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Bihar
Bihar (/bɨˈhɑr/, pronounced [bɪˈɦaːr] (
listen)) is a state in eastern India. It is the 12th largest state in terms of geographical size at 38,202 sq mi (98,940 km2) and 3rd largest by population. Almost 58% of Biharis are below the age of 25, which is the highest proportion in India.
Bihar lies mid-way between West Bengal in the east and Uttar Pradesh in the west. It is bounded by the country of Nepal to the north and by Jharkhand to the south. The Bihar plain is divided into two parts by the river Ganges which flows through the middle from west to east. Bihar has notified forest area of 6,764.14 km2, which is 6.8% of its geographical area. Hindi and Urdu are the official languages of the state, while the majority of the people speak Angika, Bhojpuri, Magadhi, Maithili and Bajjika. In 2000, Bihar was divided into 2 parts, the Southern part known as Jharkhand.
Ancient Bihar (which consisted of Anga, Videha/Mithila, Magadha and Vajji/Vrijji) was a centre of power, learning and culture in ancient and classical India. Out of five "The Greats" from India, four greats belonged to this region of India, Magadh: Chandragupta Maurya, Ashoka, Samudragupta and Vikramaditya. From Magadha arose India's first and greatest empire, the Maurya empire as well as one of the world's most widely adhered-to religions, Buddhism. Magadha empires, notably under the Maurya and Gupta dynasties, unified large parts of South Asia under a central rule. Its capital Patna, earlier known as Pataliputra, was an important centre of Indian civilization.Nalanda and Vikramshila were centres of learning established in the 5th and 8th century respectively in Bihar, and are counted amongst the oldest and truly international universities, where people all over the world came to study. Bihar has distinction of giving the world its first democracy through Lichchivi (modern days Vaishali) during ancient era.
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Gilan Province
Gilan Province (Persian: استان گیلان, Ostān-e Gīlān ) is one of the 31 provinces of Iran. It lies along the Caspian Sea, just west of the province of Mazandaran, east of the province of Ardabil, north of the provinces of Zanjan and Qazvin. The northern part of the province is part of territory of South (Iranian) Talysh. At the center of the province is the main city of Rasht. Other towns in the province include Astara, Astaneh-e Ashrafiyyeh, Fuman, Lahijan, Langrud, Masouleh, Manjil, Rudbar, Roudsar, Shaft, Talesh, and Soumahe Sara.
The main harbor port of the province is Bandar-e Anzali (previously Bandar-e Pahlavi).
During the Persian era, this area was a province known as Daylam (sometimes Daylaman, Dailam or Delam). The Daylam region corresponds to the modern region of Gīlān. It was the place of origin of the Buyid dynasty. The people of the province had a prominent position during the Sassanid dynasty, their presence extended to Mesopotamia.
The first recorded encounter between Gilak and Deylamite warlords and invading Muslim Arab armies was at the Battle of Jalula in 637 AD. Deylamite commander Muta led an army of Gils, Deylamites, Azerbaijanis and people of the Rey region. Muta was killed in the battle and his defeated army managed to retreat in an orderly manner.
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Khanate of Kazan
The Khanate of Kazan (Tatar Cyrillic: Казан ханлыгы, Latin: Qazan xanlığı, Arabic: قازان خانليغى; Russian: Казанское ханство, tr: Kazanskoye khanstvo) was a medieval Tatar state which occupied the territory of former Volga Bulgaria between 1438 and 1552. Its khans were the patrilineal descendants of Toqa Temür, the thirteenth son of Jochi and grandson of Genghis Khan. The khanate covered contemporary Tatarstan, Mari El, Chuvashia, Mordovia, parts of Udmurtia and Bashkortostan; its capital was the city of Kazan. It was one of the successor states of the Golden Horde, and it came to an end when it was conquered by the Tsardom of Russia.
The territory of the khanate comprised the Muslim Bolgar-populated lands of Bolğar, Cükätäw, Kazan, Qaşan duchies and other regions that originally belonged to Volga Bulgaria. The Volga, Kama and Vyatka were the main rivers of the khanate, as well as the major trade ways. The majority of the population were Kazan Tatars (i.e. Muslim Bolgars that adopted the Tatar language). Their self-identity was not restricted to Tatars; many identified themselves as simple Muslims or "the people of Kazan". Islam was the state religion.
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Mughal Empire
The Mughal Empire, Shahan-e-Gurkhani, Shahan-e-Mughal, Sultanate-e-Mughliya, Daulat-e-Mughliya (Persian: شاهان گورکانی Shāhān-e Gūrkānī; Urdu: مغلیہ سلطنت; self-designation: گوركانى Gūrkānī ), or Mogul (also Moghul) Empire in traditional English usage, was an imperial power from the Indian Subcontinent. The Mughal emperors were direct descendants of Genghis Khan through Chagatai Khan and Timur. The Mughal Empire began in 1526; at the height of their power in the late 17th and early 18th centuries, they controlled most of the Indian Subcontinent—extending from Bengal in the east to Balochistan in the west, Kashmir in the north to the Kaveri basin in the south. According to "Babur-Nama", Kazakh tribal aristocracy along with number of other Turkic soldiers participated actively in the campaign of Babur, which made great influence over the development of Mughal Empire. Its population at that time has been estimated as between 110 and 150 million, over a territory of more than 3.2 million square kilometres (1.2 million square miles).
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Pakistan
Pakistan (
i/ˈpækɨstæn/ or i/pɑːkiˈstɑːn/; Urdu: پاکستان) (Urdu pronunciation: [paːkɪˈst̪aːn] (
listen)), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan (Urdu: اسلامی جمہوریۂ پاکستان), is a sovereign country in South Asia. It sits at the crossroads of the strategically important regions of South Asia, Central Asia and the Middle East. It has a 1,046-kilometre (650 mi) coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by India to the east, Afghanistan to the west and north, Iran to the southwest and China in the far northeast. It is separated from Tajikistan by Afghanistan's narrow Wakhan Corridor in the north, and it shares a marine border with Oman.
The territory of modern Pakistan was the site of several ancient cultures, including the Neolithic Mehrgarh and the Bronze Age Indus Valley Civilisation, and has undergone invasions or settlements by Hindu, Persian, Indo-Greek, Islamic, Turco-Mongol, Afghan and Sikh cultures. Thus the area has been ruled by numerous empires and dynasties, including the Indian Mauryan Empire, the Persian Achaemenid Empire, the Arab Umayyad Caliphate, the Mongol Empire, the Mughal Empire, the Durrani Empire, the Sikh Empire and the British Empire. As a result of the Pakistan Movement led by Muhammad Ali Jinnah and India's struggle for independence, Pakistan was created in 1947 as an independent nation for Muslims from the regions in the east and west of India where there was a Muslim majority. Initially a dominion, Pakistan adopted a new constitution in 1956, becoming an Islamic republic. A civil war in 1971 resulted in the secession of East Pakistan as the new country of Bangladesh.
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Russian Empire
The Russian Empire (Pre-reform Russian orthography: Россійская Имперія, Modern Russian: Российская Империя, translit: Rossiyskaya Imperiya) was a state that existed from 1721 until the Russian Revolution of 1917. It was the successor to the Tsardom of Russia and the predecessor of the short-lived Russian Republic, which was succeeded by the Soviet Union. It was one of the largest empires in world history, surpassed in landmass only by the British and Mongol empires: at one point in 1866, it stretched from eastern Europe across Asia and into North America.
At the beginning of the 19th century, the Russian Empire extended from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Black Sea on the south, from the Baltic Sea on the west to the Pacific Ocean and into North America on the east. With 125.6 million subjects registered by the 1897 census, it had the third largest population of the world at the time, after Qing China and the British Empire. Like all empires, it represented a large disparity in economic, ethnic and religious positions. Its government, ruled by the Emperor, was the last absolute monarchy in Europe at the time of its demise.
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Abbas Mirza
Prince, Field-Marshal Abbas Mirza (عباس میرزا آملی in Persian) born Navaa village (August 26, 1789 - October 25, 1833), was a Qajar crown prince of Persia. He developed a reputation as a military commander during wars with Russia and the Ottoman Empire, as an early modernizer of Persia's armed forces and institutions, and for his death before his father, Fath Ali Shah. Abbas was an intelligent prince, possessed some literary taste, and is noteworthy on account of the comparative simplicity of his life.
He was a younger son of Fath Ali Shah, but on account of his mother's royal birth was destined by his father to succeed him. Entrusted with the government of a part of Persia, he sought to rule it in European fashion, and employed officers to reorganize his army. He was soon at war with Russia, and his aid was eagerly solicited by both England and Napoleon, anxious to checkmate one another in the East. Preferring the friendship of France, Abbas Mirza continued the war against Russia's General Kotlyarevsky, but his new ally could give him very little assistance. Kotlyarevsky defeated the numerically superior Persian army in the Battle of Aslanduz and in October, 1813, Persia was compelled to make a disadvantageous peace, ceding some territory in the Caucasus (present-day Georgia, Dagestan, and most of the Republic of Azerbaijan).
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Abdol Majid Mirza
Soltan Abdol Majid Mirza Eyn-ed-Dowleh (1845-1927), Qajar prince and Prime Minister, was the eldest son of Prince Soltan Ahmad Mirza Azod ed-Dowleh and grandson of Fat'h Ali Shah Qajar.
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Ahmad Shah Bahadur
Ahmad Shah Bahadur (1725–1775) was born to Mughal Emperor Muhammad Shah. He succeeded his father to the throne as the 13th Mughal Emperor of India in 1748 at the age of 22. When Ahmed Shah came to power the rule of the Mughal Empire was collapsing, furthermore his administrative weaknesses eventually led to the rise of the usurping Imad-ul-Mulk. During the reign of his father the city of Delhi (the Mughal capital) had been plundered and much of northern India had been ransacked by the invading army of Nadir Shah.
Ahmed Shah inherited a much weakened Mughal state and after ruling unsuccessfully for 6 years, he was deposed by the Vizier Imad-ul-Mulk in 1754 and later blinded along with his mother. He spent the remaining years of his life in prison and died of natural causes in January 1775. His son Jahan Shah IV temporarily rose to power in 1788 and was handpicked by the renegade eunuch Ghulam Qadir.
Prince Ahmad was born in 1725 to the Mughal Emperor Muhammad Shah after the being pillaged by Nadir Shah the empire began to decline. As a young Prince Ahmad developed a weakness for women, though this was restricted under his father's supervision. Prince Ahmad is also known to have been an illiterate and never took part in military training. he was strongly supported by his mother Qudsiyya Begum, who began to manipulate the imperial court due to grief of Mughal Emperor Muhammad Shah and his inability to consolidate the Mughal Empire.
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Akbar
Jalal-ud-Din Muhammad Akbar (Persian: جلال الدین محمد اکبر - Jalāl ud-Dīn Muḥammad Akbar), also known as Shahanshah Akbar-e-Azam or Akbar the Great (14 October 1542 – 27 October 1605), was the third Mughal Emperor. He was of Timurid descent; the son of Emperor Humayun, and the grandson of the Mughal Emperor Zaheeruddin Muhammad Babur, the ruler who founded the Mughal dynasty in India. At the end of his reign in 1605 the Mughal empire covered most of northern and central India. He is most appreciated for having a liberal outlook on all faiths and beliefs and during his era, culture and art reached a zenith as compared to his predecessors.
Akbar was 13 years old when he ascended the Mughal throne in Delhi (February 1556), following the death of his father Humayun. During his reign, he eliminated military threats from the powerful Pashtun descendants of Sher Shah Suri, and at the Second Battle of Panipat he decisively defeated the newly self-declared Hindu king Hemu. It took him nearly two more decades to consolidate his power and bring all the parts of northern and central India into his direct realm. He influenced the whole of the Indian Subcontinent as he ruled a greater part of it as an emperor. As an emperor, Akbar solidified his rule by pursuing diplomacy with the powerful Hindu Rajput caste, and by marrying Rajput princesses.
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Akbar Shah II
Akbar Shah II (1760–1837 CE), also known as Mirza Akbar, was the second-to-last of the Mughal emperors of India. He held the title from 1806 to 1837. He was the second son of Shah Alam II and the father of Bahadur Shah Zafar II.
Akbar had little real power due to the increasing British control of India through the East India Company. Shortly before his death he sent Ram Mohan Roy as an ambassador to Britain. During his regime, in 1835, the East India Company (EIC) discontinued calling itself the lieutenant of the Mughal Emperor and issuing coins in his name. The Persian lines in the Company's coins to this effect were deleted.
His grave lies, next to the dargah of 13th century, Sufi saint, Qutbuddin Bakhtiar Kaki at Mehrauli, in a marble enclosure, along with that of Bahadur Shah I (also known as Shah Alam I) and Shah Alam II.
Prince Akbar was born on 22 April 1760 to Emperor Shah Alam II at Mukundpur, Rewa, while his father was in exile. On 2 May 1781, at the Red Fort, the prince was made Crown Prince with the title of Wali Ahd Bahadur, after the death of his elder brother. When the renegade eunuch Ghulam Qadir captured Delhi, the young Prince Mirza Akbar was forced to nautch dance together along with other Mughal princes and princesses. He witnessed how the members of the imperial Mughal family were humiliated, as well as starved. When Jahan Shah IV fled, Mirza Akbar was titular Emperor with the title of Akbar Shah II, and was to remain acting emperor even after the reinstation of his father Shah Alam II, till December 1788.
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Alamgir II
Aziz-ud-din Alamgir II (عالمگير ۲) (1759 - 1699) was the Mughal Emperor of India from 3 June 1754 to 29 November 1759. He was the son of Jahandar Shah.
Aziz-ud-Din, the second son of Jahandar Shah, was raised to the throne by Imad-ul-Mulk after he deposed Ahmad Shah Bahadur in 1754. On ascending the throne, he took the title of Alamgir and tried to follow the approach of Aurangzeb Alamgir. At the time of his accession to throne he was an old man of 55 years. He had no experience of administration and warfare as he had spent most of his life in jail. He was a weak ruler, with all powers vested in the hand of his Wazir, Ghazi-ud-Din Imad-ul-Mulk. In 1756, Ahmad Shah Abdali invaded India once again and captured Delhi and plundered Mathura. Marathas became more powerful because of their collaboration with Imad-ul-Mulk, and dominated the whole of northern India. This was the peak of Maratha expansion, which caused great trouble for the Mughal Empire, already weak with no strong ruler.
The relations between Alamgir II and the usurping Vizier, Imad-ul-Mulk, by this time had gotten worse. Alamgir II was murdered by Imad-ul-Mulk and the Maratha leader Sadashivrao Bhau. Alamgir II's son Ali Gauhar escaped persecution from Delhi, while Shah Jahan III was placed on the throne.
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Ali Mirza Qajar
Prince Soltan Ali Mirza Kadjar (Qajar) (November 16, 1929 – May 27, 2011) was an Iranian Prince of Qajar Dynasty and the son of Soltan Majid Mirza Qajar (1907–1975) and Homadokht Kian (Shayesteh Khanoum) (1912–1992) and the grandson of Mohammad Ali Shah Qajar. He was the Head of the Qajar Imperial Family. Despite Soltan Ali Mirza Qajar being Head of the Qajar Imperial Family, the Qajar claimant to the Peacock Throne was the Heir Presumptive Mohammad Hassan Mirza II, son of Soltan Hamid Mirza and grandson of Soltan Ahmad Shah's brother and successor in exile, Mohammad Hassan Mirza Qajar.
Kaanoun-e Khanevadegi-e Ghajar (after 1999 Kadjar Family Association also named Qajar Family Association: KFA/QFA) was founded in Tehran under the presidency of Nosrat-os-Saltaneh son of Mozaffar al-Din Shah and Yamin-ed-Dowleh son of Naser al-Din Shah. It was dissolved two years after its founding. In 1999 under the presidency of Prince Soltan Ali Mirza this reconstituted association was brought to life by Prof. M.M. Eskandari-Qajar (Santa Barbara City College) and L.A.F. Barjesteh van Waalwijk van Doorn (private), who, together with Prof. M. Tehranian (then University of Hawaii), also founded the International Qajar Studies Association, of which Soltan Ali Mirza Qajar was the honorary president.
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Alivardi Khan
Ali Vardi Khan (Bengali: আলীবর্দী খাঁ, Urdu: علی وردی خان; May 10, 1671 – April 9, 1756) was the Nawab of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa during 1740 - 1756. He toppled the Nasiri Dynasty of Bengal and took power as Nawab.
His father was Shah Quli Khan Mirza Muhammad Madani and his mother was the daughter of Nawab Aqil Khan Afshar. His birth name was Mirza Muhammad Ali (Urdu: مرزا محمد علی). He was a Shia Muslim. His father was an employee of Azam Shah, the son of Mughal emperor Aurangzeb. Azam Shah also employed the sons of Mirza Muhammad. But after the death of Azam Shah, the family fell into poverty. His two sons Muhammad Ali and Mirza Ahmed managed to find employment under the Subahdar of Orissa, Shuja-ud-Din. After Shuja-ud-Din was promoted to Nawab, the two brothers' future prospects widened.
In 1728, Shuja-ud-Din promoted Muhammad Ali to Faujdar (General) of Rajmahal and entitled him as Ali Vardi Khan. In 1733, he was assigned as the Naib Nazim (Deputy Subahdar) of Bihar. A year later he was titled Mahabat Jang and the rank of 5000 by Nawab Shuja-ud-Din. Ali Vardi Khan aspired for larger authority. On 10 April 1740 in the Battle of Giria, he defeated and killed Shuja-ud-Din's successor, Sarfaraz Khan. Thus he took control of Bengal and Bihar. Then on 3 March 1741 he defeated Rustam Jang, deputy governor of Orissa and a relative of Sarfaraz Khan, in the battle of Phulwarion.Orissa also went under control of Ali Vardi Khan.
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Aurangzeb
Abul Muzaffar Muhiu 'd-Din Muhammad Aurangzeb (Persian/Urdu: ابلمظفر محىالدين محمداورنگزيب, Hindi: अबुल मुज़फ्फर मुहिउद्दीन मुहम्मद औरंगज़ेब आलमगीर) (4 November [O.S. 25 October] 1618 – 3 March [O.S. 20 February] 1707), is more popularly known as Aurangzeb, or by his chosen imperial title Alamgir ("Conquerer of the World"), he was the sixth Mughal Emperor, whose reign lasted for 49 years, from 1658 until his death in 1707.
Aurangzeb was a notable expansionist and was also among the wealthiest of the previous Mughal rulers with an annual yearly tribute of £38,624,680 (in the year 1690), during his lifetime victories in the south expanded the Mughal Empire to more than 1.25 million square miles, he ruled over more than 150 million subjects, constituting nearly one fourth of the world's population.
Aurangzeb was born the third son and sixth child of Shah Jahan and Mumtaz Mahal (Arjumand Bāno Begam) in Dahod on the way to Ujjain. Aurangzeb was born when Shah Jahan was a governor of Gujarat suba. In June 1626, after an unsuccessful rebellion by his father, Aurangzeb and his brother Dara Shikoh were kept as hostages under Nur Jahan at there grandfather Jahangir's Lahore court. On 26 February 1628, Shah Jahan was officially declared the Mughal Emperor, and then Aurangzeb returned to Agra fort to live with his parents and Since then Aurangzeb received his formal education in Arabic and Persian. His daily allowance were fixed to
500, while he spent his allowance in religious education and the study of history, he accused his brothers of alcoholism and womanizing.
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Babur
Zahir-ud-din Muhammad Babur (February 14, 1483 – December 26, 1530; sometimes also spelt Baber or Babar) was a conqueror from Central Asia who, following a series of setbacks, finally succeeded in laying the basis for the Mughal dynasty in the Indian Subcontinent and became the first Mughal emperor. He was a direct descendant of Timur through his father, and a descendant also of Genghis Khan through his mother. Babur identified his lineage as Timurid and Chaghatay-Turkic. He was greatly influenced by Persian culture and this affected both his own actions and those of his successors, giving rise to a significant expansion of the Persianate ethos in the Indian subcontinent.
Ẓahīr ad-Dīn Muḥammad (Persian: ﻇﻬﻴﺮﺍﻟﺪﻳﻦ محمد, also known by his royal titles as al-ṣultānu 'l-ʿazam wa 'l-ḫāqān al-mukkarram bādshāh-e ġāzī), is more commonly known by his nickname, Bābur (بابر).
According to Stephen Frederic Dale, the name Babur is derived from the Persian word babr, meaning "tiger", a word that repeatedly appears in Firdawsī's Shāhnāma and had also been borrowed by the Turkic languages of Central Asia. This thesis is supported by the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland, explaining that the Turko-Mongol name Timur underwent a similar evolution, from the Sanskrit word cimara ("iron") via a modified version *čimr to the final Turkicized version timür, with -ür replacing -r due to the Turkish vowel harmony (hence babr → babür).[citation needed]
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Bahadur Shah I
Bahadur Shah (Persian: بہادر شاه Bahādur Shāh) (14 October 1643, Burhanpur–27 February 1712, Lahore) was a Mughal Emperor, who ruled India from 1707 to 1712. His original name was Qutb ud-Din Muhammad Mu'azzam later titled as Shah Alam by his father. He took the throne name Bahadur Shah in 1707. His name Bahādur means "brave" & "hero" in Turko-Mongol languages. Reigning just five years, he was an old man of 63 when he came to power. He made settlements with the Marathas, tranquilized the Rajputs, and became friendly with the Sikhs in the Punjab. He was travelling throughout his reign and only came to rest in Lahore in the last few months of his life.
Muazzam, the third son of the emperor Aurangzeb through Nawab Bai Begum Saheba, the daughter of Raja of Rajauri (Jarral Rajput), was born in Burhanpur in 1643. In his father's lifetime, Muazzam was deputed governor of the northwest territories by Aurangzeb. His province included those parts of the Punjab where the Sikh faith was blossoming. As governor, Muazzam relaxed the enforcement of Aurangzeb's severe edicts, and an uneasy calm prevailed in the province for a brief time. In fact, he maintained a friendly relationship with the second last Sikh spiritual leader, Guru Gobind Singh. When Muazzam was challenging his brothers for the Mughal throne, Guru Gobind Singh provided military assistance to the liberal prince. He was also the patron of the poet Jafar Zattalli.
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Bahadur Shah II
Bahadur Shah II (Urdu: بہادر شاہ دوم), born Abu Zafar Sirajuddin Muhammad Bahadur Shah Zafar (Urdu: ابو ظفر سِراجُ الْدین محمد بُہادر شاہ ظفر), on October 1775 – died November 7, 1862) was the last Mughal emperor and a member of the Timurid Dynasty. Zafar was the son of Akbar Shah II and Lalbai, who was a Hindu Rajput, and became Mughal Emperor when his father died on September 28, 1837. He was widely known as Bahadur Shah Zafar. He used Zafar, a part of his name, meaning “victory”, as a nom de plume (takhallus) as an Urdu poet and wrote many Urdu ghazals under it. After his involvement in the Indian Rebellion of 1857 the British tried and then exiled him from Delhi.
Zafar's father, Akbar Shah II, ruled over a rapidly disintegrating empire between 1806 to 1837. It was during his time that the East India Company dispensed with the illusion of ruling in the name of the Mughal monarch and removed his name from the Persian texts that appeared on the coins struck by the company in the areas under their control.
