Dabir is a title and surname of Persian origin used in Iran and the Indian subcontinent.
The term fell out of favour under the Umayyad Caliphate, when Persian was replaced with Arabic as the administrative language.
During the Mughal Empire in the Indian subcontinent, the Persian word Dabir was used as an honorific title for writers, government secretaries, and administrators.
[1] The Indian poet Mirza Ghalib was given the honorific title Dabir-ul-Mulk.
16th century Indian teacher Rupa Goswami was among those who held the title Dabir Khas during his reign as the Sultan's chief secretary.