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Mihr (name)

female given name

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 16, 2024
Entity authorityQ111912220 ↗
Source-derived summary

Mihr is a name of Persian origin (مهر) that may refer to:

Given name

Emine Mihrişah Sultan (died 1732), French second concubine of Ottoman Sultan Ahmed III, and mother of Sultan Mustafa III

Mihr-Mihroe (died 555), 6th century Sassanid general

Mihrimah Sultan (c. 1522–1578), daughter of Ottoman Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent

Mihrişah Sultan (c. 1745–1805), Genoese consort of Ottoman Sultan Mustafa III, and mother of Sultan Selim III

Veh Mihr Shapur (died 442), the first marzban of Armenia

Mihr-un-nissa Begum (b.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Mihr (name)” as female given name. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Mihr, name and female.

Editorial reviewA concise reference frame for defining the subject, testing terminology and identifying the institution closest to the evidence. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1732, 1522, 1578, 1745—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Mihr, name and female providing the first useful test.
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Why this record matters

A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Mihr (name)”, the useful work is to connect “female given name” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

Named sources, stable identifiers and responsible institutions provide the strongest route from overview to verifiable evidence. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 16, 2024. The linked authority identifier is Q111912220. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1732, 1522, 1578 and 1745.

Critical limits

Overview language is designed for orientation and should not be treated as a substitute for the evidence cited beneath it. The source lead contains qualifying language; that uncertainty should survive quotation, summary and reuse. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Use the entry as an orientation point, then follow its citations and revision history. Names, dates and institutional relationships should be checked against the original record.

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This entry incorporates text from “Mihr (name)” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.