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Bahram Mirza
Bahram Mirza Moezz-od-Dowleh Qajar (1806–1882) ( بهرام میرزا معزالدوله قاجار ) was the second son of Abbas Mirza who was the youngest son of Fat'h Ali Shah Qajar. He was an educated and erudite man expert on many subjects, which won him the nickname of Mollah Bahram (Knowledgeable Bahram). As The Uncle of Naser al-Din Shah, he was the minister of justice during his reign.
Napoleon Bonaparte extended a hand in friendship to Persia, deeming the alliance a helpful strategy for his ambitious and never accomplished plan to conquer India. Many military advisers were sent to Persia for the training of the Persian army. Bahram Mirza received such training under the tutelage of General Gardanne, which resulted in his authoring a book called the Discipline of War. Only one surviving lithographed copy of this book exist today, which is in the Moezzi family archives.
Bahram Mirza Moezzeddoleh is the founder of the Moezzi family. The Moezeddoleh title was reduced to Moezzi under the new law decreed by Reza Shah Pahlavi after the 1925 coup and ultimately the end of the Qajar dynasty. He died at the age of seventy six in 1882, leaving 82 progeny.
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Baig
Baig, also commonly spelled Beg or Begg, (Persian بیگ, Turkish Beg/Bey) was a title of Turko-Persian Origin, which is today used as a surname or middle name to identify lineage. It means Cheif or Commander and is common in Pakistan, India, Afghanistan, Iran, Central Asia and Eastern Europe (former Yugoslav) and among their respective diaspora. The spellings Beg, Bey, Bek (Turkish), Begovic (Bosnian), Begovich (Slavic), Begzada, Begzadi (Persian) and Bik (Western China) are also found.
The name Baig originates from a Turkic-Mongal clan called Barlas (the main tribe of the Timurids). The Barlas tribe and their descendants established Turko-Persian empires in Central Asia, Eastern Europe, Middle East and later South Asia.
The name Baig is derived from the Turkic word Beg or Bey, which means commander or chief (i.e. military leader.) Baig/Beg was a title given to honorary members of the Barlas clan, and was subsequently used as the family name for their children. The name is most common among the descendants of the Moghal Dynasty of South Asia. The members of the Moghal Dynasty belonged to the Barlas clan and "Baigs" were high ranking military leaders and advisors to the Moghal Royal Families. They were also granted the Princely title of Mirza, to signify their high ranking among the aristocracy and ruling-class. Baigs occupied the upper echelons of society in the conquered parts of South Asia.
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Catherine the Great
Catherine II, also known as Catherine the Great (Russian: Екатерина II Великая, Yekaterina II Velikaya; German: Katharina die Große), Empress of Russia (2 May [O.S. 21 April] 1729 – 17 November [O.S. 6 November] 1796), was the most renowned and the longest-ruling female leader of Russia, reigning from 9 July [O.S. 28 June] 1762 until her death at the age of 67. She was born in Stettin, Pomerania, Prussia as Sophie Friederike Auguste von Anhalt-Zerbst-Dornburg, and came to power following a coup d'état and the assassination of her husband, Peter III, at the end of the Seven Years' War. Russia was revitalised under her reign, growing larger and stronger than ever and becoming recognised as one of the great powers of Europe.
In both her accession to power and in rule of her empire, Catherine often relied on her noble favourites, most notably Grigory Orlov and Grigory Potemkin. Assisted by highly successful generals such as Pyotr Rumyantsev and Alexander Suvorov, and admirals such as Fyodor Ushakov, she governed at a time when the Russian Empire was expanding rapidly by conquest and diplomacy. In the south, the Crimean Khanate was crushed following victories over the Ottoman Empire in the Russo-Turkish wars, and Russia colonised the vast territories of Novorossiya along the coasts of the Black and Azov Seas. In the west, the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, ruled by Catherine's former lover, king Stanisław August Poniatowski, was eventually partitioned, with the Russian Empire gaining the largest share. In the east, Russia started to colonise Alaska, establishing Russian America.
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Djahangir Mirza
Prince Djahangir Mirza (Persian: جهانگیر میرزا) (1810-1853) Persian Prince of Qajar Dynasty, was the third son of Abbas Mirza, the crown prince and governor of Azerbaijan, who in turn was the son of Fat′h Ali Shah Qajar, the second Shah of the Qajar dynasty.
After the death of his father in 1832, Ghaem Magham Farahani, arrested him in Tabriz and put him to jail in Ardebil. He blinded to the order of his brother, Mohammad Shah. He had 5 sons and 2 daughters from his wife Delshad Khanum (Persian: دلشاد خانم). He died at the age of 43 in Mecca. He was buried in the shrine of Fatema Mæ'sume in the city of Qom.
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Fahmida Mirza
Dr. Fahmida Mirza (Urdu: فہمیدہ مرزا), sometimes also spelled as Fehmida Mirza (born December 20, 1956), is a medical doctor, agriculturist and businesswoman from Hyderabad, Sindh, Pakistan who was elected as the first female Speaker of the National Assembly of Pakistan on March 19, 2008. She is also the first female parliamentary speaker in the Muslim world.
She has been elected to Parliament for three consecutive terms in 1997, 2002 and 2008 as MNA from Badin, in Sindh. Dr. Mirza graduated with a medical degree from Liaquat Medical College, Jamshoro, Sindh, in 1982 and did her house job in gynaecology and paediatrics.
Fahmida Mirza hails from a Sindhi-speaking Muslim political family in Sindh, the Mughal Qazis of Sindh. Her grandfather, Qazi Abdul Qayyum, was the first Muslim president of Hyderabad (Latifabad) Sindh Municipality. Her father, Qazi Abdul Majeed Abid (Qazi Abid) held different ministries in the provincial (Sindh) and federal cabinets from 1982 to 1990 including Provincial Minister for Communication, Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting, Federal Minister for Food and Agriculture, Federal Minister for Education, and Federal Minister for Water and Power. Her Uncle, Qazi Mohammad Akbar, was also a long serving Provincial Minister in Sindh, including serving as Provincial Home Minister.
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Farrukhsiyar
Abu'l Muzaffar Muin ud-din Muhammad Shah Farrukh-siyar Alim Akbar Sani Wala Shan Padshah-i-bahr-u-bar [Shahid-i-Mazlum] (or Farrukhsiyar, 20 August 1685 – 19 April 1719) was the Mughal emperor between 1713 and 1719. Noted as a handsome ruler he was easily swayed by his advisers, he lacked the ability, knowledge and character to rule independently.
His reign witnessed the primacy of the Sayyid Brothers who became the effective powers of the land, behind the façade of Mughal rule. His constant plotting eventually led the Sayyid Brothers to officially depose him.
Farrukhsiyar first married Nawab Fakhr-un-Nisa Begum Sahiba, daughter of Mir Muhammad Taqi Husaini, a Kashmiri nobleman from the Marashi clan, sometime prior to December 1715. In September 1715, Farrukhsiyar married Indira Kanwar, daughter of Maharaja Ajit Singh of Jodhpur.
Jahandar Shah was defeated at the Second Battle of Samugarh near Agra on 10 January 1713. Following this, the Sayyid Brothers, helped Farukhsiyar to secure his throne. He took the throne On 11 January 1713, at the age of 30. Farrukhsiyar had the incumbent Mughal Grand Vizier Zulfiqar Khan Nusrat Jung, Jahandar Shah and his wife Lal Kunwar, and several nobles executed.
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Felix Yusupov
Prince Felix Felixovich Yusupov, Count Sumarokov-Elston (Russian: Фéликс Фéликсович Юсýпов, граф Сумароков-Эльстон; March 23, 1887, Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire – September 27, 1967, Paris, France), was best known for participating in the murder of Grigori Rasputin, the faith healer who was said to have influenced decisions of Tsar Nicholas II and Tsaritsa Alexandra Feodorovna.
Felix Yusupov was born in Saint Petersburg, capital of the Russian Empire. His mother's family, the Yusupovs, were of Tatar origin and very wealthy (there was a time when Felix Yusupov was the richest man in Russia). The Yusupov family acquired their wealth generations earlier through extensive land grants in Siberia, and they owned a string of profitable mines and fur trading posts. In order that the Yusupov name might not die out, the prince's father, Count Felix Felixovich Sumarokov-Elston (October 5, 1856, Saint Petersburg – June 10, 1928, Rome, Italy), General Governor of Moscow (1914–1915) (son of Count Felix Nikolaievich Sumarokov-Elston), took the surname of his wife, Princess Zenaida Nikolaievna Yusupova (September 2, 1861, Saint Petersburg – November 24, 1939, Paris) upon their marriage, on April 4, 1882 in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Felix became heir to the immense fortune after his older brother Nikolai Felixovich, Count Sumarokov-Elston (born 1883), was killed in a duel on June 22, 1908. Consulting with family members about how best to administer the money and property, he decided to devote time and money to charitable works to help the poor.
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Fereydoon Mirza
Prince Fereydoon Mirza (born in 1810-12, died in Mashhad 1855-56) Persian Prince of Qajar Dynasty, was the 5th son of Abbas Mirza, then crown prince of Persia. When becoming Vice-Governor of Azerbaijan in 1831, he was bestowed with the title of "Nayeb-ol Ayalah", Prince Governor of Azerbaijan in 1835, and of Fars from 1836 to 1840, in which function he received the title "Farman Farma". He was thus the second holder of this title during the Qajar Rule in Iran. From 1853 to his death he was Prince Governor of Khorasan. In the first year of his governorship of that province, he led at least one campaign against the Turkomans at Ashghabad and had destroyed that town and 36 fortifications around. As poet he is also known under his penname "Farrok".
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Hady Mirza
Hady Mirza (born January 28, 1980) (Jawi: حدي ميرزا) is a Singaporean singer of Bugis descent, with his grandparents hailing from Sulawesi. He is the winner of the second season of the reality TV show Singapore Idol. He was crowned the winner on 25 September 2006 at the Singapore Indoor Stadium after garnering 70% of about one million votes cast by television viewers.
He was also the winner of the world's first Asian Idol competition held on 16 December 2007 in Jakarta, Indonesia. Asian Idol is a competition between six Idol winners from several different Asian countries, namely Singapore Idol, Malaysian Idol, Indonesian Idol, Indian Idol, Philippine Idol and Vietnam Idol.
Hady is most known for his smooth R&B voice and charming personality. He is the second male winner, following in the footsteps of his favourite idol, Taufik Batisah.
Hady started singing at the age of 18 and instantly fell in love with it because of the variety of genres he could get involved in. On the show, Hady was known for his diverse versatility, singing not only R&B hits, but Pop, Emo Rock and Heavy Metal.
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Hamid Mirza
Prince Soltan Hamid Mirza Qajar (23 April 1918 – 5 May 1988) was the head and heir presumptive of the Qajar dynasty the former ruling dynasty of Iran and the son of the last Qajar Crown Prince of Iran.
He was born in Tabriz, the son of Crown Prince Mohammad Hassan Mirza and his second wife Muhtaram Razzaghi. His early years were spent at the Golestan Palace until he was sent by his father at the age of 4 to be educated in England. On his way to England he visited his grandfather Mohammad Ali Shah Qajar in Constantinople. His grandfather had abdicated in 1909 after the Iranian Constitutional Revolution. He did not go on England as his grandfather felt he was too young to go. Instead he lived with his grandfather: first in Constantinople, and later in San Remo, Italy, where his grandfather died on 5 April 1924. After the death of his grandfather Hamid Mirza and his older brother Hossein Mirza moved to Paris for a year. When the Qajar dynasty was overthrown in 1925, Hamid Mirza and his brother moved to England with their father. His brother, Hossein, subsequently emigrated to Canada and worked as an architect in Toronto.
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House of Yusupov
The Yusupovs are a Russian noble family descended from the Khans of the 10th century who, in the 18th and 19th centuries, were renowned for their immense wealth, philanthropy and art collections. Most notably, Prince Felix Yusupov II was famous for his involvement in the murder of Rasputin.
In the 14th century Edigu, a Tatar from the Manghit tribe and one of Tamerlane's greatest strategists, settled on the north shores of the Black Sea, establishing the Nogai Horde and laying the foundations for the Crimean Khanate. Edigu's death was followed by infighting between his descendants, until, in the 15th century, Khan Yusuf became the head of the Nogai Horde.
Khan Yusuf allied himself with Tsar Ivan the Terrible, but the former allies eventually became enemies. Khan Yusuf's daughter Sumbecca was Queen of Kazan, and when Kazan was razed by Ivan, Khan Yusuf's daughter was taken as prisoner to Moscow. After Khan Yusuf died, another period of infighting between his descendants followed until the 17th century, when Abdul Mirza, another descendant, converted from Islam to Orthodox Christianity under the name of Dmitry. After the conversion, Tsar Feodor I bestowed upon him the title of Prince Yusupov. The second son of the Steward Prince Dmitri Seyushevich Yusupov-Knyazhevo (died 1694) (twice married to Ekaterina Yakovlevna Sumarokova and to Princess Tatiana Fyodorovna Korkodinova (died 1719)) (the first one, Prince Matvei Dmitrievich Yusupov, Steward, died young), Prince Grigori Dmitrievich Yusupov (November 17, 1676, Moscow - September 2, 1730, Moscow), General in Chief and Minister of Defense, was a friend of Peter the Great and helped him with the construction of the Russian Navy. Married to Anna Nikitichna Akinfova (died 1735), daughter of Okolnichi Nikita Ivanovich Akinfov, the couple had, besides Prince Boris, three more children:
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Humayun
Nasir ud-din Muhammad Humayun (Persian: نصیر الدین محمد همایون; full title: Al-Sultan al-'Azam wal Khaqan al-Mukarram, Jam-i-Sultanat-i-haqiqi wa Majazi, Sayyid al-Salatin, Abu'l Muzaffar Nasir ud-din Muhammad Humayun Padshah Ghazi, Zillu'llah; OS 7 March 1508 – OS 17 January 1556) was the second Mughal Emperor who ruled present day Afghanistan, Pakistan, and parts of northern India from 1530–1540 and again from 1555–1556. Like his father, Babur, he lost his kingdom early, but with Persian aid, he eventually regained an even larger one. On the eve of his death in 1556, the Mughal empire spanned almost one million square kilometers.
He succeeded his father in India in 1530, while his half-brother Kamran Mirza, who was to become a rather bitter rival, obtained the sovereignty of Kabul and Lahore, the more northern parts of their father's empire. He originally ascended the throne at the age of 22 and was somewhat inexperienced when he came to power.
Humayun lost Mughal territories to the Pashtun noble, Sher Shah Suri, and, with Persian aid, regained them 15 years later. Humayun's return from Persia, accompanied by a large retinue of Persian noblemen, signaled an important change in Mughal court culture, as the Central Asian origins of the dynasty were largely overshadowed by the influences of Persian art, architecture, language and literature and also there are many stone carved and Persian language In India from the time of Humayun also thousands of Persian manuscript in India.
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Iraj Mirza
Prince Iraj Mirza (1874–1926) (titled Jalāl-ol-Mamālek), son of prince Gholam Hossein Mirza, was a famous Iranian poet. He was a modern poet and his works are associated with the criticism of traditions. He had translations from the French language.
Iraj was born in October 1874 in Tabriz, the capital city of East Azarbaijan province in Iran. His Pedigree chart shows that he was a descendant of Fath Ali Shah Qajar, the second shah of Qajar dynasty (reigned 1797–1834). His Father, prince Gholam Hossein Mirza was son of prince Malek Iraj Mirza son of Fat'h Ali Shah Qajar
Gholam Hossein Mirza, Iraj's father, was a poet laureate or the official court-poet of Mozaffar al-Din Mirza. Mozaffar al-Din Mirza, the son of Nasser-al-Din Shah (the fourth shah of Qajar dynasty reigned 1848–1896), was the Crown Prince (in Persian: Vali-Ahd) of Iran at the time. (As a tradition, all Crown Princes during Qajar era used to reside in Tabriz). Though some literatures indicate that Iraj was schooled privately, there are reliable evidences that he studied at a branch of the House of Sciences and Techniques (in Persian: Darolfonoon) in Tabriz. At 15, he was fluent in French, Arabic and Turkish. He was also familiar with the art of calligraphy. His handwriting was very artistic and he was and still is considered as one of the famous calligraphers of Iran. At 16, Iraj got married and at 19 he lost both his father and wife. He then took the position of his late father and became the court-poet of Mozaffar al-Din Mirza . At 22, when Mozaffar al-Din Mirza was succeeded to the throne in 1896 and became Mozaffar al-Din Shah; Iraj was titled as the Head of Poets (in Persian: Sadrol-Shaaeryn or Sadrol-Show-Araa). He was then titled as Jalal-ol-mamalek.
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Jahandar Shah
Jahandar Shah (1661–1713) was a Mughal Emperor who ruled India for a brief period in 1712-1713. His title was Shahanshah-i-Ghazi Abu'l Fath Muiz-ud-Din Muhammad Jahandar Shah Sahib-i-Quran Padshah-i-Jahan (Khuld Aramgah).
Jahandar Shah was born on 10 May 1661, a son of the emperor Bahadur Shah I. Upon the death of their father on 27 February 1712, he and his brother Azim-ush-Shan both declared themselves emperor and conducted a struggle for the succession. Azim-us-Shan was killed on 17 March 1712 and Jahandar Shah was able to rule for a further eleven months. Before coming to the throne, Jahandar Shah had sailed around the Indian ocean, and had been a very prosperous trader, and was later appointed Subedar of Sindh. He was the father of three sons, including Aziz-ud-Din who reigned as Mughal emperor between 1754 and 1759.
His court was depraved. He was a mere puppet in the hands of his favourite wife, Lal Kunwar. Before her elevation to the position of Queen Consort, she was a mere dancing girl. Her children were promoted to the highest offices of the Empire. He was defeated in the battle at Agra on 10 January 1713 by Farrukhsiyar, his nephew and the second son of Azim-us-Shan, with the support of the Syed Brothers.
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Jahangir
|سلیم جهانگیر نورالدین}}}} Persian: نورالدین سلیم جهانگیر Hindi: नूरुद्दीन सलीम जहांगीर) (full title: Al-Sultan al-'Azam wal Khaqan al-Mukarram, Khushru-i-Giti Panah, Abu'l-Fath Nur-ud-din Muhammad Jahangir Padshah Ghazi [Jannat-Makaani]) (20 September 1569 – 8 November 1627) was the ruler of the Mughal Empire from 1605 until his death. The name Jahangir is from Persian جهانگیر,meaning "Conqueror of the World". Nur-ud-din or Nur al-Din is an Arabic name that means " Light of the Faith". Born as Prince Muhammad Salim and nicknamed Sheykhu Baba, he was the third and eldest surviving son of Mogul Emperor Akbar. Akbar's twin sons, Hasan and Hussain, died in infancy. His mother was the Rajput Princess of Amber, Jodhabai(born Rajkumari Hira Kunwari, eldest daughter of Raja Bihar Mal or Bharmal, Raja of Amber, India). Jahangir was a child of many prayers.]
It is said to be by the blessing of Shaikh Salim Chishti (one of the revered sages of his times) that Akbar's first surviving child, the future Jahangir, was born. The child was named Salim after the dervish and was affectionately addressed by Akbar as Sheikhu Baba.
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Kamran Mirza
Kamran Mirza, sometimes known simply as Kamran, (1509 – 5 (or 6) October 1557) was the second son of Babur Mirza, the founder of the Mughal dynasty.
Kamran Mirza was born in Kabul. He was half-brother to Babur's eldest son Mirza Humayun, who would go on and inherit the Mughal throne, but he was full brother to Babur’s third son, Askari.
While his father, Babur, was conquering northern India from 1525 onwards, Kamran remained in Kandahar in order to secure his northern flank. He was still in charge of the northern part of the newly formed empire, when his father died in 1530. According to the Mughal historian Abul Fazl, Babur’s last words to Humayun were “do nothing against your brothers, even though they may deserve it.”
In 1538 Kamran first crossed into India, bringing with him 12,000 soldiers, while Humayun was away fighting in Bengal. He appeared to have come in order to put down the rebellion of his brother Hindal against Humayun. However, despite Humayun’s calls for help, Kamran offered him no aid whatsoever. After Humayun returned from his defeat at the Battle of Chausa, Kamran refused to place his troops under Humayun’s command as he was more interested in taking power for himself. Seeing no chance of furthering his ambition, Kamran withdrew back to Lahore.
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Khanlar Mirza
Khanlar Mirza whose royal title was Ehteshami ed-Dowleh was commander of Nasser al-Din Shah's forces in Bushehr during the Anglo-Persian War. He was the seventeenth son of Abbas Mirza.
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Khosrow Mirza
Prince Khosro Mirza (1811-1883), Persian Prince of Qajar Dynasty, was the 7th son of Abbas Mirza and brother of Djahangir Mirza.
In 1829 Alexander Griboyedov, the Russian diplomat and play writer was killed in the encirclement of the Russia embassy in Tehran. For apologizing, Fath Ali Shah sent Khosro Mirza to Saint Petersburg, where he gave the Shah Diamond to the Russian Tsar Nicholas I.
In 1832 Ghaem Magham Farahani put him to jail in Ardebil. He was blinded there by the order of his brother, Mohammad Shah Qajar. He died in 1883 at the age of 72.
A young Khosrow Mirza is briefly depicted in Alexander Sokurov's 2002 film Russian Ark. The film also portrays Khosrow's elaborate ceremonial apology before the Russian Tsar.
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Khusrau Mirza
Khusrau Mirza (Urdu: خسرو مِرزا, Hindi: ख़ुसरो मिर्ज़ा; August 16, 1587 – January 26, 1622) was the eldest son of the Mughal emperor Jahangir. His mother Manbai or Shah Begam was a Kachhwaha princess and the daughter of Raja Bhagwant Das. Prince Khusrau was born in Lahore on August 16, 1587. His mother committed suicide on May 16, 1604 by consuming poison.
Khusrau married the daughter of Azam Khan Koka. He had three sons, Buland Akhtar (who died at an early age), Dawar Bakhsh and Gurshasp.
Khusrau had a son also by the daughter of Muqim, son of Mihtar Fazil Rikab-dar.
Khusrau rebelled against his father in 1606 to see, who would succeed the emperor Akbar. He left Agra on April 6, 1606 with 350 horsemen on the pretext of visiting the tomb of Akbar at nearby Sikandra. In Mathura, he was joined by Hussain Beg with about 3000 horsemen. In Panipat, he was joined by Abdur Rahim, the provincial dewan of Lahore. When Khusrau reached Taran Taran, he received the blessings of Guru Arjan Dev.
He laid the siege of Lahore, but Lahore was defended by Dilawar Khan. Soon, Jahangir reached Lahore with a big army and Khusrau was defeated in the battle of Bhairowal. Khusrau and his followers tried to flee towards Kabul but they were captured by Jahangir's army while crossing the Chenab, and later he was imprisoned in Agra.
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Mahmoud Mirza
Mahmoud Mirza (9 October 1905 - 2 July 1988) Iranian prince of Qajar Dynasty, was the son of Mohammad Ali Shah Qajar.
He was head of the Qajar dynasty from the death of his nephew Hamid Mirza on 5 May 1988 until his own death on the 2 July 1988.
He married Effat Ashtiani. They had issue, a daughter and a son:
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MentalEscape
MentalEscape (born June 1, 1983) is a Bosnian American post Industrial-Electronica solo project with EBM, Breakcore, and Hard Trance elements. The music can be described as dark and aggressive electronica as defined by the umbrella term. Similar artists to MentalEscape include Combichrist, Tactical Sekt, Grendel and Suicide Commando.
Mirza Causevic is a native of Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina, but grew up in Revere, Massachusetts, U.S. near Boston, while spending summers in his home city Sarajevo. He is fluent in English and in Bosnian.
