
Mirza Zahirudin 1523–1530, first Mughal Emperor.Abdul Mirza was given the title Prince Yusupov, and his descendant Prince Felix Yusupov married Princess Irina Alexandrovna of Russia, the only niece of Tsar Nicholas II. Under Catherine the Great, empress of Russia, the Mirzas gained equal rights with the Russian nobility due to their extreme wealth. Idar of Kabardia, also known as "Mirza Haydar Temruk Bey", was the great-grandson of Prince Inal – Sultan of Egypt the founder of the "Temruk dynasty" of the Kabardian princes, known in Russia as the "Cherkassky" a Circassian princely family.Ĭircassian nobility with the name Mirza include: The hereditary title of Mirza was adopted by the nobility class of the Circassians. Three consecutive titular kings of Shirvan, of the Shirvanshah Dynasty (present-day Azerbaijan), adopted the title as well following the death of Gurban Ali.Ĭircassians Circassian dynasty Prince Abdol-samad Mirza Ezz ed-Dowleh Saloor.Prince Nosrat al-Din Mirza Salar es-Saltaneh.Prince Firouz Mirza Nosrat-ed-Dowleh Farman Farmaian III.Prince Malek Mansur Mirza Shao es-Saltaneh.

It is right, however, to observe, that none but well-educated men, or such as follow respectable professions, or hold honourable posts, take the title of mirza." Persian Empires Īlqas Mirza meeting Suleiman the Magnificent. Writing in 1828, Frederic Shoberl records that "as a prefix to the name, it may be assumed by, or conferred on any person. By the Qajar period, the title simply marked a person as a clerk or a literate man of consequence. During the 16th century, the Safavids conferred it upon high-ranking viziers such as Mirza Shah Hossein and Mirza Ata-Allah Isfahani. Originally restricted to only kings and princes, the title eventually spread among other social groups, though only the former could have it placed after their given name. This was continued by later rulers such as the Aq Qoyunlus, Safavids and Mughals. During the early Timurid period, Mirza preceded a prince's given name, therefore adhering to the Persian fashion, though subsequently the Turkish style was adopted, with the title instead being placed after.

Mirza first emerged during the 15th century as an appellative term for members of the Timurid dynasty, adopted in deference to their progenitor, the Central Asian conqueror Timur, who used Amir as his principal title. Due to vowel harmony in Turkic languages, the alternative pronunciation Morza (plural morzalar derived from Persian) is also used. Amīrzādeh in turn consists of the Arabic title Amīr (English: Emir), meaning "commander" and the Persian suffix zādeh, meaning "son of" or "lineage of". The original title Mīrzā or Merzāh is derived from the Persian term Amīrzādeh which literally means child of the Amīr or child of the ruler. Imperial, royal, noble, gentry and chivalric ranks in West, Central, South Asia and North Africa ( September 2021) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) Please help improve this article if you can. The specific problem is: a huge list of people named Mirza. This article may require cleanup to meet Wikipedia's quality standards.
