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Definition of Mirza
1. n. The common title of honor in Persia, prefixed to the surname of an individual. When appended to the surname, it signifies Prince.
Definition of Mirza
1. Noun. (context: now historical) An educated man in India or Iran; an official, a clerk. (defdate from 16th c.) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Mirza
1. a Persian title of honor [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mirza
Literary usage of Mirza
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern by Charles Dudley Warner (1896)
"After such an effusion, it was always the custom of mirza- ... Among the many
learned rivals who envied the lessons of mirza- ..."
2. The History of India, as Told by Its Own Historians: The Muhammadan Period by John Dowson, Henry Miers Elliot (1875)
"March of mirza Abu-1 Kasim Babar to Khurasan.—Disagreement between mirza ...
Enmity between mirza Ulugh Beg and mirza 'Abdu-I Latif; and the death of the ..."
3. A History of India Under the Two First Sovereigns of the House of Taimur by William Erskine (1854)
"Khan mirza; she afterwards married two Khans of the ... Shah Begum, the grandmother,
Mehr-nigar Khanum the aunt, and Muhammed Husein mirza ..."
4. A Oriental Biographical Dictionary: Founded on Materials Collected by the by Thomas William Beale, Henry George Keene (1881)
"mirza 'All, Nawab, ts^ Dj*5 v!A He was executed at Dehli on Tuesday the 9th July
1844 AD, for the murder of two dancing-girls in that city. ..."
5. History of the Afghans by Joseph Pierre Ferrier (1858)
"Sons of Shah Kamran — Hadji Firooz Eddin — His Bad end, and that of his son Malek
Kassem mirza — Afghan princes in Persia— Conduct of Russia and England ..."
6. Travels in Russia, the Krimea, the Caucasus, and Georgia by Robert Lyall (1825)
"By the entreaties of mirza Sheffi and mirza Abdool Wehab, ... lof consented to
put an end to the discontentment between himself and mirza ..."
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