In 2001, Causevic, under the pseudonym Detrude, released his first single Industrial Whore, which hit #1 on the MP3.com Industrial Rock charts.
The single was remixed by GITM (Ghost In The Machine) and both MentalEscape and GITM enjoyed having the song be featured on a compilation album released by Raw42 Records called Definitive:Twisted (circa 2001). A review from A&R stated: "Industrial Whore (GITM Mix) by Detrude is a fantastic blast of industrial dance for the clubbers. Pounding, throbbing and sweat-inducing."
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Mirza
Mirza (Persian: میرزا, Turkish: Mirza, Kazakh: мырза, myrza, Russian: мурза, Circassian: мырзэ), (common variance in Tatar nobility as Morza) is of Persian origin, denoting the rank of a high nobleman or Prince. It is usually translated into English as a royal or imperial Prince of the Blood. It signified male-line descent and relationship to the Imperial Families of Turkey, Persia and later South Asia and was the title borne by members of the highest aristocracies in Tatar states, such as Khanate of Kazan, Khanate of Astrakhan and in the Russian Empire (Under Catherine the Great's rule the Murzas gained equal rights with the Russian nobility). In fact, Prince Felix Yusupov, the nephew-in-law of Tsar Nicholas II of Russia was descended from Abdul Mirza, the first Prince Yusopov.
The word Mīrzā is derived from the Persian term ‘Amīrzāde which literally means "child of the ‘Amīr" or "child of the ruler" in Persia‘Amīrzād in turn consists of the Arabic title ‘Amīr (engl. Emir), meaning "commander", and the Persian suffix -zād, meaning "birth" or "lineage". Due to vowel harmony in Turkic languages, the alternative pronunciation Morza (plural morzalar; derived from the Persian word) is also used. In modern Kazakh myrza means gentleman, as is in the expression "hanymdar men myrzalar" (ladies and gentlemen).
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Mirza Ghulam Ahmad
Mīrzā Ghulām Aḥmad (Arabic: ميرزا غلام أحمد; Urdu: مرزا غلام احمد; 13 February 1835 – 26 May 1908 CE, or Shawal 14, 1250 – Rabi' al-thani 24, 1326 AH) was a religious figure from India and the founder of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community.
He claimed to be the Mujaddid of the fourteenth Islamic century, the Promised Messiah (Second Coming of Christ), and the Mahdi awaited by the Muslims in the end days. He declared that Jesus (Isa) had in fact survived the crucifixion and later died a natural death after having migrated towards Kashmir, and that he had appeared in the spirit and power of Jesus.
He travelled extensively across the subcontinent of India preaching his religious ideas and ideals and won substantial following within his lifetime. He is known to have engaged in numerous debates and dialogues with the Muslim, Christian and Hindu priesthood and leadership. Ghulam Ahmad founded the Ahmadiyya Movement in Islam on 23 March 1889. The mission of the movement, according to him, was the propagation of Islam in its pristine form.
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Mirza Masroor Ahmad
Mirza Masroor Ahmad (Arabic: ميرزا مسرور أحمد Urdu: مرزا مسرور احمد) (born September 15, 1950) is Khalifatul Masih V, the spiritual leader of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community. He was elected as the fifth successor of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad on April 22, 2003, a few days after the death of his predecessor Mirza Tahir Ahmad, the fourth Caliph for the Ahmadiiya Muslim Community. As the current Khalifatul Masih, Mirza Masroor Ahmad is guiding the Community through a time of widespread skepticism and animosity[citation needed]towards Islam.
Mirza Masroor Ahmad was born on September 15, 1950 in Rabwah, Pakistan, the global headquarters of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community at the time. Masroor Ahmad attended and graduated from Talim-ul-Islam High School and obtained his BA from Talim-ul-Islam College, both located in Rabwah. In 1976, Masroor earned his Master of Science degree in Agricultural Economics from the University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan.
Having served the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in various capacities, Masroor Ahmad served in Ghana for over 8 years. He established the Ahmadiyya Secondary School in Salaga, a school in the northern region of Ghana, where he served as principal for 2 years. His success with the school in Salaga made him an obvious choice as principal of the Ahmadiyya Secondary School in Essarkyir, located in the centreal region of Ghana. There he served as principle for 4 years.
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Mirza Mughal
HH Prince Mirza Mughal (1817–1857) was an Imperial Prince of the Royal Family of India; the fifth son of Emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar, the 12th and last Mughal emperor. His mother, Sharif-ul-Mahal Sayyidini, came from an Aristocratic Sayyid family that claimed descent from The Prophet Muhammad.
Following the death in 1856 of his elder brother Mirza Fakhru, Mirza Mughal became the eldest surviving legitimately born son of Bahadur Shah Zafar. However, the British refused to recognize anybody as heir to the throne of Delhi, and indicated that the monarchy would be abolished following Zafar's death.
In May 1857, sepoys of the British Indian army rebelled against their British officers and streamed into Delhi. A few days later, Mirza Mughal and some of his half-brothers petitioned their father to be appointed in charge of the rebel troops. Their plea was initially refused but later granted, and Mirza Mughal was designated commander-in-chief. Mirza Mughal had no training or experience for his new office; however, he energetically sought to organize the troops, make arrangements for their billeting and provisioning, and bring a semblance of order to the edgy city. His inexperience soon became apparent, and he was upstaged a few week later by the arrival, at the head of a large force from Bareilly, of Bakht Khan, a former officer in the British army, who had earned a fine reputation during the Afghan wars. Shortly after his arrival, the emperor appointed Bakht Khan commander-in-chief and left Mirza Mughal in charge of supplies. A few weeks later, following another reshuffle of offices, Mirza Mughal was given charge of administering the city of Delhi.
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Mirza Najaf Khan
Mirza Najaf Khan (1723– April 26, 1782) was a Persian adventurer in the court of Mughal emperor Shah Alam II. He had royal lineage, having been a Safavi prince, when that dynasty was deposed by Nader Shah in 1736. He came to India around 1740 and may even have come a year earlier with the Afsharids. His sister married into the family of the Nawab of Awadh. He also held the title of Deputy Wazir of Awadh. He served during the Battle of Buxar and his main contribution in history was as the highest commander of the Mughal army from 1772 till his death in April 1782.
The Mughal Army he created was on the European model backed by traditional Mughal cavalry. Historian H.G. Keene in his "The Fall of the Moghul Empire of Hindustan" says that in 1781 the army of Mirza Najaf Khan was the most formidable military force in India aside from the British army in Bengal.
The new Mughal Army created by Mirza Najaf Khan was based on sound principles of order and administration, qualities he tried to enforce in the corrupted Mughal kingdom. The Mughal soldiers were paid a premium salary in order to get the best and oddly for the times they were paid regularly and on time. The whole army had no more than 85,000 to 90,000 soldiers with a large train of artillery consisting of almost 250 cannons. As with many other Indian states, French adventurers found their way into this army as well and their expertise welcomed. At a time of over weaning ambition and corruption, Mirza Najaf Khan was a man determined to serve his sovereign and realm to the best of his abilities.
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Mirza Nasir Ahmad
Hafiz Mirza Nasir Ahmad (Urdu: مرزا ناصر احمد) (November 16, 1909 – June 9, 1982) was Khalifatul Masih III, head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community. He was elected as the third successor of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad on November 8, 1965, the day after the death of his predecessor and father, Mirza Basheer-ud-Din Mahmood Ahmad.
Nasir Ahmad is credited with expansion of missionary work started by his predecessor Khalifatul Masih II. He also represented the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in the National Assembly of Pakistan in 1974. Despite his efforts, the National Assembly of Pakistan declared Ahmadis to be non-Muslims and he is seen as having shown great leadership and guidance to the community during this period.
Mirza Nasir Ahmad was born in Qadian, India on November 16, 1909. His early education was both religious and secular. By the age of thirteen, with guidance from his father Mirza Basheer-ud-Din Mahmood Ahmad, Nasir Ahmad had committed all 114 chapters of the Qur’an to memory, making him a Hafiz. His father placed great emphasis on the acquisition of religious education. In pursuit of that goal, Nasir Ahmad was enrolled at the Madrassa Ahmadiyya, Qadian, graduated with honors in July 1929. After graduation, he went through his post-secondary education and by 1934, obtained his Bachelor of Arts Degree from the Government College, Lahore.
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Mirza Tahir Ahmad
Mirza Tahir Ahmad (Urdu: مرزا طاہراحمد) (December 18, 1928 – April 19, 2003) was Khalifatul Masih IV, Caliph of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community and fourth successor to Mirza Ghulam Ahmad. He was elected as Caliph on June 10, 1982, the day after the death of his predecessor, Mirza Nasir Ahmad.
In 1974, he was nominated as a member of the Ahmadiyya delegation which appeared before the Parliament of Pakistan to defend the beliefs of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community. As Khalifatul Masih IV, Tahir Ahmad attended the 100th Annual Jalsa Salana (annual gathering) being held in Qadian, India in 1991. It was the first time an Ahmadiyya Caliph had returned to Qadian since the partition of India occurred in 1947 when the community relocated from India to Pakistan.
Tahir Ahmad is perhaps best known for his "Question & Answers" sessions. During his Caliphate, the community experienced structural and financial growth including the launch of the first Muslim satellite television network, Muslim Television Ahmadiyya, in 1994.
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Mirza Teletović
Mirza Teletović (born 17 September 1985 in Mostar, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia) is a Bosnian professional basketball player. He plays for Caja Laboral Baskonia. He plays as a power forward and is considered one of the best three-point shooter in Europe.[according to whom?]
Debuted on ABC on October 1, 2006, in a Pamesa Valencia 94 - TAU Baskonia 95. He is the captain of the Caja, and one of the cornerstones of the team.
He has been capped with the basketball team of Bosnia and Herzegovina. He played in EuroBasket 2003, 05 and 11.
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Mohib Mirza
Mohib Mirza (born August 18, 1979) is a Pakistani actor, host and theatre director best known for portraying the main character Ishrat Baji on Aag TV's sitcom Ishrat Baji.
Mirza was born in Karachi, to a Urdu speaking family. Mirza is the youngest one in his family with his parents and an elder sister. His father is a passionate lover of Subcontinental music and Urdu poetry. Mirza did his primary schooling from St Judes in North Nazimabad Town, Karachi. When he progressed towards secondary school, he enrolled for drama classes as a hobby and it was not until he went on to do his graduation that he realised his passion for acting.
Mirza started off as a Theatre actor in 1999. Mirza was doing Bachelors in Commerce at the time and ran out of funds for the next semester in college which made him and his friends start a theatre company of their own called, Dramaybazz. They wrote and directed an Urdu play One way ticket, which ran in PACC for 7 days receiving an overwhelming response and Mirza managed to raise more than thrice the amount of money he actually needed. Mirza made his debut on television in Sahira Kazmi's popular PTV drama serial Zebunnisa, about a girl who becomes the victim of domestic violence. Since then Mirza has acted in numerous Television serials, telefilms, sitcoms and TV commercials. Mirza earned international recognition with his film Insha Allah (2009), winning the award in Best Supporting Actor category at Film Maker's Festival held in Kent, England. Mirza is the first Pakistani actor to be awarded at Kent's Film Festival. He is currently producing a Pictorial book entitled Silent Cinema, with which he wishes to revive Pakistan's film industry. He stated that the title, "Silent Cinema", symbolizes how the Pakistani cinema is silent, and that it needs to show its true potential. The film will star Mirza, along with Sanam Baloch, Juggan Kazim, and Sunita Marshall.
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Muhammad Azam Shah
Mirza Muhammad Azam Shah was Emperor of the Mughal Empire and a son of Emperor Aurangzeb and Dilrus Bano Begum. He was a brother of Zeb-un-Nissa, Bahadur Shah I, and Sultan Muhammad Akbar. Like his brothers, Azam Shah married a daughter of Sultan Dara Shikoh.
He served as the Governor (Subahdar) of Berar Subah, Malwa, Bengal and Gujarat. He was granted the title of Shahi Ali Jah on 12 August 1681. Out of line with primogeniture succession, he deceptively ascended to the Mughal throne at Ahmednagar upon the death of his father on 14 March 1707. Azam Shah and his two sons, Sultan Muhammad Bidar Bakht Mirza and Shahzada Wala Jah Bahadur, were later defeated and executed by Azam Shah's elder brother, Prince Shah Alam (later crowned Bahadur Shah I), at Jajuwan on 19 June 1707.
In the year 1685 the Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb dispatched his son Muhammad Azam Shah with a force of nearly 50,000 men to capture Bijapur Fort and defeat Sikandar Adil Shah the ruler of Bijapur who refused to be a vassal. The Mughals led by Muhammad Azam Shah could not make any advancements upon Bijapur Fort mainly due to the superior usage of cannon batteries on both sides. Outraged by the stalemate Aurangzeb himself arrived on September 4, 1686 and commanded the Siege of Bijapur after eight days of fighting the Mughals were victorious.
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Muhammad Shah
Shahanshah Nasir-ud-Din Muhammad Shah, Abu Al-Fatah Nasir-ud-Din Roshan Akhtar Muhammad Shah (محمد شاه) (1748 – 1702) also known as Roshan Akhtar, was the Mughal emperor between 1719 and 1748. He was son of Khujista Akhtar, the fourth son of Bahadur Shah I. Ascending the throne at 17 with the help of the Sayyid Brothers, he later got rid of them with the help of Asaf Jah I. Muhammad Shah was a great patron of the arts, including musical, cultural and administrative developments, his pen-name was Sada Rangila ("ever joyous").
Roshan Akhtar was born in 1702 in Ghazna (in modern day Afghanistan) to Prince Khujista Akhtar, during the reign of the Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb. In the year 1707, his grandfather Bahadur Shah I had defeated and eliminated his own brother Muhammad Azam Shah on 19 June 1707 at the Battle of Jajau, during another war of succession that followed after the death of his aged grandfather Bahadur Shah I his father was killed, and the 12-year-old prince and his mother were imprisoned by his uncle Jahandar Shah but spared from death. Handsome and quick to learn, his mother took good care of his education, while his father had enhanced his administrative abilities. Since the overthrow of Farrukhsiyar in 1719 many Mughal Emperors briefly ascended to the throne, but the Sayyid Brothers eventually chose 17-years-old Roshan Akhtar to become the new Mughal Emperor.
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Murshid Quli Khan
Murshid Quli Khan (Bengali: মুর্শিদ কুলি খান) was the first Nawab of Bengal. In fact circumstances resulted in his being the first independent ruler of Bengal post the death of Emperor Aurangzeb. Though he continued to recognize the nominal overlordship of the Mughal Emperor, for all practical purposes he was the Nawab of Bengal.The founder of the Nasiri, Murshid Quli Jafar Khan, was born a poor Deccani Oriya Brahmin before being sold into slavery and bought by one Haji Shafi Isfahani, a Persian merchant from Isfahan who converted him to Islam.
The decay and downfall of the Mughal Empire began in right earnest after the reign of Aurangzeb. The Peacock Throne in Delhi became a "musical chair" for the successors of Aurangzeb and fueled by court intrigues of numerous nobles the tenure between 1707 and 1719 saw no less than eight Mughal Emperors (more than the sum of the last 180 years) namely Bahadur Shah I, Jahandar Shah, Farrukh Siyar, Rafi ud-Darajat, Rafi ud-Daulah, Neku Siyar, Muhammad Ibrahim and finally some stability came in the form of Muhammad Shah in 1719.
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Nawab of Awadh
The Nawab of Awadh is the title of rulers who governed the state of Awadh in India in the 18th and 19th century. The Nawabs of Awadh originated from Persia.
As the Moghul power declined and the emperors lost their paramountcy and they became first the puppets and then the prisoners of their feudatories, so Awadh grew stronger and more independent. Its capital city was Faizabad.
Of all the Muslim states and dependencies of the Mughal empire, Awadh had the newest royal family. They were descended from a Persian adventurer called Sa'adat Khan, originally from the city of Nishapur. There were many Khurasanis in the service of the Mughals, mostly soldiers, and if successful, they could hope for rich rewards. Burhan ul Mulk Sa'adat Khan proved to be amongst the most successful of this group. In 1732, he was made governor of the province of Awadh. His original title was Nazim, which means Governor, but soon he was made Nawab. In 1740, the Nawab was called Wazir or vizier, which means Chief Minister, and thereafter he was known as the Nawab Wazir. In practice, from Sa'adat Khan onwards, the titles had been hereditary, though in theory they were in the gift of the Mughal emperor, to whom allegiance was paid. A nazar, or token tribute, was sent each year to Delhi, and members of the imperial family were treated with great deference; two of them actually lived in Lucknow after 1819, and were treated with great courtesy.
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Persian people
The Persian people are part of the Iranian peoples who speak the modern Persian language and closely akin Iranian dialects and languages. The origin of the ethnic Iranian/Persian peoples are traced to the Ancient Iranian peoples, who were part of the ancient Indo-Iranians. The synonymous usage of Iranian and Persian has persisted over the centuries although some modern Western sources use Iranic/Iranian as a wider term that includes the term Persian as well as related Iranian languages and ethnic groups. However, these terms have been used both synonymously as well as in a complementary fashion since ancient times; as the Ancient Iranian peoples such as the Old Persians, Medes, Bactrians, Parthians and Avesta peoples considered themselves to be part of the greater Iranian ethnic stock.
The term Persian translates to "from or of Persis" which is a region north of the Persian Gulf located in Pars, Iran. It was from this region that Cyrus the Great, the founder of the Achaemenid empire, united all other Iranian empires (such as the Medes and the Elamites), and expanded the Persian cultural and social influences by incorporating the Babylonian empire, and the Lydian empire. Although not the first Iranian empire, the Achaemenid empire is the first Persian empire well recognized by Greek and Persian historians for its massive cultural, military and social influences going as far as Athens, Egypt, and Libya.
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Safdarjung
Safdarjung (Hindi: सफदरजंग, Urdu: صفدرجنگ) (b. c. 1708 – d. 5 October 1754) was the Subadar Nawab of Oudh from 19 March 1739 to 5 October 1754.
Safdarjung was born as Muhammad Muqim in Khurasan, Persia and migrated to India in 1722.
He succeeded his father-in-law and paternal uncle, the Burhan ul Mulk Saadat Ali Khan I to the throne of Oudh, apparently by paying Nadir Shah two crores of rupees. The Mughal Emperor Muhammad Shah gave him the title of "Safdarjung".
Safdarjung was an able administrator. He was not only effective in keeping control of Oudh, but also managed to render valuable assistance to the weakened Muhammad Shah. He was soon given governorship of Kashmir as well, and became a central figure at the Delhi court. During the later years of Muhammad Shah, he gained complete control of administration in the Mughal Empire. When Ahmad Shah Bahadur ascended the throne at Delhi, Safdarjung became his Wazir ul-Mamalik-i-Hindustan or Chief Minister of Hindustan. However, court politics eventually overtook him and he was dismissed in 1753.
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Sania Mirza
Sania Mirza (Hindi: सानिया मिर्जा, Telugu: సానియా మీర్జా, Urdu: ثانیہ مرزا ) (born 15 November 1986, in Bombay) is a professional Indian tennis player. She began her tennis career in 2003 and is well known for her powerful forehand ground strokes. She is the first ever Indian to break into the top 30 WTA rankings in singles and top 10 in doubles. Mirza has defeated many top players, including Svetlana Kuznetsova, Vera Zvonareva, Marion Bartoli and Former World No. 1's Martina Hingis & Dinara Safina.
Mirza has won one WTA singles title so far, at Hyderabad in 2005. She has won one Grand Slam title: the mixed doubles event at the 2009 Australian Open. She was also the runner-up on two other Grand Slam occasions: the mixed doubles event at 2008 Australian Open and the women's doubles event at Roland Garros 2011.
In 2004 she was awarded the Arjuna award by the Indian Government. In 2006, Mirza was awarded a Padma Shri, India's fourth highest honour for her achievements as a tennis player. In March 2010, The Economic Times named Mirza in the list of the "33 women who made India proud". Mirza was also the most searched Indian sportsperson on Google in 2009. In addition, Mirza was one named one of the '50 heroes of Asia' by the Time Magazine (2005).
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Sarfaraz Khan
Born Mirza Asadullah, sometime after 1700, he ascended as the Nawab of Bengal under the title Mutaman ul-Mulk, Ala ud-Daula, Nawab Sarfaraz Khan Bahadur, Haidar Jang [Mirza Asadullah], Nawab Nazim of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa. He was earlier raised to the title of Sarfaraz Khan by the Mughal Emperor Farrukh Siyar in 1720 and was the Diwan of Bengal from 1720–1726.
He was the elder son of Mutamad ul-Mulk, Shuja ud-Daula, Nawab Muhammad Shuja Khan Bahadur (Shuja-ud-Din Muhammad Khan), Asad Jang, Nawab Nazim of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa, by his first wife, Zainab un-nisa Begum Sahiba, daughter of Mutamad ul-Mulk, Ala ud-Daula, Nawab Murshid Quli Khan Bahadur Nasiri, Nasir Jang, Nawab Nazim of Bengal and Orissa.
Sarfaraz Khan succeeded on the death of his maternal grandfather, 30 June 1727 but was deposed in favour of his own father, July 1727. He succeeded his father on his death, 13 March 1739 and remained the Nawab of Bengal between 1739 and 1740 until being defeated by Alivardi Khan in 1740.
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Shah Alam II
Shah Alam II (1728–1806 CE), also known as Ali Gauhar, was the eighteenth Mughal Emperor, he escaped to Allahabad in December 1759, he was later nominated as the emperor by Ahmad Shah Durrani after the Third Battle of Panipat, when he was in Bihar region.
Though he was nominated as the Mughal Emperor, he did not venture to proceed to Delhi for 12 years until 1772, when he was installed as the puppet ruler on the Mughal throne by Mahadji Sindhia of the Maratha Empire, receiving in return the title of deputy Naib Vakil-ul-Mutlak or vice-regent of the Empire and that of Vakil-ul-Mutlak being at his request conferred on the Peshwa, Shah Alam II also gave Mahadji the title of Amir-ul-Amara(head of the amirs).
Throughout his life, Shah Alam II remained a puppet in the hands of the Marathas and the British. In 1788, Ghulam Qadir, grandson of the Rohilla Leaders Najib-ud-Daulah ransacked the Mughal palace. The floors of the houses of the grandees in the city were dug out. The princesses were turned out and their jewellery was snatched by Ghulam Qadir. Ghulam Qadir also blinded Shah Aalam and deposed him and put Bidar Bakhat on the Mughal Throne. However, the Marathas brought out Shah Aalam from his captivity and restored him to the throne. Ghulam Qadir was defeated and hanged by the Marathas. In 1803, the British captured Delhi after the Second Anglo-Maratha War and Shah Alam II became a pensioner of the British East India Company..
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Shah Jahan
Shah Jahan(also spelled Shah Jehan, Shahjehan,(Urdu: شاه جہاں, Persian: شاه جهان) (January 5, 1592–January 22, 1666), (full title: Shahanshah Al-Sultan al-'Azam wal Khaqan al-Mukarram, Malik-ul-Sultanat, Ala Hazrat Abu'l-Muzaffar Shahab ud-din Muhammad Shah Jahan I, Sahib-i-Qiran-i-Sani, Padshah Ghazi Zillu'llah, Firdaus-Ashiyani, Shahanshah—E--Sultanant Ul Hindiya Wal Mughaliya) was the emperor of the Mughal Empire in South Asia from 1628 until 1658. The name Shah Jahan comes from Persian meaning "Ruler of Everywhere". He was the fifth Mughal emperor after Babur, Humayun, Akbar, and Jahangir. While young, he was favourite of his legendary grandfather, Akbar the Great. Shah Jahan was a direct descendant of Genghis Khan through Timur and was the heir of the Mughal Empire of Babur, he is also alleged to have been a descendant of Charlemagne.
