Mir (Persian: مير, Kurdish: میر, romanized: Mîr, Balochi: میر, romanized: Mīr) (which is derived from the Arabic title Emir 'elite, general, prince') is a Persian, Kurdish and Balochi[1] title with variable connotations.
The term Mir has its roots in the Arabic equivalent Emir, which means Prince or General.
[3][4] In the Yazidi culture, the Mîr is the religious and also the administrative authority from the Qatani branch of the Sheikh caste.
The former Mir was Tahseen Said Beg, whose son Hazim bin Tahsin Said and nephew Naif ben Dawood contest leadership.
(See: Mirza) In the subcontinent, since the Mughal period, various compounds were used in Persian including:[citation needed] In the Hindu kingdom of Nepal: In the Baloch kingdom of Balochistan: In the Ottoman Empire, Mir-i Miran was used as the Persian equivalent to the Turkish title Beylerbey ("Bey of Beys"), alongside the Arabic equivalent Amir al-Umara ("Emir of Emirs").