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▪ I. Mir, n.1|mɪə(r)|
Also meer.
[a. Hindi and Pers. mīr, ad. Arab. amīr leader, commander: see ameer, emir.]
= ameer, emir.
1625Purchas Pilgrimes I. iii. xii. 282 The Mir of Aden sent a Boat and a Messenger aboord. 1787C. Hamilton Hist. Relation Rohilla Afgans N. Provinces Hindostan 41 Ômdat al Moolk..was at this period Meer Buchshy or Paymaster-General of the Empire. 1792R. Heron tr. Niebuhr's Trav. Arabia II. xxiii. vii. 155 Mr Kniphausen had agreed with Mir Naser, Prince of Bender Rigk,..that the Dutch should..be allowed to seat their factory there. 1800F. Gladwin tr. Ayeen Akbery I. ii. 231 (heading) The office of Meer Behry, or Admiralty. 1840J. B. Fraser Trav. Koordistan I. iii. 80 The jealousy of the Meer extends only to strangers travelling in the country without apparent business. 1873E. Balfour Cycl. India (ed. 2) III. 284/1 Mir Jaffir, in 1702, was appointed dewan of Bengal... He was of a poor brahmin family..but was..converted to mahomedanism. 1885T. P. Hughes Dict. Islam 350/1 Mīr. A title of respect used for the descendants of celebrated Muḥammadan saints. More generally used for Saiyids, or descendants of Fāṭimah, the Prophet's daughter. 1928Blackw. Mag. May 709/1 To get the savour of the Mir's table talk, you must hear a little more about its setting. 1973C. Bonington Next Horizon xviii. 252 On my first morning I attended the Court of the Mir of Hunza... At ten o'clock, the Mir, an absolute monarch with complete control over the internal affairs of his 20,000 people, walks from his palace to the Durbah. Ibid. 253 The Mir sits on a small rostrum, and his Court, in strict order of precedence, squat on carpets in two lines on either side of him. 1973Observer (Colour Suppl.) 30 Sept. 51/1 In some circumstances,..the Mir (ruler) of Hunza could, from personal knowledge of his State's history, verify ages.
▪ II. Mir, n.3|mɪə(r)|
[ad. Mirabad, the name of a town in the Sarawan district, S.W. of Arak, Iran.]
A rare and fine quality Saraband rug woven in Mirabad. Also attrib.
1900J. K. Mumford Oriental Rugs xi. 197 In the Sarawan district the tereh Mir, so called from the village where it is said to have originated, is the almost universal design. Ibid., Artisans in other localities have copied the Mir Saraband, changing the borders or coloration to suit their fancy. 1931A. U. Dilley Oriental Rugs & Carpets iv. 125 All the fine Sarabands, known as Mir from the town of that name which an earthquake destroyed, were ‘Farma⁓yashti’, or special-order weavings. 1953A. C. Edwards Persian Carpet ix. 144/2 Miri no doubt refers to the Mir carpets of the early nineteenth century which were the prototypes of the present-day Serabands. 1972P. L. Phillips tr. Formenton's Oriental Rugs & Carpets 69 The botch design came from the Seraband region and..was used at the beginning in the Mir carpets. 1973Times 2 Apr. 6/5 (Advt.), A superb Mir carpet in soft pastel dyes. |