At a young age, he was chosen as successor to the Mughal throne after the death of Emperor Jahangir. He succeeded to the throne upon his father's death in 1627. He is considered to be one of the greatest Mughals, and his reign has been called the Golden Age of the Mughals and one of the most prosperous ages of Indian civilization. Like Akbar, he was eager to expand his vast empire. In 1658, he fell ill and was confined by his son Emperor Aurangzeb in the Agra Fort until his death in 1666.
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Shah Jahan III
Shah Jahan III (شاه جہان ۳) also known as Muhi-ul-millat was Mughal Emperor briefly. He was the son of Muhi-us-sunnat, the eldest son of Muhammad Kam Baksh who was the youngest son of Aurangzeb. He was placed on the Mughal throne in December 1759 by Ghazi ud-Din Khan Feroze Jung III but subsequently deposed by the Afghan confederation (Rohillas and Ahmad Shah Abdali) and Nawab of Oudh Shuja-ud-Daula in 1760 in recognition of Shah Alam II as the rightful heir to the throne who was in exile at Allahabad.
After Sadashivrao Bhau and Imad-ul-Mulk conspicuously murdered Alamgir II. They then personally chose Shah Jahan III as the new Mughal Emperor and Sadashivrao Bhau then began a campaign of plundering the Jewels and ornaments of the Mughal imperial court, he also defaced mosques, tombs and shrines that the Mughals had built in Agra and Delhi, he then desecrated the imperial Moti Masjid and looted its exquisite jeweled decorations into booty for the ravaging Marathas. Sadashivrao Bhau's domination over the Mughal Empire had a profound impact on the divided and degenerative Muslim aristocracy and hierarchy, many began to look up to Ahmad Shah Durrani as their savior.
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Turkic languages
The Turkic languages constitute a language family of at least thirty-five languages, spoken by Turkic peoples across a vast area from Eastern Europe and the Mediterranean to Siberia and Western China, and are considered to be part of the proposed Altaic language family.
Turkic languages are spoken as a native language by some 165 to 200 million people; and the total number of Turkic speakers is over 300 million, including speakers of a second language. The Turkic language with the greatest number of speakers is Turkish proper, or Anatolian [and Balkan] Turkish, the speakers of which account for about 40% of all Turkic speakers.
Characteristic features of Turkish, such as vowel harmony, agglutination, and lack of grammatical gender, are universal within the Turkic family. There is also a high degree of mutual intelligibility between the various Oghuz languages, which include Turkish, Azerbaijani, Turkmen, Qashqai, Gagauz, Balkan Gagauz Turkish and Oghuz influenced Crimean Tatar.
The characteristic features of the Turkic languages are vowel harmony, extensive agglutination by means of suffixes and other affixes, and lack of noun classes or grammatical gender. Subject–object–verb word order is universal within the family. All of these distinguishing characteristics are shared with the Mongolic, Tungusic, and Korean language families, as well as (with the exception of vowel harmony) with Japonic, which are considered by some linguists to be genetically linked with the Turkic languages in an Altaic language family.
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Wajid Ali Shah
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Wajid Ali Shah (Urdu: واجد علی شاہ) (b. 30 July 1822 – d. 1 September 1887) was the fifth King of Oudh, holding the position from 13 February 1847 to 7 February 1856.
He was the tenth and last nawab of the princely kingdom of Oudh in present day Uttar Pradesh in India. He ascended the throne of Awadh in 1847 and ruled for nine years. His kingdom, long protected by the British under treaty, was eventually annexed peacefully on February 7, 1856 - days before the ninth anniversary of his coronation. The Nawab was exiled to Garden Reach in Metiabruz, then a suburb of Kolkata, where he lived out the rest of his life off a generous pension. He was a poet, playwright, dancer and great patron of the arts. He is widely credited with the revival of Kathak as a major form of classical Indian dance.
Wajid Ali Shah succeeded to the throne of Oudh when its glory days were at its peak and passing. The British had annexed much of the kingdom under the treaty of 1801, and had impoverished Oudh by imposing a hugely expensive, British-run army and repeated demands for loans. The independence of Oudh in name was tolerated by the British only because they still needed a buffer state between their presence in the East and South, and the remnants of the Mughal Empire to the North.
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Waseem Mirza
Waseem Mirza (born in Peterborough) is a presenter and reporter for BBC television and radio.
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Wazir Ali Khan
Wazir Ali Khan (Hindi: वज़ीर अली खान, Urdu: وزیر علی خان)(b. c. 1780 – d. c. 1817) was the fourthnawab wazir of Oudh from 21 September 1797 to 21 January 1798, and the son of Muhammad Nasir.
He was adopted the son of Asaf-Ud-Dowlah, who although keeping a Harem of 500 women had no legitimate son. He purchased the pregnant daughter of a servant. Enchanted by the boy he adopted and pampered him. At 13 years of age Ali, who was known to have a cruel streak, was married at the cost of £ 300000 in Lucknow.
After the death of his "father" he ascended to the throne (musnud), with support of the British. Within four month they accused him of being unfaithful. Sir John Shore (1751–1834) moved in with 12 battalions and replaced him with his uncle Saadat Ali Khan II.
Ali was granted a pension of 20000 Rupies and removed to Benares. Government in Calcutta decided that he should be removed further from his former realm. Cherry, British resident, relayed this order to him on Feb. 14th during a breakfast invitation to which Ali had appeared with an armed guard. During the ensuing argument he struck Cherry a blow with his saber, whereupon the guards killed the resident and two more Europeans. They then set out attack the house of Davis, another colonial officer. He defended himself on the staircase of his house until rescued by British troops.
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2012 Mirza The Untold Story
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Movie: 2012 Mirza - The Untold Story SYNOPSIS The story follows the love story of Mirza and Sahiba. The two fall in love with each other in childhood, but Sahiba's older brother Jeet separates them. The film takes place 15 years later, when Mirza (Gippy Grewal) is a gangster and joins Jeet's (Rahul Dev) underworld gang. Jeet has no idea that Mirza is his childhood enemy. When Mirza and Sahiba meet each other again, they realize they still love each other. However, Jeet has already engaged Sahiba to his gang member, Deesha (Honey Singh). The story takes a turn when Jeet finds out that Mirza actually loves Sahiba and plans to marry her, and adds Mirza to his hit list. Mirza and Sahiba run away together to get married, but soon enough, Deesha tracks them down. The story unfolds into a deadly climax with a twisted ending! CAST Gippy Grewal as Mirza, Mandy Takhar as Saheba Honey Singh as Deesha Rahul Dev as Jeet Binnu Dhillon as Diler Singh Also available on iTunes itunes.apple.com
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Movie: 2012 Mirza - The Untold Story SYNOPSIS The story follows the love story of Mirza and Sahiba. The two fall in love with each other in childhood, but Sahiba's older brother Jeet separates them. The film takes place 15 years later, when Mirza (Gippy Grewal) is a gangster and joins Jeet's (Rahul Dev) underworld gang. Jeet has no idea that Mirza is his childhood enemy. When Mirza and Sahiba meet each other again, they realize they still love each other. However, Jeet has already engaged Sahiba to his gang member, Deesha (Honey Singh). The story takes a turn when Jeet finds out that Mirza actually loves Sahiba and plans to marry her, and adds Mirza to his hit list. Mirza and Sahiba run away together to get married, but soon enough, Deesha tracks them down. The story unfolds into a deadly climax with a twisted ending! CAST Gippy Grewal as Mirza, Mandy Takhar as Saheba Honey Singh as Deesha Rahul Dev as Jeet Binnu Dhillon as Diler Singh Also available on iTunes itunes.apple.com
Punjabi MC ft Surinder Shinda- Mirza
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- Duration: 5:50
- Updated: 29 Dec 2012
Punjabi MC ft Surinder Shinda- Mirza Lyrics to the song are below: sssssh Panjabi MC, sssssh Surinder Shinda, sssssh Mirza, Kade nah Ranjha kann parwonda, te Heer khabaundi choori nah Mirzay ne pherr marna ki si jai hundi majboori naa Khon karenga yaad Sassi nu jai thaal vich hundi poori nah Ishq ne yaaron marjana si jai aashiq charde sooli naal Jai khatt oh ni si, te khatt aaj vi nahi Menu darse wallan da, ohse vellay hojana Menu darse wallan da, ohse vellay hojana Jaake jad sahibaan nu, mai seenay naal laya Jaake jad sahibaan nu, mai seenay naal laya It was late last summer, my blood coloured the sky When I heard you break your swear Punjab in my eye, Never had I cried before Never had my steel heart died before, But know I felt the raw, blast True love forever last, But you cant feel my body then you I cast, Die for my woman My woman is my mind, My destiny she speaks through her every freaky line, Her body movement is the way I survive When I am on the battle field, staying alive Staying alive my arches is that 249 mcs on horseback So I pull out my steel to fight back Pull out an ounce of desi from my rice sack Walked across the five rivers one hundred degrees My body burns, my mind cease Baggiye havaa de naal, karade tu ajj gallaan ni Baggiye havaa de naal, karade tu ajj gallaan ni Jatti marjugi je, mai nazari nah aayaaaa Jatti marjugi je, mai nazari nah aayaaaa Sada janam janam tak saath nibuga baggiye ni Sada janam janam tak saath nibuga baggiye ni Bekay kol khuda ...
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Punjabi MC ft Surinder Shinda- Mirza Lyrics to the song are below: sssssh Panjabi MC, sssssh Surinder Shinda, sssssh Mirza, Kade nah Ranjha kann parwonda, te Heer khabaundi choori nah Mirzay ne pherr marna ki si jai hundi majboori naa Khon karenga yaad Sassi nu jai thaal vich hundi poori nah Ishq ne yaaron marjana si jai aashiq charde sooli naal Jai khatt oh ni si, te khatt aaj vi nahi Menu darse wallan da, ohse vellay hojana Menu darse wallan da, ohse vellay hojana Jaake jad sahibaan nu, mai seenay naal laya Jaake jad sahibaan nu, mai seenay naal laya It was late last summer, my blood coloured the sky When I heard you break your swear Punjab in my eye, Never had I cried before Never had my steel heart died before, But know I felt the raw, blast True love forever last, But you cant feel my body then you I cast, Die for my woman My woman is my mind, My destiny she speaks through her every freaky line, Her body movement is the way I survive When I am on the battle field, staying alive Staying alive my arches is that 249 mcs on horseback So I pull out my steel to fight back Pull out an ounce of desi from my rice sack Walked across the five rivers one hundred degrees My body burns, my mind cease Baggiye havaa de naal, karade tu ajj gallaan ni Baggiye havaa de naal, karade tu ajj gallaan ni Jatti marjugi je, mai nazari nah aayaaaa Jatti marjugi je, mai nazari nah aayaaaa Sada janam janam tak saath nibuga baggiye ni Sada janam janam tak saath nibuga baggiye ni Bekay kol khuda ...
- published: 29 Oct 2006
- views: 1497610
- author: kabadikabadi12
Rahat Fateh Ali Khan - AKHIYAN Full Song - 2012 MIRZA The Untold Story HD - Brand New Punjabi Song
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 2:29
- Updated: 30 Dec 2012
Airtel: Dial 5432112293072 and set this song as your hello tune Vodafone: SMS CT 2693535 send to 56789 and set this song as your caller tune IDEA: SMS DT 2693535 send to 55456 and set this song as your dialer tune Reliance: SMS CT 6322264 send to 51234 and set this song as your caller tune BSNL : SMS BT 1472001 to 56700 and set this song as your BSNL tune Docomo: SMS SET 2693535 to 543211 and set this song as your caller tune Also available on iTunes itunes.apple.com Song- Akhiyan Singer- Rahat Fateh Ali Khan Movie- 2012 MIRZA The Untold Story Music- Jatinder Shah Written & Directed By: Baljit Singh Deo
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Airtel: Dial 5432112293072 and set this song as your hello tune Vodafone: SMS CT 2693535 send to 56789 and set this song as your caller tune IDEA: SMS DT 2693535 send to 55456 and set this song as your dialer tune Reliance: SMS CT 6322264 send to 51234 and set this song as your caller tune BSNL : SMS BT 1472001 to 56700 and set this song as your BSNL tune Docomo: SMS SET 2693535 to 543211 and set this song as your caller tune Also available on iTunes itunes.apple.com Song- Akhiyan Singer- Rahat Fateh Ali Khan Movie- 2012 MIRZA The Untold Story Music- Jatinder Shah Written & Directed By: Baljit Singh Deo
- published: 21 Mar 2012
- views: 4024573
- author: speedpunjabi
Zulfiqar Mirza Resigned and puts serious allegations against MQM
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 114:37
- Updated: 08 Dec 2012
Senior Pakistan People's Party leader Dr Zulfiqar Mirza has announced to resign from all party/government posts, Geo News reported Sunday. Addressing the news folk at Karachi Press Club, he accused Federal Interior Minister Rehman Malik of siding with the killers, misleading the party leadership, and contorting facts. He declared him an enemy of Pakistan and a compulsive liar. Malik is a compulsive liar and responsible for Karachi bloodshed, Mirza said, adding Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) doesn't have a real mandate in Karachi or Hyderabad, they extort votes on gunpoint. Before starting the press conference he swore on the Holy Quran to tell the truth and nothing but the truth. Praising ISI and Pakistan Army Mirza said Pakistan's existence is due to the sacrifices of our security forces. Senior provincial minister, Works & Services Dr Zulfiqar Mirza is the Vice President of PPP Sindh and also a Central Executive Committee member besides a close aide of President Asif Zardari. He was elected from Sindh Assembly seat PS-57 Badin I. Pledging at the beginning he requested reporters to take him seriously for the first and the last time. He arrived at the Karachi Press Club at 4:20pm. The best decision of my life is to marry Dr Fehmeda Mirza, he said. Mirza noted that he has never bend the laws and he follows the principles of Shaheed Zulfiar Ali Bhutto. Allah Almighty through Mohrarma Benazir Bhutto and Asif Ali Zardari blessed me with all that I own. He added that I see eye ...
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Senior Pakistan People's Party leader Dr Zulfiqar Mirza has announced to resign from all party/government posts, Geo News reported Sunday. Addressing the news folk at Karachi Press Club, he accused Federal Interior Minister Rehman Malik of siding with the killers, misleading the party leadership, and contorting facts. He declared him an enemy of Pakistan and a compulsive liar. Malik is a compulsive liar and responsible for Karachi bloodshed, Mirza said, adding Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) doesn't have a real mandate in Karachi or Hyderabad, they extort votes on gunpoint. Before starting the press conference he swore on the Holy Quran to tell the truth and nothing but the truth. Praising ISI and Pakistan Army Mirza said Pakistan's existence is due to the sacrifices of our security forces. Senior provincial minister, Works & Services Dr Zulfiqar Mirza is the Vice President of PPP Sindh and also a Central Executive Committee member besides a close aide of President Asif Zardari. He was elected from Sindh Assembly seat PS-57 Badin I. Pledging at the beginning he requested reporters to take him seriously for the first and the last time. He arrived at the Karachi Press Club at 4:20pm. The best decision of my life is to marry Dr Fehmeda Mirza, he said. Mirza noted that he has never bend the laws and he follows the principles of Shaheed Zulfiar Ali Bhutto. Allah Almighty through Mohrarma Benazir Bhutto and Asif Ali Zardari blessed me with all that I own. He added that I see eye ...
- published: 28 Aug 2011
- views: 107518
- author: geotv
Maula Full Song - 2012 Mirza The Untold Story Brand New Punjabi Song HD
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 3:38
- Updated: 29 Dec 2012
Airtel: Dial 5432112293076 and set this song as your hello tune Vodafone: SMS CT 2693529 send to 56789 and set this song as your caller tune IDEA: SMS DT 2693529 send to 55456 and set this song as your dialer tune Reliance: SMS CT 6322268 send to 51234 and set this song as your caller tune BSNL : SMS BT 6322268 to 56700 and set this song as your BSNL tune Docomo: SMS SET 2693529 to 543211 and set this song as your caller tune Also available on iTunes itunes.apple.com Song- Maula Singer- Kamal Khan Movie- 2012 MIRZA The Untold Story Music - Yo Yo Honey Singh Lyrics - Indaraikodi Written & Directed By: Baljit Singh Deo
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Airtel: Dial 5432112293076 and set this song as your hello tune Vodafone: SMS CT 2693529 send to 56789 and set this song as your caller tune IDEA: SMS DT 2693529 send to 55456 and set this song as your dialer tune Reliance: SMS CT 6322268 send to 51234 and set this song as your caller tune BSNL : SMS BT 6322268 to 56700 and set this song as your BSNL tune Docomo: SMS SET 2693529 to 543211 and set this song as your caller tune Also available on iTunes itunes.apple.com Song- Maula Singer- Kamal Khan Movie- 2012 MIRZA The Untold Story Music - Yo Yo Honey Singh Lyrics - Indaraikodi Written & Directed By: Baljit Singh Deo
- published: 10 Apr 2012
- views: 723946
- author: speedpunjabi
Nach Baliye 5: Shoaib Malik and Sania Mirza enter as guest performers
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 20:28
- Updated: 30 Dec 2012
Nach Baliye 5: Shoaib Malik and Sania Mirza enter as guest performers By www.bollywoodlife.com Sania Mirza and Shoaib Malik's offscreen chemistry has won a whole lot of fans for the sporting couple. What remains to be seen now is whether the same chemistry will be translated onscreen as they start their preparations for Nach Baliye 5, the celebrity dance show. Read story http
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Nach Baliye 5: Shoaib Malik and Sania Mirza enter as guest performers By www.bollywoodlife.com Sania Mirza and Shoaib Malik's offscreen chemistry has won a whole lot of fans for the sporting couple. What remains to be seen now is whether the same chemistry will be translated onscreen as they start their preparations for Nach Baliye 5, the celebrity dance show. Read story http
- published: 20 Dec 2012
- views: 20756
- author: TheBollywoodLife
HIGHLIGHT: Sania Mirza, Shoaib Malik To Compete On 'Nach Baliye 5'
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 62:56
- Updated: 30 Dec 2012
Indian tennis sensation Sania Mirza and her Pakistani cricketer husband Shoaib Malik are all set to go down in the annals of reality TV history, by competing for the grand prize in dance reality show 'Nach Baliye' season 5. For more Bollywood: Log on to www.businessofcinema.com Facebook: www.facebook.com Twitter: www.twitter.com
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Indian tennis sensation Sania Mirza and her Pakistani cricketer husband Shoaib Malik are all set to go down in the annals of reality TV history, by competing for the grand prize in dance reality show 'Nach Baliye' season 5. For more Bollywood: Log on to www.businessofcinema.com Facebook: www.facebook.com Twitter: www.twitter.com
- published: 20 Dec 2012
- views: 4226
- author: businessofcinema
Mirza (Panjabi MC) Violin and Piano Cover- Raginder "Violinder" and Raashi
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 3:49
- Updated: 23 Dec 2012
New Cover :) This cover is another duet with the talented pianist, Raashi! Hope you guys enjoy! Download here: www.mediafire.com Alternate Link: hulkshare.com Like the fan-page :) www.facebook.com Like Raashi's fan-page on Facebook :) www.facebook.com
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New Cover :) This cover is another duet with the talented pianist, Raashi! Hope you guys enjoy! Download here: www.mediafire.com Alternate Link: hulkshare.com Like the fan-page :) www.facebook.com Like Raashi's fan-page on Facebook :) www.facebook.com
- published: 25 Aug 2011
- views: 61753
- author: ragindermomi
Mirza - HarbhajaN MaaN
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 5:57
- Updated: 26 Dec 2012
Punjabi Folk.... HArbhajan Maan is one the great Punjabi Folk Singer.he is Student of Famous Pakistani Folk Singer Shaukat Ali...
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Punjabi Folk.... HArbhajan Maan is one the great Punjabi Folk Singer.he is Student of Famous Pakistani Folk Singer Shaukat Ali...
- published: 21 Jul 2008
- views: 525253
- author: Sain Shaada
Nino Ferrer - Mirza (1965)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 2:21
- Updated: 30 Dec 2012
Clip tourné sur le fabuleux site de Bruxelles-Midi Gare SNCB - 1965
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Clip tourné sur le fabuleux site de Bruxelles-Midi Gare SNCB - 1965
- published: 14 Mar 2009
- views: 608303
- author: opoco2007
Mirza Ghalib - Movie (Part 1/4)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 110:15
- Updated: 28 Dec 2012
The Movie is a Combination of Series 'Mirza Ghalib' (1988) which was written and Directed by the famous Lyricist 'Gulzar'. Ghazals sung by Jagjit Singh and Chitra Singh. - Mirza Asadullah Baig Khan (Mirza Ghalib) is a renowned Classical Urdu and Persian Poet in the World. Mirza Ghalib is also known as the last great poet of the Mughal Era. His honour title was Dabir-ul-Mulk, Najm-ud-Daula. Honoured by Bahadur Shah Zafar King of Delhi Sultanate in 1850's. He wrote several ghazals during his life, which have since been interpreted and sung in many different ways by different people. He is considered, in South Asia, to be one of the most popular and influential poets of the Urdu language. Ghalib today remains popular not only in India and Pakistan but also amongst diaspora communities around the world.
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The Movie is a Combination of Series 'Mirza Ghalib' (1988) which was written and Directed by the famous Lyricist 'Gulzar'. Ghazals sung by Jagjit Singh and Chitra Singh. - Mirza Asadullah Baig Khan (Mirza Ghalib) is a renowned Classical Urdu and Persian Poet in the World. Mirza Ghalib is also known as the last great poet of the Mughal Era. His honour title was Dabir-ul-Mulk, Najm-ud-Daula. Honoured by Bahadur Shah Zafar King of Delhi Sultanate in 1850's. He wrote several ghazals during his life, which have since been interpreted and sung in many different ways by different people. He is considered, in South Asia, to be one of the most popular and influential poets of the Urdu language. Ghalib today remains popular not only in India and Pakistan but also amongst diaspora communities around the world.
- published: 17 Apr 2012
- views: 53857
- author: انور وجهي
Sania Mirza-Shoaib Malik Talk About 'Nach Baliye 5'
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 5:32
- Updated: 30 Dec 2012
Indian tennis player Sania Mirza and Pakistani cricketer Shoaib Malik spoke about participating in the dance reality show 'Nach Baliye 5' at a studio in Mumbai. The duo talked about success to a happy married life, their love for dance and a lot more, raising lot of laughs. Interesting watch!
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Indian tennis player Sania Mirza and Pakistani cricketer Shoaib Malik spoke about participating in the dance reality show 'Nach Baliye 5' at a studio in Mumbai. The duo talked about success to a happy married life, their love for dance and a lot more, raising lot of laughs. Interesting watch!
