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    Mirza is a historical title of Persian origin denoting high nobility or a royal prince. It was used in the imperial families of the Turkish Empire, Persia, the Mughal dynasty in India, and states like the Khanates of Kazan and Astrakhan. Under Catherine the Great, some Mirzas gained equal rights with the Russian nobility due to their wealth and financed her wars. Notable Mirzas include academics, advocates, artists, government officials, military officers and nobles. The title is derived from the Persian words for commander and lineage.

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    Mirza is a historical title of Persian origin denoting high nobility or a royal prince. It was used in the imperial families of the Turkish Empire, Persia, the Mughal dynasty in India, and states like the Khanates of Kazan and Astrakhan. Under Catherine the Great, some Mirzas gained equal rights with the Russian nobility due to their wealth and financed her wars. Notable Mirzas include academics, advocates, artists, government officials, military officers and nobles. The title is derived from the Persian words for commander and lineage.

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    Mirza is a historical title of Persian origin denoting high nobility or a royal prince. It was used in the imperial families of the Turkish Empire, Persia, the Mughal dynasty in India, and states like the Khanates of Kazan and Astrakhan. Under Catherine the Great, some Mirzas gained equal rights with the Russian nobility due to their wealth and financed her wars. Notable Mirzas include academics, advocates, artists, government officials, military officers and nobles. The title is derived from the Persian words for commander and lineage.

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    Mirza (/mrz/ or /mz/)[1][a] is a historical title of Persian origin, denoting the rank of a

    high nobleman or Prince. It is usually defined in English as a royal or imperial Prince of the
    Blood.
    Today, Mirza is used as a name to identify patriarchal lineage to royal aristocracies of Eastern
    Europe, Central Asia, and the Indian Subcontinent. Historically, it was used as a title by and
    signified patriarchal lineage to the imperial families of the Turkish
    Empire,Persia, Circassia, Shirvan, Mughals (aka Moguls) and Muslim Rajputs.[2] It was also a title
    bestowed upon members of the highest aristocracies in Tatar states, such as
    the Khanates of Kazan and Astrakhan.
    Under Catherine the Great, empress of Russia, the Mirzas gained equal rights with the Russian
    nobility due to their extreme wealth. In return, the Mirzas financed her Russo-Turkish war against
    the Ottoman Empire.[3] Abdul Mirza was given the title Prince Yusupov, and his descendant
    Prince Felix Yusupov married Princess Irina Alexandrovna of Russia, the only niece of
    Tsar Nicholas II.
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    1Etymology

    2Persian Kingdom

    3Nobility of Circassia

    4Shirvanshahs

    5Mughal Dynasty of India


    o

    5.1Imperial Family of Hindustan (India)


    6Rajputs of North India

    6.1Rajputs

    6.2Jatts

    7Imperial Families of Central India and Bengal


    o

    7.1Royal Family of Bengal

    7.2Royal Family of Awadh

    8Notable Mirzas
    o

    8.1Academics and literature

    8.2Advocate

    8.3Arts

    8.4Government

    8.5Military

    8.6Nobility

    8.7Sport

    9See also

    10Further reading

    11Footnotes

    12References

    Etymology[edit]
    The word Mrz is derived from the Persian term Amrzde which literally means "child of the
    Amr" or "child of the ruler" in Persian.[4] Amrzd in turn consists of
    the Arabic titleAmr (engl. Emir), meaning "commander" and "Prince", and the Persian suffix zd, 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. The word
    Mirza means royalty in almost every old version of Persian, Arab, Caucasian, Turkish and Indian
    languages.
    Variant spellings in English
    include mirzya, miriza, mirize, mirze, morsey, mursay, murse, meirsa, mirzey, mursi, murze, mur
    za, mirza, myrza, meerza.[

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