What is Mir caste in Kashmir?

Mir (Urdu: مير‎) is a Kashmiri Sunni Muslim family name with origins in the Kashmir Valley. Descendants of Emperor Shah Mir. Mir surname, unlike many surnames in the Kashmir valley is used exclusively by the Kashmiri Muslims.

What are the origins of Kashmiri people?

The Kashmiri population is an Indo-European ethno-linguistic group from Jammu and Kashmir state in northern India. The precise origins of the Kashmiri population are unknown. It has been suggested that they are descendants of one of the “lost tribes” of Israel who were exiled in 722 BCE [1].

Is Lone a cast?

Lone (Kashmiri: लोन (Devanagari), لون (Nastaleeq)), historically known as Lavanya is a Kashmiri surname found in the Indian administered union territory of Jammu and Kashmir and the Pakistani administered province of Azad Kashmir.

What ethnicity is the name Mir?

Muslim (common in Pakistan, Bangladesh, and India): from a title of Persian origin, a short form of Arabic Amir ‘prince’, ‘commander’. Polish: from a short form of any of various Old Polish personal names containing the element mir ‘peace’, ‘quiet’, ‘esteem’, for example Miroslaw or Jaromir.

What does Mir caste mean?

It was adopted in many languages under Islamic influence, such as Balochi, Sindhi, Ottoman Turkish, Turkish, Persian, Bengali, Azeri, Kurdish and Pashto meaning leader of a group or tribe. According to the book Persian Inscriptions on Indian Monuments, Mir is most probably an Arabized form of Pir.

What is lone short for?

LONE

What name is Lone?

Lone is a short form of the name Abelone, which derived from the Greek name Apollonia.

What is Wani caste?

Historians agree that the Wani/Wain belong to the merchant caste of Baniya, and were originally Kashmiri Hindus. Even among those Wani/Wain who converted from Hinduism to Islam, the profession of these people remained primarily in trade and commerce.

What does Mir stand for?

MIR