- published: 21 Dec 2012
- views: 5765
- author: hungama
Dream Chasing 2013 Part 4 With Com Mirza
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 2:29
- Updated: 29 Dec 2012
Follow this video series as i share how i'm going to make 2013 my billion dollar year. There is a big difference between hustling and dream chasing. Hustlers do it to survive and make ends meet dream chasers do it to thrive and provide for anyone and everyone they come into contact with. Com Mirza the lemonade boy is preparing to make 2013 his greatest year yet and to help others do the same he is sharing his tips and strategies that he uses to improve his efficiency in business and in life. #dreamchasing
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Follow this video series as i share how i'm going to make 2013 my billion dollar year. There is a big difference between hustling and dream chasing. Hustlers do it to survive and make ends meet dream chasers do it to thrive and provide for anyone and everyone they come into contact with. Com Mirza the lemonade boy is preparing to make 2013 his greatest year yet and to help others do the same he is sharing his tips and strategies that he uses to improve his efficiency in business and in life. #dreamchasing
- published: 23 Dec 2012
- views: 19439
- author: Com Mirza
Dream Chasing Part 3 With Com Mirza
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 2:07
- Updated: 30 Dec 2012
Follow this video series as i share how i'm going to make 2013 my billion dollar year. There is a big difference between hustling and dream chasing. Hustlers do it to survive and make ends meet dream chasers do it to thrive and provide for anyone and everyone they come into contact with. Com Mirza the lemonade boy is preparing to make 2013 his greatest year yet and to help others do the same he is sharing his tips and strategies that he uses to improve his efficiency in business and in life. #dreamchasing
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Follow this video series as i share how i'm going to make 2013 my billion dollar year. There is a big difference between hustling and dream chasing. Hustlers do it to survive and make ends meet dream chasers do it to thrive and provide for anyone and everyone they come into contact with. Com Mirza the lemonade boy is preparing to make 2013 his greatest year yet and to help others do the same he is sharing his tips and strategies that he uses to improve his efficiency in business and in life. #dreamchasing
- published: 21 Dec 2012
- views: 25827
- author: Com Mirza
Bullet || Album - Mirza The Fearless By Parminder Paras || Mangat Recordz || Exclusive HD Video
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 4:22
- Updated: 30 Dec 2012
Title - Bullet Album - Mirza The Fearless Singer - Parminder Paras Music - G Guri Lyrics - Deep Jeonwala Producer - Harry Mangat Label - Mangat Recordz Editing - Badesha (Studio 333) Directors - Jyot Kaliro/Hart Mankoo ** Website- www.mangatrecordz.com ** E-mail - mangatrecordz.usa@gmail.com ** For Inquiries - 317-361-6654 ( USA) , 0044-7403348363 ( UK ) , 84273-42222 ( INDIA).
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Title - Bullet Album - Mirza The Fearless Singer - Parminder Paras Music - G Guri Lyrics - Deep Jeonwala Producer - Harry Mangat Label - Mangat Recordz Editing - Badesha (Studio 333) Directors - Jyot Kaliro/Hart Mankoo ** Website- www.mangatrecordz.com ** E-mail - mangatrecordz.usa@gmail.com ** For Inquiries - 317-361-6654 ( USA) , 0044-7403348363 ( UK ) , 84273-42222 ( INDIA).
- published: 28 Dec 2012
- views: 2446
- author: sagahits
Mirza Ghalib - Complete - Part 1 of 46 - TV Series.mp4
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 10:42
- Updated: 29 Dec 2012
Complete TV series of Miza Ghalib (1988) Director - Gulzar Actor - Naseeruddin Shah (as Mirza Ghalib)
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Complete TV series of Miza Ghalib (1988) Director - Gulzar Actor - Naseeruddin Shah (as Mirza Ghalib)
- published: 16 Jan 2010
- views: 45565
- author: talk2ap001
MIRZA JUTT-1967-complete pakistani folk film--1
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 66:30
- Updated: 26 Dec 2012
FIRDOUS AND IJAZ'S BEAUTIFUL ROMANTIC FOLK FILM MUSIC BY-RASHEED ATRE DIRECTED BY-MASOOD PERVEZ
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FIRDOUS AND IJAZ'S BEAUTIFUL ROMANTIC FOLK FILM MUSIC BY-RASHEED ATRE DIRECTED BY-MASOOD PERVEZ
- published: 18 Oct 2011
- views: 49200
- author: neenaly
Mirza Teletovic 18 Points vs. Boston Full Highlights (12/13 Preseason)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 1:14
- Updated: 30 Dec 2012
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Date Trap - Dia Mirza, Zayed Khan - Season 2 Episode 7
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 40:55
- Updated: 17 Dec 2012
Bindass Date Trap is a show that gives you a chance to set your friend up on a prank date. Two contenders will face off against each other by sending their best friends on the World's Worst Date! If your friend's date is worse you get Rs. 5000 in cold, hard cash. In this episode Monish sets up his friend Manali and Pooja sets up her pal Kovid for their worst dates! And helping them out will be the stars of Love Breakup Zindagi Dia Mirza and Zayed Khan
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Bindass Date Trap is a show that gives you a chance to set your friend up on a prank date. Two contenders will face off against each other by sending their best friends on the World's Worst Date! If your friend's date is worse you get Rs. 5000 in cold, hard cash. In this episode Monish sets up his friend Manali and Pooja sets up her pal Kovid for their worst dates! And helping them out will be the stars of Love Breakup Zindagi Dia Mirza and Zayed Khan
- published: 16 Dec 2011
- views: 16130
- author: bindass
Mirza Ghalib 1/39
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 10:42
- Updated: 30 Dec 2012
Mirza Asadullah Baig Khan was a renowned classical Urdu and Persian poet of the subcontinent. Most notably, he wrote several ghazals during his life, which have since been interpreted and sung in many different ways by different people. He is considered to be the most dominating poet of the Urdu language.
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Mirza Asadullah Baig Khan was a renowned classical Urdu and Persian poet of the subcontinent. Most notably, he wrote several ghazals during his life, which have since been interpreted and sung in many different ways by different people. He is considered to be the most dominating poet of the Urdu language.
- published: 26 Feb 2009
- views: 376358
- author: smschoaib
Aco Pejović-Najveći Hitovi-by.Mirza.wmv
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 30:10
- Updated: 30 Dec 2012
Taxi,Opušteno,Prevara,Neverna,Dobra Vila,Nijedna nije Kao Ti,Jelena,Uvenuće Jasmin Beli,Ako me volis idi od mene,Ova noć Bez Tebe,Na sve Spreman,Da si tu,Ruševine,Jednom se Živi,Set me Se,Spavaš Li,Srećo Moja Gde si sad,Malo Je,Nema Te Nema.........
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Taxi,Opušteno,Prevara,Neverna,Dobra Vila,Nijedna nije Kao Ti,Jelena,Uvenuće Jasmin Beli,Ako me volis idi od mene,Ova noć Bez Tebe,Na sve Spreman,Da si tu,Ruševine,Jednom se Živi,Set me Se,Spavaš Li,Srećo Moja Gde si sad,Malo Je,Nema Te Nema.........
- published: 03 Jun 2011
- views: 413373
- author: gdzds
Akhiyan - Rahat Fateh Ali Khan- Mirza The Untold Story HD -2012
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 4:12
- Updated: 29 Dec 2012
Song : Akhiyan Singer: Rahat Fateh Ali Khan Movie : Mirza The Untold Story Starring :-Gippy Grewal, Rahul Dev, Binnu Dhillon, Mandy Takhar, BN Sharma, Yo Yo Honey Singh PRODUCED BY- AMAN KHATKAR & INDA RAIKOTI MUSIC BY- YO YO HONEY SINGH & JATINDER SHAH WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY- BALJIT SINGH DEO Label - Speed Records Note - I do not have all the copyrights to this and just posted the video to make it more famous and popular.
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Song : Akhiyan Singer: Rahat Fateh Ali Khan Movie : Mirza The Untold Story Starring :-Gippy Grewal, Rahul Dev, Binnu Dhillon, Mandy Takhar, BN Sharma, Yo Yo Honey Singh PRODUCED BY- AMAN KHATKAR & INDA RAIKOTI MUSIC BY- YO YO HONEY SINGH & JATINDER SHAH WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY- BALJIT SINGH DEO Label - Speed Records Note - I do not have all the copyrights to this and just posted the video to make it more famous and popular.
- published: 12 Mar 2012
- views: 91214
- author: girishwadhwa
Mirza Ghalib - Movie (Part 2/4)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 91:34
- Updated: 30 Dec 2012
The Movie is a Combination of Series 'Mirza Ghalib' (1988) which was written and Directed by the famous Lyricist 'Gulzar'. Ghazals sung by Jagjit Singh and Chitra Singh. - Mirza Asadullah Baig Khan (Mirza Ghalib) is a renowned Classical Urdu and Persian Poet in the World. Mirza Ghalib is also known as the last great poet of the Mughal Era. His honour title was Dabir-ul-Mulk, Najm-ud-Daula. Honoured by Bahadur Shah Zafar King of Delhi Sultanate in 1850's. He wrote several ghazals during his life, which have since been interpreted and sung in many different ways by different people. He is considered, in South Asia, to be one of the most popular and influential poets of the Urdu language. Ghalib today remains popular not only in India and Pakistan but also amongst diaspora communities around the world.
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The Movie is a Combination of Series 'Mirza Ghalib' (1988) which was written and Directed by the famous Lyricist 'Gulzar'. Ghazals sung by Jagjit Singh and Chitra Singh. - Mirza Asadullah Baig Khan (Mirza Ghalib) is a renowned Classical Urdu and Persian Poet in the World. Mirza Ghalib is also known as the last great poet of the Mughal Era. His honour title was Dabir-ul-Mulk, Najm-ud-Daula. Honoured by Bahadur Shah Zafar King of Delhi Sultanate in 1850's. He wrote several ghazals during his life, which have since been interpreted and sung in many different ways by different people. He is considered, in South Asia, to be one of the most popular and influential poets of the Urdu language. Ghalib today remains popular not only in India and Pakistan but also amongst diaspora communities around the world.
- published: 20 Apr 2012
- views: 21866
- author: انور وجهي
photo: AP / Altaf Qadri
29 Dec 2012
Police in India have sealed off much of the capital, Delhi, and issued an appeal for calm after the death of a woman who was gang-raped in the city. The 23-year old woman, who has not been identified, died early on Saturday at a hospital in Singapore, where she had been taken for specialist treatment. Her body is to be flown back to India for burial ... Gatherings of more than five people have been banned in the city centre ... ....(size: 4.9Kb)
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30 Dec 2012
A woman who told police she shoved a man to his death off a subway platform because she has hated Muslims since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the US and thought he was one was charged on Saturday with murder as a hate crime, prosecutors said ... Menendez, 31, was awaiting arraignment on the charge on Saturday evening, Queens District Attorney Richard Brown said. She faces 25 years to life in prison if convicted ... On Dec ... ....(size: 3.0Kb)
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28 Dec 2012
The president of Central African Republic (CAR) has urgently called on France and other foreign powers to help his government fend off rebels who are quickly seizing territory and approaching the capital. Speaking to crowds in Bangui, a city of some 600,000, Francois Bozize on Thursday pleaded with foreign powers to do what they could. He pointed in particular to France, Central African Republic's former colonial ruler ... 516 Share ... News ... ....(size: 19.5Kb)
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30 Dec 2012
London. UN-Arab League envoy to Damascus, Lakhdar Brahimi, has said that a diplomatic solution to the conflict in Syria seemed far away, adding that the country risked being slithering into ‘hell’ ... (ANI). For Zee News’s Updates, follow us on Twitter , Facebook, Google+, Pinterest. First Published ... ....(size: 1.7Kb)
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28 Dec 2012
Galaxy Note 2 vs. iPhone 5. Do The Companies Have Their Game Plans Right?. Posted by Jay099 on December 28, 2012 02.15 pm 0. via. Mountain View at California seems to be a busy center now. Google is stepping up the gas on the march towards a holistic environment and experience for the consumers ... My Blog . My FB Page ... ....(size: 2.2Kb)
Deccan Herald
30 Dec 2012
Oberoi was followed in the second position by Equestrian Centre for Excellence’s (ECE/HH) Fouad Mirza, astride Columbus, who finished with a penalty of 51.21. Mirza’s team-mate Maryk Sahney, atop Dubcaisil, bagged the third place after a penalty of 52.11 in the three disciplines ... Adam Oberoi (Landtos, EIRS, 46.80) 1; Fouad Mirza (Columbus, ECE/HH, 51.21) 2; Maryk Sahney (Dubcaisil, ECE/HH, 52.11) 3 ... Fouad Mirza (ECE/HH)....(size: 3.6Kb)
Newstrack India
30 Dec 2012
The three-day annual convention of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community began at Qadian, the birthplace of the sect founder, Mirza Gulam Ahmad in Gurdaspur district of Punjab ......(size: 1.7Kb)
The Times of India
30 Dec 2012
Bollywood celebrities are "angry" and "ashamed" following the death Saturday of the 23-year-old Delhi gang-rape victim in a Singapore hospital, where she had been airlifted for treatment. Her fight for life must not be forgotten and India needs to "wake up", they said ... The fire within each person, they said, must continue to rage until change happens. Here's what they tweeted.. Abhishek Bachchan ... Ajay Devgn ... Sania Mirza Malik ... Dia Mirza ... ....(size: 6.2Kb)
The Examiner
30 Dec 2012
Tweet. 0 Email. Report. Photo 1 of 3. God of A True Religion With Reason and Light of Nature Credit. Cagary Ahmadiyya Muslim Community ... Return of Jesus Christ From Celestial Abode - Jesus Versus Finality. 4 Photos. Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at’s 121st Jalsa Salana Qadian - Annual Convention ... wwwalislamorgThe Messiah, Mirza Ghulam Ahmad Qadiani, the Founder of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, wrote about God, as he contrasted Islam and Christianity ... ....(size: 4.0Kb)
The Times of India
30 Dec 2012
Nirbhaya loses her battle for life. It's time to begin a new war for women's freedom and security. Where does this end? This reign of the beast, in which the fabric of humanity is ripped off by fangs and claws? The world did not end on December 21. Maybe it should have ... RIP ... Sania Mirza Malik Atleast 10 tennis players from different countries hav asked me 'what's happening in ur country? The girl who was raped died this morning' ... ....(size: 2.8Kb)
The Times of India
30 Dec 2012
Nirbhaya loses her battle for life. It's time to begin a new war for women's freedom and security. Where does this end? This reign of the beast, in which the fabric of humanity is ripped off by fangs and claws? The world did not end on December 21. Maybe it should have ... RIP ... Sania Mirza Malik Atleast 10 tennis players from different countries have asked me 'what's happening in ur country? The girl who was raped died this morning' ... ....(size: 2.8Kb)
The Hindu
30 Dec 2012
They were both great friends and liked to spend their evenings together when not out hunting or scouting for mistresses in the countryside ... This colourful man who built the St ... What can one expect when two such men get together to enjoy New Year’s Eve in Delhi, then still ruled by Akbar Shah II, with Mirza Ghalib enjoying his popularity in the streets of Delhi and at the mushairas at Haveli Sadr Sadur in Matia Mahal ... Keywords....(size: 4.9Kb)
The Times of India
30 Dec 2012
NEW DELHI ... The half a dozen medals clinched in London were supposed to drastically improve the sporting scene but once the felicitations had been done, it was back to the harsh reality for Indian sports where politics took precedence over sporting progress ... Sania Mirza won her second Grand Slam when she triumphed at the mixed doubles event of the French Open with Mahesh Bhupathi and remained a force on the WTA tour at least in doubles....(size: 9.9Kb)
Taipei Times
29 Dec 2012
Rohtas helped launch the careers of many of the biggest names in modern Pakistani art, including Quddus Mirza, Rashid Rana and Irfan Qureshi, who has been named artist of 2013 by Berlin’s Deutsche Bank Kunsthalle ... Mirza, who curated a show celebrating Rohtas’ 30th birthday in October, said the gallery had encouraged artists to follow their creative impulses free not only from political restrictions, but also commercial pressures....(size: 3.5Kb)
Newstrack India
29 Dec 2012
Tweet. Qadian (Punjab), Dec.29 (ANI) ... It is these values that will promote mutual respect and interfaith harmony ... The foundation of this convention was laid down by the founder of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Hadhrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad Sahib ... (ANI). Post comments.. ) .. ).. Comments.. HOME . . . . . . .. . . .. ....(size: 2.3Kb)
The Examiner
29 Dec 2012
Tweet. 0 Email. Report. Photo 1 of 2. Sir Muhammad Zafrulla Khan (ra). A Genius, Prolific Writer and Religious Scholar Credit. Calgary Ahamdiyya Muslim Community ... 4 Photos ... 4 Photos ... wwwalislamorgSir Muhammad Zafrulla Khan (ra) (1893-1985) a companion of the Founder of Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at Hadhrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (as) the Promised Messiah and Mahdi; a man of phenomenal intelligence and memory; a great orator; a prolific... ....(size: 4.1Kb)
Deccan Chronicle
29 Dec 2012
Chennai ... In the lead-up to the London Olympics, the AITA’s baffling decision to send just one doubles team for the Games saw the two Grand Slam champions washing dirty linen in public ... The issue didn’t end there ... In a bid to “persuade” Paes to play with youngster Vishnu Vardhan, the federation only manage to trigger another row when it named Sania Mirza as the mixed doubles partner for the Atlanta bronze medallist ... ....(size: 2.7Kb)
Berita Jakarta
29 Dec 2012
... Due to the ruthlessness of the culprits, 1 passenger died, while 3 others were injured ... Meanwhile, Head of East Jakarta Transportation Sub Department, Mirza Aryadi Soelarso admitted he just found out about the incident and reported it to Jakarta Transportation Department, Head of the terminal, Staff of East Jakarta Transportation Sub Department Supervision and Control Section for them to follow up the incident ... Translator ... No ... Jl....(size: 5.0Kb)
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Mirza (Persian: میرزا, Turkish: Mirza, Kazakh: мырза, myrza, Russian: мурза, Circassian: мырзэ), (common variance in Tatar nobility as Morza) is of Persian origin, denoting the rank of a high nobleman or Prince.[1] It is usually translated into English as a royal or imperial Prince of the Blood. It signified male-line descent and relationship to the Imperial Families of Turkey, Persia and later South Asia and was the title borne by members of the highest aristocracies in Tatar states, such as Khanate of Kazan, Khanate of Astrakhan and in the Russian Empire (Under Catherine the Great's rule the Murzas gained equal rights with the Russian nobility).[2] In fact, Prince Felix Yusupov, the nephew-in-law of Tsar Nicholas II of Russia was descended from Abdul Mirza, the first Prince Yusopov.[3]
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Etymology[link]
The word Mīrzā is derived from the Persian term ‘Amīrzāde which literally means "child of the ‘Amīr" or "child of the ruler" in Persia‘Amīrzād in turn consists of the Arabic title ‘Amīr (engl. Emir), meaning "commander", and the Persian suffix -zād, meaning "birth" or "lineage". Due to vowel harmony in Turkic languages, the alternative pronunciation Morza (plural morzalar; derived from the Persian word) is also used.[4] In modern Kazakh myrza means gentleman, as is in the expression "hanymdar men myrzalar" (ladies and gentlemen).
History[link]
Persian Kingdom[link]
The titles themselves were given by the Kings, Sultans and Emperors (equivalent to the western Fount of honour) to their sons and grandsons, or even distant kins. Noblemen loyal to the kings also received this Title, although their usage differed. Aristocratic families (royal descent) from South Asia and individuals descended from the Persian nobility have 'Mirza' in their name.[5]
The title itself came from the title emir. Emir, meaning "commander", -derived from the Semitic root Amr, "command". Originally simply meaning commander or leader, usually in reference to a group of people. It came to be used as a title of governors or rulers, usually in smaller states, and usually renders the English word "prince. Amir Sadri." The word entered English in 1595, from the French émir.[6]
- His Highness Prince Shujaat Haider Mirza last one to "COMMAND" and also known as 'AMIR'
- His Highness Prince Irfan Haider Mirza
- His Highness Prince Zeeshan ali Mirza
- His Highness Prince ASLAM JAH MIRZA
- His Highness Prince Israr Mirza
- His Highness Prince Iraj Mirza
- His Highness Prince Malek Mansur Mirza Shao es-Saltaneh
- His Highness Prince Bahram Mirza Sardar Mass'oud
- His Highness Prince Abbas Mirza
- His Highness Prince Abdol Majid Mirza
- Highness Prince Ali-Mohammad Mirza
- His Highness Prince Bahram Mirza
- His Highness Prince Djahangir Mirza
- His Highness Prince Eskandar Mirza
- His Highness Prince Fereydoon Mirza
- His Highness Prince Mohammed Tareq Mirza
- His Highness Prince Hamid Mirza
- His Highness Prince Khanlar Mirza
- His Highness Prince Khosrow Mirza
- His Highness Prince Shairul Mirza
- His Highness of Highness Prince Muhammad Mirza
- His Highness Prince Mahmoud Mirza
- His Highness Prince of Fadi Malo George Mirza
- His Highness Prince Mohammad Hassan Mirza
- His Highness Prince Mohammad Hassan Mirza II
- His Highness Prince Nosrat-od-Dowleh Firouz Mirza
- His Highness Prince Kamran Mirza Nayeb es-Saltaneh
- His Highness Prince Firouz Mirza Nosrat-ed-Dowleh Farman Farmaian III
- His Highness Prince Ali Mirza Qajar
- His Highness Prince Nosrat al-Din Mirza Salar es-Saltaneh
- His Highness Prince Abdol-samad Mirza Ezz ed-Dowleh Saloor
- His Highness Prince Mass'oud Mirza Zell-e Soltan
South Asia[link]
Mirza was given to imperial prince; a title or part of a name implying relationship to the Turk dynasties like Mughal dynasty (the Imperial House of Timur).[7] But in Indian royal families, the title can be placed both before the name and after it, such as Prince Mirza Mughal and Prince Kamran Mirza. Prince Khusrau Mirza was the grandson of Emperor Babur (Babur Mirza), son of Emperor Jahangir and a brother of Emperor Shah Jahan. Emperor Akbar Shah II was Prince Mirza Akbar before his coronation. Emperor Babur took the imperial title of Padishah on 6 March 1508, before which he used the title Mirza.[8]
In the Indian subcontinent, especially Bengal and Bihar, the Mirzas are also known locally as the variant of Mridha (from Mirdhjah) usually due to the Bengali language not have a 'z' sounding alphabet.[9] Mughal dynasty (the Imperial House of Timur "Sarai Mulk Khanam Qutubuddunniya wa Deen Amir Qutubuddin Taimur Baig Sahib-e-kiran).< Rulers of India included:
The Imperial Family of Hindustan
- His Imperial Highness, The Emperor Mirza Zahiruddin 1523-1530,First Mughal Emperor.
- His Imperial Highness, The Emperor Mirza Nasiruddin 1530-1539 & 1554-1555, Second Mughal Emperor.
- His Imperial Highness, The Emperor Mirza Jalaluddin 1555-1605, Third Mughal Emperor.
- His Imperial Highness, The Emperor Mirza Nuruddin 1605-1627, Fourth Mughal Emperor.
- His Imperial Highness, The Emperor Mirza Khurram 1627-1658, Fifth Mughal Emperor.
- His Imperial Highness, The Emperor Mirza Muhiuddin 1658-1707, sixth Mughal Emperor.
- His Imperial Highness, The Emperor Mirza Azam 1707, seventh Mughal Emperor.
- His Imperial Highness, The Emperor Mirza Mu'Azzam 1707-1712, Eight Mughal Emperor.
- His Imperial Highness, The Emperor Sultan Muizuddin Mirza 1712-1713, Mughal Emperor.
- His Imperial Highness, The Emperor Mouinudd'in Muhammad Mirza 1712-1719, Tenth Mughal Emperor.
