1977, Pandrethan, Srinagar) is a Kashmiri Bollywood actor, director and producer. Debut: Bajrangi Bhaijaan (2015) as Munni's father; also Kesari, Jolly LLB 2; national medallist in martial arts; directs Kashmiri films.

Mir Sayyid Ali

Mir Sayyid Ali (میر سید علی) was a Persian painter born in Tabriz who joined Humayun's court, taught painting to Prince Akbar, and directed the Hamzanama project from 1562.

Mir Shahe Alam

Mir Shahe Alam (মীর শাহে আলম), born 1970, is a BNP politician, MP for Bogura-2, and Bangladesh's State Minister for Local Government, Rural Development and Co-operatives since February 2026, after a grassroots career as union and upazila chairman in Shibganj.