- His Imperial Highness, The Emperor Sultan Shamsuddin Mirza 1719, Eleventh Mughal Emperor.
- His Imperial Highness, The Emperor Sultan Rafiuddin Mirza (later Shah Jahan II 1719, Twelfth Mughal Emperor.
- His Imperial Highness, The Emperor Sultan Nekusiyar Mirza 1719, Thirteenth Mughal Emperor.
- His Imperial Highness, The Emperor Sultan Akhtar Mirza, Fourteenth Mughal Emperor.
- His Imperial Highness, The Emperor Ahmad Shah Mirza 1720-1748, Fifteenth Mughal Emperor.
- His Imperial Highness, The Emperor Aziz 'ud-Din Beg Mirza 1754-1759, Sixteenth Mughal Emperor.
- His Imperial Highness, The Emperor Jalal 'ud-Din Mirza 1759-1760, Seventeenth Mughal Emperor.
- His Imperial Highness, The Emperor Muhi-ul-millat Mirza 1788-1806, Eighteenth Mughal Emperor.
- His Imperial Highness, The Emperor Mirza Akbar 1806-1837, Nineteenth Mughal Emperor.
- His Imperial Highness, The Emperor Sirajuddin Mirza 1837-1857, Mughal Emperor.
The Royal Family Mughal of Berar
- His Highness Prince Bedar Bakht Mirza, son of Emperor Mirza Azam
- His Highness Prince Mohammed Beg Feroz Bakht Mirza, son of Prince Bedar Bakht Mirza
- His Highness Prince Bulaqui Mirza, son of Prince Mirza Feroz Bakht
- His Highness Prince Sultan Bahaddur Aduli Mirza, son of Mirza Bulaqui Baig Bahaddur
- His Highness Prince Sardar Baig Mirza, son of Aduli Baig Mirza
- His Highness Prince Qadar Baig Mirza, son of Aduli Baig Mirza
- His Highness Prince Hatam Baig Mirza, son of Sardar Baig Mirza
- His Highness Prince Umrao Baig Mirza, son of Sardar Baig Mirza
- His Highness Prince Sulaiman Mirza, son of Hatam Baig Mirza
- His Highness Prince Mirza Abdul Razzak I son of Hatam Baig Mirza
- His Highness Prince Mirza Abdul Rasheed son of Mirza Abdur Razzak
- His Highness Prince Mirza Abdul Razzak II a.k.a Mohammed Rizwan Mirza son of Mirza Abdul Rasheed
- His Highness Prince Mirza Mohammad Gibran son of Mohammed Rizwan Mirza
- His Highness Prince Kamran Mirza, son of Emperor Babur, brother of Emperor Humayun
- His Highness Prince Haydar Mirza, cousin of Emperor Babur
- His Highness Mirza Shuja ud-din Muhammad Khan, Second Nawab of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa.
- His Highness Mirza Asadullah, Third Nawab of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa.
- His Highness Mirza Muhammad Ali, Fourth Nawab of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa.
- His Highness Mirza Mohammad Siraj, Fifth Nawab of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa.
- His Highness Mirza Hassan Ali Khan Bahadur, 18th Nawab of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa.
- His Highness Mirza Wasif Ali Khan, 19th Nawab of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa.
- His Highness Mirza Waris Ali Khan, 20th Nawab of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa.
- His Highness Mirza Muhammad Muqim Ali Khan, Second Nawab Subahdar of Awadh (Oudh)
- His Highness Mirza Amani Asif-ud-Dawlah, Fourth Nawab Subahdar of Awadh (Oudh)
- His Highness Mirza Asif Jah Wazir Ali Khan, Fifth Nawab Subahdar of Awadh (Oudh)
- His Highness Mirza Wajid Ali Shah, Eleventh Nawab Subahdar of Awadh (Oudh) (5th King of Awadh)
Notable Mirzas[link]
Nobility[link]
- Mirza Najaf Khan, Persian Prince, Indian Courtier and Commander in Chief of the Mughal Imperial Army.
- Mirza Agha Bakar, Persian Nobleman, Bengal Zamindar and son-in-law of Nawab Murshid Quli Khan, the Ruler of Bengal.
- Khan Muhammad Mirza, Architect during the Mughal Era.
Religion[link]
- Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, founder of the Ahmadiyya movement in Islam
- Mirza Basheer-ud-Din Mahmood Ahmad, second Caliph of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community
- Mirza Nasir Ahmad, third Caliph of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community
- Mirza Tahir Ahmad, fourth Caliph of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community
- Mirza Masroor Ahmad, fifth Caliph of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community
- Mírzá Ḥusayn-`Alí Nuri: known as Baha'u'llah; Founder of the Baha'i Faith
Government[link]
- Iskandar Ali Mirza, was the first President & 4th Governor General of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan in 1956.
- Fahmida Mirza, She was elected as the first female Speaker of the National Assembly of Pakistan
Military[link]
- Mirza Aslam Baig, Former Chief of Army Staff of Pakistan
- Mirza Kuchak Khan: Persian revolutionary who led the Jungle Movement in the northern jungles of Gilan Province
Advocate[link]
- Mirza Aziz Akbar Baig, Former Vice Chairman of Pakistan Bar Council
Academics and literature[link]
- Mirza Ghalib (born: Mirza Asadullah Baig Khan), a famous Urdu and Persian poet from South Asia who adorned the Mughal court
- Mirza Khan of "Mirza & Sahiba", a tragic Romeo-and-Juliet-like love story enshrined in Panjabi literature and commonly told in the Punjab region
- Iraj Mirza, Persian folk poet, also known as Jalaal-al-mamalek.
- Muhammad Munawwar Mirza, a prominent scholar, historian, writer and intellectual from Pakistan
Sport[link]
- Mirza Delibašić, Bosnian Basketball Player
- Mirza Teletović, Bosnian Basketball Player
- Sania Mirza, Indian Tennis Player
Entertainment[link]
- Hady Mirza, 2007 Asian Idol winner from Singapore.
- Mohib Mirza - Pakistani television actor
- Mirza Čaušević-Musician
- Waseem Mirza - British television anchor
- Diya Mirza- Bollywood Actress
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Further Study[link]
- Life of a Mirza Chapter 7 (pg 225-227) The Empire of the Great Mughals: History, Art and Culture (2004) by Annemarie Schimmel ISBN 1-86189-185-7
- Mirzah in The Wordsworth Dictionary of Phrase and Fable By Ebenezer Cobham Brewer: The quintessential guide to myth, folklore, legend, legend and literature. ISBN 1-84022-310-3
- MI’RZA Chambers’s Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge For the People. ISBN 1-149-98693-X
- A. Jaimoukha The Circassians: A Handbook Routledge, Palgrave, 2001, pp 157–60) ISBN 0-312-23994-7
References[link]
- Notes
- ^ The derivation of which word is from Emir (Amur a nobleman) and Zade a son, &c. This species of nobility is traced very far, and is not creative. The title descends to all the sons of the family, without exception. In the Royal family it is placed after the name instead of before it, thus, Abbas Mirza and Hosfiein .'Mi Mirza. Mirza is a civil title, and Khan is a military one. The title of Khan is creative, but not hereditary. pg 601 Monthly magazine and British register, Volume 34 Publisher Printed for R. Phillips, 1812 Original from Harvard University
- ^ Life in Samarkand Caucasus and Central Asia vis-à-vis Russia, the West, and Islam, Madina Tlostanova: Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia, HUMAN ARCHITECTURE: JOURNAL OF THE SOCIOLOGY OF SELF-KNOWLEDGE (ISSN: 1540-5699)]
- ^ Rulers of the Khanate of Crimea
- ^ Mirza in Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged © HarperCollins Publishers
- ^ Sensagent.com reached: 30.06.2010
- ^ http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=amir&searchmode=none EtymologyOnLine
- ^ http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00urdu/hali/majalis/10glossary.html
- ^ pg 24. The Empire of the Great Mughals: History, Art and Culture
- ^ While local Bengal historians called the Lalbagh mosque as Khan Mo'hammad Mridha Mosque, the mughal scripts note him as Khan Muhammad Mirza as in https://archnet.org/library/sites/one-site.jsp?site_id=4450
- Sources
- Brewer's Dictionary of Phrases and Fable, 16th edition Revised by Adrian Room, 1999
- WorldStatesmen
- Eymology Online
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| Zulfiqar Mirza | |
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| Zulfiqar Mirza | |
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| Born | (1954-01-12) 12 January 1954 (age 58) Hyderabad, Pakistan |
| Political party | Pakistan Peoples Party |
| Spouse(s) | Fahmida Mirza |
| Residence | Khayaban-e-Mujahid, Phase-V, D.H.A, Karachi |
| Alma mater | Liaquat Medical College, Jamshoro |
| Occupation | Politician Agriculturist Doctor Industrialist |
| Religion | Shia Islam |
| Website | http://www.zulfiqarmirza.com/ |
Zulfiqar Mirza is a Pakistani politician who is affiliated with Pakistan Peoples Party. He hails from the district Badin, Hyderabad. He did his graduation from LMC Jamshoro, Hyderabad, Sindh. He is married to Fahmida Mirza who was elected as the first female Speaker of the National Assembly of Pakistan on March 19, 2008.[1] She is also the first female parliamentary speaker in the Muslim world. Zulfiqar Mirza was the Home Minister of Sindh till June 2011.
He was assigned the portfolio of Jails and prisons as well as the portfolio of Senior Minister for Works, Services and Forest in Sindh cabinet. He remained member of Provincial Assembly of Sindh, member of PPP Central Executive Committee and Vice President of PPP (Sindh) till 28, August 2011.[2] He acquired his secondary education at Cadet College Petaro in the late 1960s.
He is also the member of the board of directors of Mirza Sugar Mills located in District Badin, Sindh.[3]
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Allegations against MQM[link]
On Sunday, 28 August 2011, Zulfiqar Mirza announced his resignation from the government during an press briefing. Mirza waved several documents that he said carried the proof of the people responsible for the wave of violence in Karachi.[4] He further stated that the MQM does not have a right to 100% mandate in Karachi and Hyderabad, but he would admit that their guns successfully got them (MQM) that mandate. He claimed to have a letter written by Altaf Hussain in 2001 where the MQM chief told then-British Prime Minister Tony Blair that Altaf Hussain would be willing to support the NATO if the British government helped the MQM to disband the ISI and force changes to the constitution . He also claimed to have personally visited the MQM chief at his residence in London, where Altaf Hussain allegedly told him that the MQM was planning on supporting a ‘secret American plot’ to break up Pakistan. He added that he had moved 20 men – ten of whom were facing the death penalty and ten facing life imprisonment – out of prisons in Karachi to prevent them from running criminal networks from behind bars, but that this effort was foiled by Sindh Governor Ishratul Ebad Khan of the MQM,a party run from the United Kingdom, who brought them back to Karachi . He added that 25 ‘known’ target killers were released from jail [5] His press conference was a major event and became major topic of discussion all over Pakistan.
In November 2011, Mirza left for London carrying documents he claimed to to contain evidence against Hussain and the MQM in the murder of Imran Farooq.[6] Mirza presented the evidence to the Scotland Yard on 17 November 2011.[7]
Fight against corruption[link]
Zulfiqar Mirza has said that political gathering of the Imran Khan-led Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf was an indicator of change in Pakistan and thousands of PPP workers, loyal to Benazir Bhutto and ZA Bhutto, along with Shah Mehmood Qureshi would come out on the streets for a change too. Mirza said that he was still a PPP worker and vowed to fight against corrupt ministers and mafias in the party.[8]
See also[link]
References[link]
- ^ Woman elected Pakistani speaker BBC News, March 19, 2008
- ^ http://tribune.com.pk/story/241132/sindh-senior-minister-zulfikar-mirza-resigns/
- ^ MIRZA SUGAR MILLS LTD (MZSM:Karachi), Board of directors Bloomburg Business Week, July 18, 2011
- ^ "Diatribe of a lifetime: Hurricane Mirza shakes up political landscape – The Express Tribune". tribune.com.pk. http://tribune.com.pk/story/241132/sindh-senior-minister-zulfikar-mirza-resigns/. Retrieved 3 May 2012.
- ^ http://www.dawn.com/2011/08/28/zulfiqar-mirza-resigns-from-sindh-assembly.html
- ^ "Zulfiqar Mirza to provide evidence against Altaf Hussain in House of Lords". tribune.com.pk. 2012 [last update]. http://tribune.com.pk/story/292729/zulfiqar-mirza-to-provide-evidence-against-altaf-hussain-in-house-of-lords/. Retrieved 3 May 2012.
- ^ "Mirza holds meeting with Scotland Yard". dailytimes.com.pk. http://dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2011%5C11%5C18%5Cstory_18-11-2011_pg1_3. Retrieved 3 May 2012.
- ^ http://www.thenews.com.pk/TodaysPrintDetail.aspx?ID=10073&Cat=13
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| Name | Mirza, Zulfiqar |
| Alternative names | Zulfiqar |
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| Date of birth | 12 January 1954 |
| Place of birth | Hyderabad, Pakistan |
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| Personal information | ||||
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| Born | (1982-02-01) 1 February 1982 (age 30) Sialkot, Punjab, Pakistan |
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| Batting style | Right-hand bat | |||
| Bowling style | Right-arm offbreak | |||
| Role | All-rounder | |||
| International information | ||||
| National side | Pakistan | |||
| Test debut (cap 169) | 29 August 2001 v Bangladesh | |||
| Last Test | 9 August 2010 v England | |||
| ODI debut (cap 128) | 14 October 1999 v West Indies | |||
| Last ODI | 19 June 2010 v India | |||
| ODI shirt no. | 18 | |||
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| Years | Team | |||
| 2004/05–2006/07 | Sialkot Stallions | |||
| 2003–2004 | Gloucestershire | |||
| 2001/02–2006/07 | Sialkot | |||
| 1999/00 | Pakistan Reserves | |||
| 1998/99–present | PIA | |||
| 1997/98–1998/99 | Gujranwala | |||
| 2008 | Delhi Daredevils | |||
| Career statistics | ||||
| Competition | Test | ODI | FC | LA |
| Matches | 32 | 192 | 101 | 270 |
| Runs scored | 1,606 | 5,188 | 4,655 | 7,371 |
| Batting average | 33.45 | 34.35 | 33.48 | 37.99 |
| 100s/50s | 2/8 | 7/31 | 12/19 | 12/44 |
| Top score | 148* | 143 | 200 | 143 |
| Balls bowled | 2,245 | 6,384 | 11,932 | 10,388 |
| Wickets | 21 | 134 | 195 | 250 |
| Bowling average | 61.47 | 36.29 | 30.09 | 30.98 |
| 5 wickets in innings | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| 10 wickets in match | 0 | n/a | 1 | n/a |
| Best bowling | 4/42 | 4/19 | 7/81 | 5/35 |
| Catches/stumpings | 16/– | 68/– | 49/– | 107/– |
| Source: CricketArchive, 21 May 2011 | ||||
Shoaib Malik (Urdu: شعیب ملک) (born 1 February 1982) is a Pakistani cricket player and former captain. He made his One-Day International debut in 1999 against the West Indies and his Test debut in 2001 against Bangladesh. He has taken over 100 ODI wickets, and has a batting average in the mid 30s in both Test and ODI cricket. His bowling action has come under scrutiny (particularly his doosra) but he has had elbow surgery to correct this. Malik was ranked second, behind teammate Shahid Afridi, in the ICC ODI all-rounder rankings in June 2008.[1] In March 2010, Malik received a one-year ban from international cricket from the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB); the ban was overturned two months later.[2]
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Early career[link]
Shoaib Malik first played tape-ball cricket in the streets as a child. He began to take playing cricket seriously in 1993/94 when he attended Imran Khan's coaching clinics in Sialkot. He began as a batsman only developing on his bowling later. He used to get in trouble with his family for playing cricket, as they wanted him to focus on his education. In 1996, Malik attended trials for the U-15 World Cup. He was selected in the squad for his bowling.[3]
In May 2001, Malik's bowling action was inspected. The PCB group of bowling advisers concluded that his stock off-spinner was legal, although his delivery going the other way was not. He was encouraged to concentrate on his off-spin and to practice bowling his other delivery without bending his arm.[4] In a One Day International (ODI) against England in June 2001, Malik suffered a fractured right shoulder after falling awkwardly while attempting to take a catch.[5]
Malik was approached by Gloucestershire County Cricket Club in July 2003 to act as a replacement for Ian Harvey, who was on international duty with Australia. John Bracewell, the club's director of cricket, commented that he was "excited by the prospect of signing an international spinning all-rounder to replace Ian during the Cheltenham Festival and the C&G semi-finals. He will add a new and refreshing dimension to the squad ... which is in keeping with our playing philosophy to both win and entertain".[6] He sufficiently impressed in two County Championship and three one-day matches that resulted in renewing of his contract for the 2004 season. Mark Alleyne, the club's head coach, remarked that "Shoaib did very well for us last year in the short time he was with us and fitted in very well. He is a gifted all-rounder who is worthy of a place in either discipline and as a 21 year old, he can only get better and I am really pleased at having him in my squad".[7] Over the course of his two seasons at Gloucestershire, Malik played eight first-class matches, scoring 214 runs at an average of 17.83 with two fifties[8] and taking 15 wickets at an average of 45.06, with best bowling figures of 3/76.[9] He also played twelve one-day matches, scoring 345 runs at an average of 43.12 with three fifties[10] and taking 10 wickets at an average of 47.60, with best bowling figures of 3/28.[11]
In October 2004, Malik was reported to the International Cricket Council (ICC) for having a "potentially flawed bowling action";[12] eight months later, his action was cleared.[13] In the intervening period, Malik was used mainly as a batsman.[14] He was also given a one-Test ban by the Pakistan Cricket Board after admitting to deliberately losing a Twenty20 match for the Sialkot Stallions against Karachi Zebras to knock Lahore Eagles out of the Faysal Bank T20 Cup. The inquiry concluded that the incident "damaged Pakistan's cricketing image and had shown disrespect to the crowd", but that "his actions were not part of any match-fixing with no financial implications, but were an immature attempt to express his disappointment at earlier decisions in the competition that he felt went against his side".[15]
During his Test career, Malik has batted at 5 different positions and has the unusual record of batting at every position except 11th in ODIs. Pakistan's problems in finding a reliable opening pair have led to Malik being used as an opener in Test and ODI matches. In Test cricket, he made a big impression with his match-saving innings against Sri Lanka in 2006, during which he batted for the whole day and finished with 148 runs not out. His bowling has been effective at times, especially in one-day cricket where his best bowling figures are four wickets for 19 runs (4/19) in addition to many 3-wicket hauls.
On the international stage Malik struggled in England. In 12 ODIs across four tours between 2001 and 2006 he scored 98 runs at an average of 8.16, with just two scores above 20, far below his career ODI average of 34.35. Of people who have played at least eight ODIs in England, Malik's is the furthest below his overall average.[16]
Pakistan captaincy[link]
Following Inzamam-ul-Haq's resignation as Pakistan captain after the 2007 World Cup, Malik was put forward as one of the names for the captaincy along with Younis Khan and Mohammad Yousuf. After Younis Khan's rejection, Malik was the popular choice as a younger player and was seen to represent a fresh start after the Inzamam era.
Pakistan's coach, Bob Woolmer, was a strong advocate of Malik's case to become captain; in Woolmer's opinion Malik was "the sharpest tactical tack among his group ... a real presence on the field".[17] Former skipper Imran Khan also backed Malik for the role, stating "He appears to have a good cricket brain and could turn out to be a very good choice for Pakistan cricket".[18] Malik was appointed captain on 19 April 2007 by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), his experience considering his relatively young age and consistent performances were cited as other reasons for his appointment.[18] At the age of just 25, he was Pakistan's fourth youngest captain.[17]
In Malik's first series as captain, Pakistan defeated Sri Lanka 2–1 in an ODI series in Abu Dhabi. His next assignments were home Test and ODI series against South Africa, which Pakistan lost 1-0 and 3-2 respectively. 3-2 was the score in favour of India when Pakistan subsequently played an ODI series against their arch-rivals. Malik hit 89 and took three wickets in the final match, which Pakistan won by 31 runs.
Malik's captaincy lasted two years. A report by the coach and manager criticised his leadership, claiming that Malik was "a loner, aloof and involved in his own little world, which is OK but not when the team required a fully committed captain We do not see any meaningful communication between players and captain other than his five-minute talk during the team meeting".[17] Younis Khan took over as captain on 27 January 2009[19] after a poor performance against Sri Lanka saw Malik step down.[19] In his two-year tenure as captain, Malik lead his country in two Tests, losing two and drawing one,[20] and 36 ODIs, of which Pakistan won 24,[21] and 17 T20Is, winning 12.[22]
Post-captaincy[link]
In March 2010, Malik was given a one-year ban from the national team by the PCB, who charged him with causing infighting within the team. It was part of a dramatic cull of players after Pakistan's winless tour of Australia, resulting in the fining or banning of seven players.[23] Two months later Lancashire County Cricket Club approached Malik to play for them during Twenty20 Cup. He agreed, saying "When Lancashire approached me to come and play for them I didn't hesitate in saying yes. I love playing cricket in England and the opportunity to play with a club of Lancashire's reputation was too good to pass up".[18] On 29 May 2010, Malik's ban was overturned and his Rs 2 million fine halved.[2] He was subsequently named in the 2010 Asia Cup squad,[24] and as a result, Malik pulled out of his contract with Lancashire.[25] Pakistan did not make the final of the four-team tournament,[26] and Malik played in two matches, amassing 47 runs.[27] Mailk was in Pakistan's squad to play Australia and England in England in June–August 2010, but was dropped from the side. A regular in the ODI side, over the previously 12 months he had averaged around 30 with the bat in ODIs, and excluding one score over 50, his batting average hovered around 20. Mohsin Khan, Pakistan's chairman of selectors, cited Malik's poor recent form as the reason for dropping him.[28]
Playing style[link]
According to Cricinfo's Osman Samiuddin:[29]
(Malik’s) batting repertoire doesn't burst forth with strokes; there remains a distinctly utilitarian appeal to it. His drives straight are generally checked, dispossessed of flourish and in his forward defensive prods, there is an exaggerated care, just to make fully sure. It doesn't mean elegance doesn't come to him, as a couple of cover drives off Anil Kumble and Harbhajan Singh to bring Pakistan nearer its hundred showed. Midwicket slogging also comes naturally to him, usually more effective than beautiful.—Osman Samiuddin, 2006
Malik is regarded as a flexible player. He is capable of hitting big shots but is also capable of rotating the strike with good placement. He has a strike rate of 77.23 runs per 100 balls, which compares favourably to players such as Rahul Dravid and Inzamam ul-Haq. His most brazen display of "power hitting" came in 2003 against South Africa when he scored 82 from 41 balls. As is required of most modern players, he also has displayed good defensive batting at times.
Domestic Cricket[link]
Shoaib Malik is captain of the Sialkot Stallions. He has led them to a record 7 domestic T20 titles with the most recent coming on 1 April 2012.[30]
Personal life[link]
In 2008, media reports in Pakistan surfaced that Malik has married Ayesha Siddiqui, a woman from Hyderabad, India, on 3 June 2002. Malik denied these allegations saying his marriage plans with the woman did not go through, because of a lack of consensus between both the families.[31] In April 2010, Siddiqui's family released Shoaib-Ayesha 'marriage' certificate (Nikahnama).[32] On April 2, 2010, Malik said he plans to sue Siddiqui's family for "indulging in character assassination".[33][34][35] On April 7, 2010 Malik confirmed his marriage with Siddiqui and signed the Talaq (divorce) papers.[36]
On 12 April 2010, Malik married Indian tennis player Sania Mirza in an Islamic wedding ceremony at the Taj Krishna Hotel in Hyderabad, India[37][38] for a mahr of 61 lakh (US$137,500).[39]
Test centuries[link]
| Test Centuries by Shoaib Malik | |||||||
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| # | Runs | Match | Against | City/Country | Venue | Year | Scorecard |
| 1 | 148* | 1 |  Sri Lanka |
Colombo, Sri Lanka | Sinhalese Sports Club Ground | 2006 | Test#1794 |
| 2 | 134 | 3 | Sri Lanka |
Colombo, Sri Lanka | Sinhalese Sports Club Ground | 2009 | Test#1927 |
ODI centuries[link]
| One Day International centuries by Shoaib Malik | ||||||
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| # | Runs | Against | City/Country | Venue | Year | Scorecard |
| 1 | 111* |  West Indies |
Sharjah | Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium | 2002 | ODI#1808 |
| 2 | 115 |  New Zealand |
Lahore, Pakistan | Gaddafi Stadium | 2002 | ODI#1835 |
| 3 | 118 |  Hong Kong |
Colombo, Sri Lanka | Sinhalese Sports Club Ground | 2004 | ODI#2147 |
| 4 | 143 |  India |
Colombo, Sri Lanka | Ranasinghe Premadasa Stadium | 2004 | ODI#2152 |
| 5 | 108 | India |
Lahore, Pakistan | Gaddafi Stadium | 2006 | ODI#2329 |
| 6 | 125* | India |
Karachi, Pakistan | National Stadium | 2008 | ODI#2717 |
| 7 | 128 | India |
Centurion, South Africa | SuperSport Park | 2009 | ODI#2898 |
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- ^ a b Samiuddin, Osman (29 May 2010), Shoaib Malik's one-year ban lifted, Cricinfo, http://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/current/story/461263.html, retrieved 30 May 2010
- ^ 'I just want to keep performing as well as I can', 3 November 2004, http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/141381.html, retrieved 2010-05-14
- ^ Pakistan Cricket Board (11 May 2001), PCB Bowling Advisors clear Shoaib's off breaks; recommend coaching on 'wrong ones', Cricinfo, http://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/106100.html, retrieved 2010-05-14
- ^ Pakistan Cricket Board (13 June 2001), Shoaib Malik fractures his shoulder after the nasty fall at Lord's, Cricinfo, http://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/103132.html, retrieved 2010-05-14
- ^ Gloucestershire sign Shoaib, Cricinfo, 3 July 2003, http://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/128601.html, retrieved 2010-05-14
- ^ Shoaib Malik to make Gloucestershire return, Cricinfo, 25 November 2003, http://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/132120.html, retrieved 2010-05-14
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- ^ ListA batting and fielding for each team by Shoaib Malik, CricketArchive.com, http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/8/8219/a_Batting_by_Team.html, retrieved 2010-05-14
- ^ ListA bowling for each team by Shoaib Malik, CricketArchive.com, http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/8/8219/a_Bowling_by_Team.html, retrieved 2010-05-14
- ^ Shoaib Malik reported for suspect action, 17 October 2004, http://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/142527.html, retrieved 2010-05-14
- ^ Shoaib Malik cleared of suspect action, 10 May 2005, http://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/208943.html, retrieved 2010-05-14
- ^ Malik unlikely to bowl in India, 23 February 2005, http://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/144779.html, retrieved 2010-05-14
- ^ Shoaib Malik given one-Test ban, 2 May 2005, http://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/208490.html, retrieved 2010-05-14
- ^ Basevi, Travis; Binoy, George (22 June 2011), Sri Lanka's best struggle in England, Cricinfo, http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/520190.html, retrieved 2011-07-19
- ^ a b c Samiuddin 2010, p. 45
- ^ a b c Malik awarded Pakistan captaincy, BBC, 20 April 2007, http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/other_international/pakistan/6571425.stm, retrieved 2010-05-14
- ^ a b Samiuddin, Osman (2009-01-27), "Younis appointed Pakistan captain", Cricinfo (ESPN), http://content.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/387996.html, retrieved 2009-05-01
- ^ Pakistan / Records / Test matches / Most matches as captain, Cricinfo, http://stats.cricinfo.com/pakistan/engine/records/individual/most_matches_as_captain.html?class=1;id=7;type=team, retrieved 2010-08-06
- ^ Pakistan / Records / One-Day International matches / Most matches as captain, Cricinfo, http://stats.cricinfo.com/pakistan/engine/records/individual/most_matches_as_captain.html?class=2;id=7;type=team, retrieved 2010-08-06
- ^ Pakistan / Records / Twenty20 Internationals / Most matches as captain, Cricinfo, http://stats.cricinfo.com/pakistan/engine/records/individual/most_matches_as_captain.html?class=3;id=7;type=team, retrieved 2010-08-06
- ^ Rana, Malik get one-year bans, Younis and Yousuf axed from teams, Cricinfo, 10 March 2010, http://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/current/story/451392.html, retrieved 30 March 2010
- ^ "Shoaib, Malik back in Pak squad for Asia Cup". The News. http://thenews.jang.com.pk/updates.asp?id=106020. Retrieved 4 June 2010.
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- ^ Bhatti, Majid (2010-04-02). "Shoaib's ex trouble for Sania Mirza". Mid-day.com. http://www.mid-day.com/news/2010/apr/020410-shoaib-malik-ex-wife-legal-action-sania-mirza.htm. Retrieved 2010-06-22.
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- Bibliography
- Samiuddin, Osman (August 2010), "Pakistan Captaincy: The Impossible Job", The Wisden Cricketer: 40–45
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| Date of birth | 1 February 1982 |
| Place of birth | Sialkot, Pakistan |
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| Country | India |
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| Residence | Hyderabad, India |
| Born | (1986-11-15) 15 November 1986 (age 25) Bombay, India (now Mumbai) |
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) |
| Weight | 57 kg (126 lb; 9 st 0 lb) |
| College | St. Mary's College |
| Turned pro | 3 February 2003 |
| Retired | Active |
| Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
| Career prize money | US$ 2,478,417 |
| Official web site | http://www.saniamirza.com/ |
| Singles | |
| Career record | W-L / 267–159 |
| Career titles | 1 WTA, 14 ITF |
| Highest ranking | No. 27 (27 August 2007) |
| Current ranking | No. 184 (16 April 2012) |
| Grand Slam Singles results | |
| Australian Open | 3R (2005, 2008) |
| French Open | 2R (2007, 2011) |
| Wimbledon | 2R (2005, 2007, 2008, 2009) |
| US Open | 4R (2005) |
| Other tournaments | |
| Olympic Games | 1R (2008) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 226-118 |
| Career titles | 14 WTA, 4 ITF |
| Highest ranking | No. 7 (30 January 2012) |
| Current ranking | No. 9 (16 April 2012) |
| Grand Slam Doubles results | |
| Australian Open | SF (2012) |
| French Open | F (2011) |
| Wimbledon | SF (2011) |
| US Open | QF (2007) |
| Other Doubles tournaments | |
| Olympic Games | 2R (2008) |
| Mixed Doubles | |
| Career titles | 1 |
| Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results | |
| Australian Open | W (2009) |
| French Open | 2R (2007) |
| Wimbledon | QF (2011) |
| US Open | QF (2007) |
| Last updated on: 13 February 2012. | |
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| Competitor for India |
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| Afro-Asian Games | ||
| Gold | 2003 Hyderabad | Singles |
| Gold | 2003 Hyderabad | Women's Doubles |
| Gold | 2003 Hyderabad | Mixed Doubles |
| Gold | 2003 Hyderabad | Team |
| Asian Games | ||
| Gold | 2006 Doha | Mixed Doubles |
| Silver | 2006 Doha | Singles |
| Silver | 2006 Doha | Team |
| Silver | 2010 Guangzhou | Mixed Doubles |
| Bronze | 2010 Guangzhou | Singles |
| Bronze | 2002 Busan | Mixed Doubles |
| Commonwealth Games | ||
| Silver | 2010 Delhi | Singles |
| Bronze | 2010 Delhi | Women's Doubles |
Sania Mirza (Hindi: सानिया मिर्जा, Telugu: సానియా మీర్జా, Urdu: ثانیہ مرزا ) (born 15 November 1986, in Bombay) is a professional Indian tennis player. She began her tennis career in 2003 and is well known for her powerful forehand ground strokes. She is the first ever Indian to break into the top 30 WTA rankings in singles and top 10 in doubles. Mirza has defeated many top players, including Svetlana Kuznetsova, Vera Zvonareva, Marion Bartoli and Former World No. 1's Martina Hingis & Dinara Safina.
Mirza has won one WTA singles title so far, at Hyderabad in 2005. She has won one Grand Slam title: the mixed doubles event at the 2009 Australian Open. She was also the runner-up on two other Grand Slam occasions: the mixed doubles event at 2008 Australian Open and the women's doubles event at Roland Garros 2011.
In 2004 she was awarded the Arjuna award by the Indian Government. In 2006, Mirza was awarded a Padma Shri, India's fourth highest honour for her achievements as a tennis player.[1] In March 2010, The Economic Times named Mirza in the list of the "33 women who made India proud".[2] Mirza was also the most searched Indian sportsperson on Google in 2009. In addition, Mirza was one named one of the '50 heroes of Asia' by the Time Magazine (2005).
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Early life[link]
Mirza was born to Imran Mirza, a sports journalist, and his wife Nasima in Mumbai, Maharashtra. She was brought up in Hyderabad in a religious family.[3][4][5] Mirza began playing tennis at the age of six, turning professional in 2003. She was trained by her father. She attended NASR school in Hyderabad and later graduated from St. Mary's College. She is married to the Pakistani cricketer Shoaib Malik.[6][7]
Mirza received an honorary degree of Doctor of Letters from the MGR Educational and Research Institute University in Chennai on 2008-12-11.[8] Her niece, Sonia Baig Mirza, studies there.
Career[link]
Mirza is the highest ranked female tennis player ever from India, with a career high ranking of 27 in singles and 7 in doubles. She is the third Indian woman to be featuring at a Grand Slam tournament (the first one being Nirupama Vaidyanathan at the 1998 Australian Open and the second being Shikha Uberoi at the 2004 US Open.) She is the first Indian woman to be seeded in a Grand Slam tennis tournament and the first Indian woman to win a WTA title.
Junior career[link]
Mirza won 10 singles and 13 doubles titles in her Junior career. She also won the 2003 Wimbledon Championships Girls' Doubles title, partnering Alisa Kleybanova. She also reached the semifinals of the 2003 French Open Girls' Doubles, with Sanaa Bhambri, and the quarterfinals of the 2002 US Open Girls' Doubles, with Isha Lakhani.
2001[link]
On 16 April 2001, Mirza made her debut at an ITF $10,000 event in Chandigarh, as a wildcard receiver. She crushed Geeta Manohar, in the first round, 6–0, 6–1 before falling to Karen Paterson in the second round, 6–3, 6–4. The following week, She played at an another ITF $10,000 event in Pune, where she beat Kamini Murugaboopathy and Jyotsna Vasisht before falling to Sai-Jayalakshmy Jayaram 6–0, 6–4 in the quarterfinals.
On only her third (and her last event of 2001), Mirza reached the semifinals of a ITF $10,000 event in New Delhi without dropping a set, by defeating Radhika Mandke, Geeta Manohar and Isha Lakhani, before losing to eventual champion Rushmi Chakravarthi, 6–7(1), 6–2, 6–3.
2002[link]
In February 2002, Mirza played at an ITF $10,000 event in Mumbai but lost the First Round to eventual finalist American Sunitha Rao. Her next tournament was the qualifying draw of an ITF $25,000 event in New Delhi. She defeated Archana Venkataraman and Sai-Jayalakshmy Jayaram before falling to Chinese Liu Jing-Jing.
In February on only her fifth tournament, Mirza won her first ITF singles title at her hometown Hyderabad, beating Akgul Amanmuradova 6–1, 6–2 in the final of the $10,000 event.
In November, Mirza also won the titles of her next two tournaments in Manila, beating Wang I-Ting and Amanmuradova, respectively. Mirza also won the bronze medal at the 2002 Busan Asian Games in mixed doubles, partnering Leander Paes.
In December, Mirza played at a $25,000 event in Mumbai, falling to Dominika Luzarová. Next, at a $10,000 event in Pune, she lost to Jennifer Schmidt.
2003[link]
In February, Mirza was given a wildcard to play in her first WTA tournament, at the AP Tourism Hyderabad Open, in her hometown. She lost in the first round to Evie Dominikovic, 6–2, 1–6, 2–6. The following week, at the Qatar Ladies Open, she fell to Olga Blahotova in the first qualifying round. Next up, she won two $10,000 titles in Benin City, Nigeria, defeating Franziska Etzel and Anca Anastasiu in each final.
In April, Mirza played for the India Fed Cup team, winning all three singles matches.
In September, Mirza played at a $25,000 event in Peachtree City, United States, where she lost to Marta Domachowska in the second qualifying round. In October, Mirza won her sixth ITF singles title, defeating Rushmi Chakravarthi in the finals of a $10,000 event in Jakarta. She also reached the semifinals of a $10,000 event, also in Jakarta, with wins over Yuan Meng, Eny Sulistyowati and Wilawan Choptang, before losing to Montinee Tangphong.
In November, Mirza participated at a $25,000 event in Mumbai, where she reached the quarterfinals by defeating Liza Pereira and Sonal Phadke, before falling to Isha Lakhani.
Mirza also picked up 4 gold medals at the 2003 Afro-Asian Games- in singles, women's doubles, mixed doubles and team.
2004[link]
At her hometown event, the 2004 AP Tourism Hyderabad Open, Mirza was a wildcard receiver. She put up a good fight against the fourth seed and eventual champion Nicole Pratt in round one, but lost 6–4, 3–6, 2–6. But she won her first WTA doubles title here, partnering Liezel Huber.
She also got a wildcard to play at the Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem in Casablanca, Morocco, but suffered a first round deficit to eventual champion Émilie Loit.
Mirza also had a runner-up showing at the Palm Beach Gardens Challenger, where she fell to Sessil Karatantcheva.
In addition, Mirza won 6 ITF singles titles in 2004.
2005[link]
Mirza started her year off as a wildcard receiver at the Moorilla Hobart International in Hobart. She fell to Cara Black in the second qualifying round.
Mirza defeated Cindy Watson and Petra Mandula at the Australian Open, before losing to eventual champion Serena Williams in the third round.
In February, Mirza became the first ever Indian women to win a WTA title, by winning her hometown event, the 2005 AP Tourism Hyderabad Open, defeating ninth seeded Ukrainian Alona Bondarenko in the final, 6–4, 5–7, 6–3.
Her good-form continued at the Dubai Tennis Championships, where she was a wildcard. Mirza, ranked No.94 then, defeated Jelena Kostanić in the first round. In the second round, Mirza upset 4th seed, reigning US Open champion and the Australian Open quarterfinalist Svetlana Kuznetsova, in straight sets. Mirza was down 0–4 in the first set, but won 6 straight games and the second set to win 6–4, 6–2. This raised her ranking to No.78.
Next she lost in the first round of the Roland Garros to Gisela Dulko. At Wimbledon, she defeated Akiko Morigami to reach the second round, where she lost to Kuznetsova.
In August, she reached the third round at the Acura Classic, falling to Morigami. Next Mirza reached the final of the Forest Hills Tennis Classic, beating Shahar Pe'er, Roberta Vinci and Alexa Glatch, before falling to Lucie Šafářová in the final.
Mirza became the first Indian woman to reach the fourth round of a Grand Slam tournament at the U.S. Open, defeating Mashona Washington, Maria Elena Camerin and Marion Bartoli.
At the Japan Open, Mirza reached the semifinals with wins over Vilmarie Castellvi, Aiko Nakamura and Vera Zvonareva. She lost to Tatiana Golovin in the semis.
2006[link]
Mirza reached the second round of the Australian Open, falling to Michaëlla Krajicek. Next she fell to Camille Pin at the Bangalore Open, but won the doubles title partnering Huber.
She played at the Dubai Tennis Championships but lost to Martina Hingis.
At the Indian Wells Masters, she reached the third round but lost to Elena Dementieva. She also lost in the first round of the French Open Grand Slam to Anastasia Myskina.
Her next tournament was the DFS Classic, where she defeated Alona Bondarenko and Shenay Perry to reach the third round, where she was overpowered by Meilen Tu. She also reached the quarterfinals of the Cincinnati Masters and the third round of the Acura Classic, falling to Patty Schnyder and Elena Dementieva, respectively.
She reached the second round of the US Open, losing to Francesca Schiavone. In September, she reached the semifinals of the Sunfeast Open, losing to eventual champion and top seed Martina Hingis. She also won the doubles title there partnering Huber. Mirza made the quarterfinals of the Hansol Korea Open and the Tashkent Open.
In December, Mirza picked up three medals at the 2006 Doha Asian Games- Gold, in mixed doubles and Silver in women's singles and team
As of September 2006, Mirza has notched up three top ten wins- against Svetlana Kuznetsova, Nadia Petrova and Martina Hingis.
2007[link]
Mirza started 2007 strongly, making it to the semifinals of Hobart, the second round of the Australian Open, semifinals in Pattaya, and the quarterfinals in Bangalore.
At the French Open, Mirza lost to the battle against Ana Ivanović in the second round. She also fell in the second round at the Wimbledon Championships to Nadia Petrova.
Mirza had had the best results of her career during the 2007 summer hardcourt season, finishing eighth in the 2007 U.S. Open Series standings. She reached the semifinals at Cincinnati. She also reached the final of the Bank of the West Classic and won the doubles event with Shahar Pe'er, and reached the quarterfinals of the Tier 1 Acura Classic.
At the 2007 U.S. Open, she reached the third round before losing to Anna Chakvetadze for the third time in recent weeks. She fared much better in the doubles, reaching the quarterfinals in mixed with her partner Mahesh Bhupathi and the quarterfinals in the women's doubles with Bethanie Mattek, including a win over number two seeds Lisa Raymond and Samantha Stosur. She won four doubles titles in 2007.
2008[link]
Mirza reached the quarter-finals at Hobart as No. 6 seed. She lost to Flavia Pennetta in three sets. She reached the third round at the Australian Open as No.31 seed, where she lost to No.8 seed Venus Williams 7–6(0) 6–4, having led 5–3 in the first set. She was runner-up in the Australian Open mixed doubles partnering Mahesh Bhupathi where they lost 7–6(4), 6–4 to Sun Tiantian and Nenad Zimonjić.
She withdrew from the Pattaya Open because of a left adductor strain.
Mirza reached the 4r at Indian Wells as No.21 seed, defeating No.9 seed Shahar Pe'er en route, but lost to No.5 seed Daniela Hantuchová.
On Grass, Mirza lost in the second round of Birmingham to Marina Erakovic of New Zealand. At Wimbledon, as No.32 seed, Mirza was defeated by qualifier María José Martínez Sánchez, 6–0, 4–6, 9–7 in round two, having had several match points.
Mirza was eliminated in the first round of the 2008 Summer Olympics when she retired in her match against Iveta Benešová because of a right wrist injury. For doubles, she got a walkover through the first round with Sunitha Rao, but lost in the second round to Russian teamn of Svetlana Kuznetsova and Dinara Safina.
Throughout 2008, Mirza was plagued by a slew of wrist injuries, requiring her to withdraw from several matches including those of the Roland Garros and US Open Grand Slams.
2009[link]
Mirza started her year by playing at the Moorilla Hobart International doubles only. Partnering Francesca Schiavone, they reached the quarterfinals. At 2009 Australian Open she won her first round match against Marta Domachowska, next she fell against 10th seed Nadia Petrova. In doubles she lost in first round partnering Vania King. But in mixed doubles Mirza picked up her first Grand Slam title at the 2009 Australian Open. Partnering with Mahesh Bhupathi, they beat Nathalie Dechy & Andy Ram 6–3, 6–1 in the final.
She then entered the Pattaya Women's Open Tournament in Bangkok where she reached the finals after a string of good performances. She lost the finals to Vera Zvonareva 7–5, 6–1. She made the semis in doubles in the same tournament.
Mirza then competed in the BNP Paribas Open where she lost in the second round to Flavia Pennetta. She then participated in the Miami Masters and lost to Mathilde Johansson of France in the first round. Mirza and her doubles partner Chia-jung Chuang of Chinese Taipei made the semifinals of the doubles event. Mirza lost in the first round of the MPS Group Championships but won the doubles title with Chuang. She lost in the first round at Roland Garros, losing to Kazakhstan's Galina Voskoboeva.
On grass, Mirza parrticipated in the 2009 AEGON Classic and reached the semifinals, losing to Magdaléna Rybáriková of Slovakia 3–6,6–0,6–3, who eventually won the title. At Wimbledon, Mirza defeated Anna-Lena Grönefeld in the first round. She then fell to No.28 Sorana Cîrstea in the second round. She then lost in the second round of the doubles (with Chuang) and mixed doubles (with Mahesh Bhupathi).
Next Mirza went to Lexington to compete in Fifth Third Bank Tennis Championships. Mirza had a good first round win, defeating María Fernanda Álvarez Terán in straight sets, and followed it up with another over Tetiana Luzhanska. In the quarterfinals, Mirza was leading 5–2 when her opponent, Lindsay Lee-Waters, retired due to injury. She beat Yuan Meng in the semifinal, and in straight sets won the title defeating top seed Julie Coin of France.
Mirza's next two tournaments were in Canada, where she had mixed results. She managed it all the way to the final at the Odlum Brown Vancouver Open where she was beaten by Stephanie Dubois. At the Rogers Cup, she fell to Heidi El Tabakh in the second qualifying round.
Next playing in the U.S Open, she defeated Olga Govortsova in the first round but lost 6–0, 6–0 to 10th seed Flavia Pennetta of Italy. She also lost in the second round of the doubles event (partnering Francesca Schiavone) to Shahar Pe'er and Gisela Dulko.
Mirza qualified for the Toray Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo but lost in the first round to Zheng Jie. Mirza won the first set but could not hold the lead, eventually losing to the Chinese player 7–5, 2–6, 3–6.
At Osaka, Mirza won her first round match against 5th seed Shahar Pe'er 3–6, 6–3, 6–4. Mirza then defeated Viktoriya Kutuzova 6–4, 6–3 and in the quarterfinal she defeated 2nd seed Marion Bartoli 6–4, 2–0 by retirement. Bartoli conceded her match and Mirza moved on to the semifinal. She lost to Francesca Schiavone of Italy.
2010[link]
Mirza began her year at the ASB Classic in Auckland. She won her first round match against Stefanie Vögele in three sets, but was crushed by 4th seed Francesca Schiavone in the second round. Mirza then suffered two first-round losses at the Moorilla Hobart International and the Australian Open.
In February, Mirza competed in the 2010 PTT Pattaya Open as the 6th seed, but lost to Tatjana Malek 6–3, 4–6, 3–6. She then played in the Dubai Tennis Championships but suffered a first round defeat to Anabel Medina Garrigues. Mirza was forced to withdraw from the Sony Ericcson Open and BNP Paribas Open due to a right wrist injury. This injury also caused her to pull out of the French Open.
She returned at the AEGON Classic, where she lost in the second round to Tamarine Tanasugarn in the three sets. Mirza then fell in the qualifying at Eastbourne and also lost in the first round of Wimbledon.
Her bad form continued, as she lost in the second round of the Odlum Brown Vancouver Open and qualifying rounds of both the Cincinnati Masters and the Rogers Cup.
She then competed at the US Open where she easily beat Michelle Larcher De Brito 6–3, 6–2 in the first round. In next round she went down to 20th seed Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 6–2, 6–4.
In September Mirza competed in the 2010 Guangzhou International Women's Open. In the first round she defeated Katie Obrien 6–3, 1–6, 6–2. Next she defeated 3rd seed Akgul Amanmuradova 6–4, 6–3 to reach the quarterfinals, where she lost fighting to Zhang Shuai 6–4, 1–6, 6–4. She then lost in the first round of the Tashkent Open and the qualifying draw of the BGL Luxembourg Open. She also lost in round one of the OEC Taipei Ladies Open to Bojana Jovanovski, but was runner-up in doubles with Hsieh Su-wei.
In October, she represented India at the 2010 Commonwealth Games as the 2nd seed. She defeated Brittany Teei (Cook Islands), Marina Erakovic (New Zealand), and Olivia Rogowska (Australia) before losing to Australia's Anastasia Rodionova in the final. In doubles, she partnered with fellow Indian Rushmi Chakravarthi, losing in the semifinals to Australians Anastasia Rodionova and Sally Peers. Mirza and Chakravarthi beat fellow Indians Poojashree Venkatesha and Nirupama Sanjeev to win the bronze medal.
In November, she represented India at the 2010 Asian Games. The unseeded Indian defeated Chan Venise Wing-yau in first round. Next she defeated 6th seed Zhang Shuai in straight sets 6–2, 6–2 to enter into quarterfinal. In quarterfinal Mirza won against 2nd seed Tamarine Tanasugarn 6–2,6–3 to move in semi final, where she went down fighting to 3rd seed Akgul Amanmuradova 7–6(7), 3–6, 4–6 and won Bronze Medal in singles. In Mixed Doubles she partnered with India's Vishnu Vardhan losing in the finals to Chan Yung-jan and Yang Tsung-hua and won Silver Medal.
In December, she went to Dubai to compete at the Al Habtoor Tennis Challenge. Coming unseeded, she won the tournament, defeating 6th seed Ksenia Pervak, top seed Julia Görges & 8th seed Evgeniya Rodina en route, and 2nd seed Bojana Jovanovski in the final.
2011[link]
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Ranked at no.141, Mirza kicked-off her year with the ASB Classic in Auckland. She needed one more win to qualify for the tournament, but lost in three sets against Sabine Lisicki. In doubles, she partnered Renata Voráčová of Czech Republic and reached the semifinals, but lost to Katarina Srebotnik and Kveta Peschke.
Going into the Australian Open, Mirza went down fighting to former world no. 1 Justine Henin in a tight three-setter 5–7, 6–3, 6–1 in the first round. She partnerd Voracova for doubles but lost in the first round also.
She received wildcards to play in the Dubai Tennis Championships and the Qatar Ladies Open. She made the second rounds of both events, falling to Ayumi Morita and Jelena Janković, respectively. She also was the quarterfinalist in doubles at both, with Russian Elena Vesnina.
At the Premier Mandatory events in March, Mirza made the second rounds in both. In doubles, she won her first Premier Mandatory title at Indian Wells, with Vesnina, defeating Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Meghann Shaughnessy.
Mirza participated at the Premier-level Family Circle Cup in Charleston. In singles, she made her first Premier quarterfinal since San Diego in August 2007. In doubles, Mirza won the title with Vesnina: the Indo-Russian duo beat Mattek-Sands and Shaughnessy in the final for the second time this season. Mirza won her 11th WTA Tour Doubles Title and second of the year.
Next, she also competed at the 2011 Mutua Madrid Open, losing in the first round against doubles partner Elena Vesnina. In doubles, with Vesnina, she managed to go up to the third round. Mirza took part in the 2011 Sparta Prague Open, but had to retire in her first round match against Aleksandra Krunic due to a back injury. Next she played at the 2011 Internationaux de Strasbourg, but suffered a first round lost Alize Cornet.
Mirza breezed through the first round of the French Open where she beat Kristina Barrois in straight sets, 6–3, 6–3. Then in Round 2, she lost to 12th seed Agnieszka Radwanska, 2–6, 4–6. In doubles, Mirza had what was probabaly the greatest highlight of her career- she was the runner-up with Vesnina to Andrea Hlavackova and Lucie Hradecka.
At Wimbledon, Mirza made the semifinals of doubles with Vesnina and the quarterfinals in mixed doubles with Rohan Bopanna. She also made the third round of the US Open in doubles with Vesnina. At the 2011 Citi Open, Mirza won the doubles title with Yaroslava Shvedova of Kazakhstan.
After Roland Garros, Mirza suffered six straight main draw losses, including the Wimbledon Championships and US Open grand slams. An knee injury stopped Mirza from playing the rest of the season. She ended the year ranked at No. 104.
2012[link]
Mirza kicked-off her 2012 season ranked 104th at the ASB Classic in Auckland, New Zealand. She lost a tough 6–1, 5–7, 3–6 first qualifying match against Coco Vandeweghe. As for doubles, she partnered Elena Vesnina and made it to the semifinals, losing to Julia Görges and Flavia Pennetta. Her next tournament was in Sydney where she played doubles only alongside Italian Roberta Vinci, but lost in round one.
Going into the Australian Open, Mirza was overpowered by Tsvetana Pironkova 4–6, 2–6 in the first round. In doubles, Mirza reached her third Grand Slam semifinal, partnering Vesnina, where they fell to Svetlana Kuznetsova and Vera Zvonareva. For the mixed doubles event, Mirza played alongside compatriot Mahesh Bhupathi and reached her 4th Grand Slam semifinal.
Mirza then represented India at the Fed Cup in Shenzhen, China where they were facing Hong Kong. In singles, she defeated Zhang Ling 5–7, 6–0, 6–1. Partnering with Isha Lakhani, the pair beat Chan Wing-Yau Venise and Zhang 6–7(7), 6–1, 7–5. With this performance, India advanced to the Fed Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group I for 2013. Mirza then played at the PTT Pattaya Open where she won her first WTA main draw match since Roland Garros 2011- coming from a set down to upset Ayumi Morita (ranked 47 spots higher), 3–6, 6–1, 6–2. In second round she beat Anne Keothavong 6–4, 7–5 to enter in Quarter Final, where she lost to Su-Wei Hsieh. In doubles with Australian Anastasia Rodionova she won her 13th WTA title: they defeated the Taiwanese sisters Hao-Ching Chan and Yung-Jan Chan 3-6, 6-1, 10-8
Mirza then went to Doha to play at the Qatar Ladies Open where she had to withdraw from the singles qualifying event, due to playing Pattaya doubles final. She lost in the second round of doubles with Vesnina. Then, in Dubai, she was beaten by Aleksandra Wozniak in the first qualifying round. In doubles, Mirza and Vesnina are were runners-up against No.1 seeds Liezel Huber and Lisa Raymond. Mirza then lost a tough 2–6, 6–1, 4–6 encounter to Eleni Daniilidou in Round 1 of the BMW Malaysian Open.
Playing doubles at the Premier-line up of Indian Wells, Miami and Charleston, Mirza reached the final, lost in round one and made the quarters, respectively. She also reached round two of singles in Indian Wells. She then would begin the European Clay Court Season at the 2012 Estoril Open, where she was the semifinalist in doubles (with Anastasia Rodionova). She lost in round 2 of doubles in Madrid and also in Rome.
Mirza returned on the singles circuit in May at the 2012 Brussels Open where she won three good matches- including her first 'double bagel'- in the qualifying competition, where she beat Lesia Tsurenko by 6–0, 6–0, who was ranked 87 spots higher than she.
Personal life[link]
In 2009, Sania Mirza became engaged to childhood friend Sohrab Mirza. However the engagement was called off shortly after. Then, she dated Faizan Udyawar, who is a multimillionaire businessman, for six months. Since she wanted to marry a sportsperson, she started seeing Shoaib Malik.[9] Mirza married Pakistani cricketer Shoaib Malik on 12 April 2010.[10][11] The wedding was held in Hyderabad, India, followed by a ceremony in Sialkot, Pakistan and a Walima ceremony in Lahore, Pakistan. The online attention the wedding received made Mirza the most searched woman tennis player in 2010 according to Google Trends.[12] The couple planned to settle down in Dubai. The wedding was even more controversial because Shoaib Malik was accused by another girl of already being married to him and hence he could not marry Mirza without first divorcing her. Initially for many days, Shoiab Malik refused to grant the divorce claiming he was never married. This resulted in a huge media drama leading to so much online attention as stated earlier. Finally, having no other option, Shoaib divorced the girl paving the way for his next marriage to Mirza.[13]
Controversy[link]
The short tennis clothes she has to wear in the court has drawn criticism from some Muslim religious group.[5] According to one report published 8 September 2005, an unnamed Muslim scholar had issued a ruling, saying that women's tennis attire is not suited to Islam.[14] Jamiat-ulema-e-Hind rejected rumours about disrupting her game saying that they do not stop anyone from playing, although they found female tennis players' dress code objectionable. Nevertheless, Calcutta police tightened security measures to protect her.[15]
After Mirza spoke at a conference on safe sex in November 2005, some groups said she was detached from Islam and that she was a "corrupting influence on the youth." Mirza clarified her stance by saying that she was opposed to pre-marital sex.[16]
In 2006, some newspapers reported that Mirza declined to play doubles with Israeli tennis player Shahar Pe'er for fear of protests from India's Muslim community.[16] However, when she teamed up with Pe'er for the 2007 WTA Tour of Stanford, California, there was no reaction.
Mirza was pictured resting her feet and showing the soles of her bare feet as she watched compatriot Rohan Bopanna play in the 2008 Hopman Cup, with an Indian flag in front.[17] She faced possible prosecution under the Prevention of Insults to National Honour Act after a private citizen complained. Mirza protested, "I love my country, I wouldn't be playing Hopman Cup otherwise."
On 4 February 2008, Mirza said that she would stop appearing in tennis tournaments held in India, starting with the 2008 Bangalore Open the following month, citing the series of controversies and upon advice by her manager.[18]
But Mirza chose to participate at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi. This time, she faced no controversies, but instead the public was happy that she has started to play at major tournaments in India.
Career statistics[link]
Main article: Sania Mirza career statistics
Major finals[link]
Grand Slam events[link]
Women's Doubles: 1 (0-1)[link]
| Outcome | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents in Final | Score in Final |
| Runner-up | 2011 | French Open | Clay |  Elena Vesnina |
 Andrea Hlaváčková Lucie Hradecká |
4–6, 3–6 |
Mixed Doubles: 2 (1-1)[link]
| Outcome | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents in Final | Score in Final |
| Runner-up | 2008 | Australian Open | Hard | Mahesh Bhupathi |
 Sun Tiantian Nenad Zimonjić |
6–7(4–7), 4–6 |
| Winner | 2009 | Australian Open | Hard | Mahesh Bhupathi |
 Nathalie Dechy Andy Ram |
6–3, 6–1 |
Girls' Doubles: 1 (0-1)[link]
| Outcome | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents in Final | Score in Final |
| Winner | 2003 | Wimbledon | Grass | Alisa Kleybanova |
Kateřina Böhmová Michaëlla Krajicek |
2–6, 6–3, 6–2 |
Awards[link]
- Arjuna Award (2004)
- WTA New Comer of the Year (2005)
- Padma Shri (2006)
References[link]
- ^ "Sania Mirza gets Padma Shri". Rediff. http://im.rediff.com/sports/2006/jan/25sania.htm. Retrieved 9 March 2009.
- ^ "DAY IN PICS-Sania Mirza". The Times Of India. http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/pictures/videos/pictures/33-women-who-made-india-proud/sania-mirza/articleshowpics/5661392.cms. Retrieved 9 March 2010.
- ^ Johnson, Martin (16 January 2008). "Sania Mirza is failing to fly the flag for India". The Daily Telegraph, UK (London). http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/tennis/australianopen/2289112/Sania-Mirza-is-failing-to-fly-the-flag-for-India.html. Retrieved 23 May 2010.
- ^ The enigma that is Sania Mirza- tennis star and so much more Sportingo.
- ^ a b Amelia Gentleman (5 February 2006) India's most wanted Guardian. Retrieved on 30 September 2009.
- ^ "Biography of Sania". Saniya Mirza. 15 November 1986. http://www.saniyamirza.org/biography.html. Retrieved 17 May 2010.
- ^ "Indian Sports personalities – Sania Mirza". Webindia123.com. 15 November 1986. http://www.webindia123.com/personal/sports/sania.htm. Retrieved 17 May 2010.
- ^ "Sport : Sania Mirza gets a doctorate". The Hindu (Chennai, India). 12 December 2008. http://www.hindu.com/2008/12/12/stories/2008121255701700.htm. Retrieved 17 May 2010.
- ^ Hegde, Prajwal (28 January 2010). "Sania Mirza's engagement called off". The Times Of India. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/tennis/top-stories/Sania-Mirzas-engagement-called-off/articleshow/5506727.cms.
- ^ "Shoaib Malik and Sania Mirza: Photos from the Wedding". artsyHANDS. 12 May 2010. http://artsyhands.com/2010/04/shoaib-malik-sania-mirza-photos-from-wedding-marriage-ceremony/. Retrieved 17 May 2010.
- ^ "Sania Mirza weds Shoaib Malik In Hyderabad". The Times Of India. 12 April 2010. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/events-tournaments/sania-shoaib-wedding/Sania-Mirza-weds-Shoaib-Malik-In-Hyderabad-/articleshow/5786779.cms.
- ^ "Google: Top 10 Most Searched Women Tennis Players for 2010". Tennisphilia. 3 December 2010. http://www.tennisphilia.com/2010/12/google-top-10-most-searched-women.html.
- ^ "Sania, Shoaib house-hunting in Dubai". The Times Of India. 20 May 2010. http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/5953216.cms.
- ^ Randeep Ramesh (9 September 2005). "Fatwa orders Indian tennis star to cover up". The Guardian (London). http://www.guardian.co.uk/india/story/0,12559,1566869,00.html. Retrieved 11 April 2007.
- ^ Bhaumik, Subir (17 September 2005). "Protection for Indian tennis star". BBC News . http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4256052.stm. Retrieved 27 April 2007.
- ^ a b "Sania Mirza Indian tennis star refuses to play with Israeli". 2006. http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3217231,00.html. Retrieved 27 April 2007.
- ^ "Sania seeks fresh start at Qatar Open". The Peninsula On-line. 16 February 2008. Archived from the original on 2010. http://archive.thepeninsulaqatar.com/cricket/22848.html. Retrieved 20 January 2012.
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Sources[link]
- India Today dt. 19 September 2005 – Cover Story titled Sania Mania.
- ^ Sania Mirza gets Padmashri,26 January 2006
- Sania Mirza Searches for Additional Base
- Sania Mirza Gets a doctorate
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| Panjabi MC | |
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 Panjabi MC at London Mela in 2010 |
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Rajinder Singh Rai |
| Origin | Coventry, England |
| Genres | Turntablism, Bhangra, Hip-hop, Downtempo, Asian Underground |
| Occupations | Musician |
| Years active | 1993–present |
| Labels | Superstar Recordings (Germany) Urban Records PMC Records (UK) Universal (India) |
| Associated acts | Jay-Z, Twista, Snap!, Labh Janjua |
| Website | Official website |
Rajinder Singh Rai (Punjabi: ਰਜਿੰਦਰ ਸਿੰਘ; born in Coventry, England), better known by his stage name Panjabi MC is a British Indian musician. He is best known for the worldwide bhangra hit "Mundian To Bach Ke" (1998).
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Career[link]
Rajinder Singh adopted his stage name from the Punjabi language he used in the music he plays and raps.[1] "One of [his] main goals is to fuse the two worlds [of bhangra and hip-hop]."[2]
Nachural Records signed Panjabi MC following a remix of Kuldeep Manak's "Ghariah Milan De". Although the single was taken off the market, Panjabi MC continued making records. Another successful release was "Mundian To Bach Ke" ("Beware of the Boys") (1998; it first appeared on the album Legalised) which mixed the theme of the TV series Knight Rider with bhangra. An underground hit on the internet, it was picked up by the German record label Superstar Recordings, and became a hit in Germany and across Europe, including the UK. A version of this recording in 2003 featured American rapper Jay-Z named "Beware of the Boys".
His work, particularly the early singles and the "Mundian To Bach Ke" remix with Jay-Z, brought bhangra to a global audience via the BBC. He continues to produce music and is ever popular as a collaborator and remixer. In 2004 he made music called Mirza and mixed this song with Turkish singer Mustafa Sandal's Isyankar, but they did not release the mixed version.[3]
His album Indian Timing was released in 2008.
His music video "Snake Charmer" was screened at Deejay Ra's music video night in Toronto at the FILMI festival, North America's longest running South Asian film festival.
Sampling[link]
On "Indian Timing", Panjabi MC uses vocal samples from Ofra Haza's "Im Nin'Alu". He used "Planet Rock" ("Pyar Wich (Planet Rock Remix)" on Legalised) before Afrika Bambaataa recorded "Indian Planet Rock". On “Jatt Ho Giya Sharabee”, Panjabi MC uses the theme music from the TV show Magnum, P.I. "Mundian To Bach Ke" (along with the subsequent remix version featuring Jay-Z, "Beware of the Boys") uses the bassline from the television show Knight Rider.[2]
Television work[link]
In 2001, Panjabi MC made his Canadian premiere at the Payal Banquet Hall in Mississauga (Ontario). Deejay Ra hosted a TV special covering the event entitled "The Bhangramentary", which was aired on the Asian Television Network (ATN). His single, "Jatt Ho Giya Sharabee", from Beware, was featured on the television show Heroes (episode 2, Don't Look Back, which aired October 2, 2006). The single "Mundian To Bach Ke" was featured in an episode of Queer as Folk and in the 2002 movie Bend It Like Beckham. The song "Yaaran Kollon Sikh Kuriye" was featured in the show Wild Boyz as a music video. Panjabi MC has appeared on Top of the Pops, from which the video to "Mundian To Bach Ke" began to appear on music channels across the globe.
Together with Sukhwinder Singh and Sapna Awasthi, Panjabi MC remixed the popular song "Chaiyya Chaiyya" from the Bollywood film, Dil Se... This song was used as the background during opening credits for the Hollywood movie Inside Man. Their song "Land of Five Rivers", used as a theme song for the WWE wrestler The Great Khali,[4] features on Voices: WWE The Music, Vol. 9.
Discography[link]
Studio albums[link]
- Rootz
- Souled Out (1993, Nachural Records)
- Another Sell Out (1994, Nachural Records)
- 100% Proof (1995, Nachural Records)
- Grass Roots (1996, Nachural Records)
- Magic Desi (1996)
- Legalised (1998, Nachural Records)
- Dhol Jageroo Da (2001, Moviebox)
- Desi (2002, Moviebox)
- Indian Breaks (2003, Compagnia Nuove Indye)
- Mundian To Bach Ke (2003, Compagnia Nuove Indye)
- The Album (German version: Superstar/Warner; Germany) (French version: Scorpio; France) (UK Version: Instant Karma) (2003)
- Beware (U.S. version of the album) (2003, Sequence)
- Steel Bangle (2005, Moviebox)
- Indian Timing (2008, PMC Records)
- The Raj (2010, PMC Records)
- 56 Districts (2012, PMC Records)
Compilation albums[link]
- Illegal with the support from manpreet singh (2006, Nupur Audio)
EPs[link]
- Jatt Ho Gya Sharabi (1996, Nachural Records)
- Mirza Part Two (1997, Nachural Records)
- Switchin' (2000, Moviebox)
Singles[link]
- "Dhol Jageero Da" (2001)
- "Backstabbers" (with Mark Morrison and Daz Dillinger) (2002)
- "Mundian To Bach Ke" (2002) - UK #5[5]
- "Jogi" (2003) - UK #25[5]
- "Jatt Ho Giya Sharabee" (2005)
- "Jugga Jugga Jugga Jugga Jugga Jugga" (2006)
- "Snake Charmer" (2009)
- "Panjaban" (2009)
- "Jodi - Big Day Party" (featuring Kuldeep Manak)(2010)
- "Moorni" (featuring Ashok Gill)(2010)
- "Akh Da Eshara" (featuring Lehmber Hussainpuri)(2010)
- "Jatti" (featuring Jelly Manjitpuri)(2011)
- "Bari Barsi (12 months)" (featuring Ashok Gill)(2012)
Awards[link]
- 2003 MTV Europe Music Awards - Best Dance Act[citation needed]
- 2003 MOBO Awards - Best UK Act[citation needed]
- 2003 UK Asian Music Awards - Best Single Bhangra - "Mundian To Bach Ke"[6]
- 2003 World Music Awards - World's Best Indian Artist
- 2011 Punjabi Music Awards - Best Sound Recording - "Moorni"
References[link]
- ^ "Biography". http://www.pmcrecords.com/index.php?page=414901.
- ^ a b "Mix This Young South Asians' Love-Hate Relationship with Hip-Hop's New Indian Beats". Village Voice. villagevoice.com. http://www.villagevoice.com/news/0327,chadha,45230,1.html. Retrieved 2005-11-28.
- ^ Verma, Rahul. "Asian Allstars" (PDF). British Council. http://www.britishcouncil.org/nr6_britishasianmusic.pdf. Retrieved 28 December 2007.
- ^ Exclusive Interview: Panjabi MC
- ^ a b Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 416. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
- ^ "BRITISH ASIAN MUSIC AWARDS 2004 LAUNCHED". 7 October 2004. http://www.redhotcurry.com/entertainment/music/brama_launch.htm. Retrieved 24 August 2010.
External links[link]
- BBC Asian Network - Video and interview about 'Indian Timing'
- www.panjabi-mc.com
- MTV Artist profile
- www.cnimusic.it/panjabimc.htm
- CNN Interview
- BBC Interview
- YouTube Interview
- 'The Raj New Album Information'
- Interview with Panjabi MC on 10th May 2012 on All FM on the Ravi Apnabeat and Gorilla Chilla radio show
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Mirza (Persian: میرزا, Turkish: Mirza, Kazakh: мырза, myrza, Russian: мурза, Circassian: мырзэ), (common variance in Tatar nobility as Morza) is of Persian origin, denoting the rank of a high nobleman or Prince. It is usually translated into English as a royal or imperial Prince of the Blood. It signified male-line descent and relationship to the Imperial Families of Turkey, Persia and later South Asia and was the title borne by members of the highest aristocracies in Tatar states, such as Khanate of Kazan, Khanate of Astrakhan and in the Russian Empire (Under Catherine the Great's rule the Murzas gained equal rights with the Russian nobility). In fact, Prince Felix Yusupov, the nephew-in-law of Tsar Nicholas II of Russia was descended from Abdul Mirza, the first Prince Yusopov.
The word Mīrzā is derived from the Persian term ‘Amīrzāde which literally means "child of the ‘Amīr" or "child of the ruler" in Persia‘Amīrzād in turn consists of the Arabic title ‘Amīr (engl. Emir), meaning "commander", and the Persian suffix -zād, meaning "birth" or "lineage". Due to vowel harmony in Turkic languages, the alternative pronunciation Morza (plural morzalar; derived from the Persian word) is also used. In modern Kazakh myrza means gentleman, as is in the expression "hanymdar men myrzalar" (ladies and gentlemen).
