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‖ mirza, n.|ˈmirzaː|
Also 7 mirzey, mursi, 7–8 murza, 8–9 meerza, 8 myrza.
[Pers. mirzā, mīrzā, short for mīrzād, f. mīr (a. Arab. amīr: see ameer, emir) a prince + zād born.]
In Persia: a. A royal prince; as a title, it is placed after the name. b. The common title of honour prefixed to the name of an official or a man of learning.
1613Purchas Pilgrimage (1614) 422 These Nagayans have their divers hords subject to their severall Dukes whom they call Murzes. 1634Sir T. Herbert Trav. 70 The Persian Prince, hunted him backe againe, not daring to abide a Combat with that happy Mirza. 1698Fryer Acc. E. India & P. 381 When the other Party..creeps with a dejected countenance to the feet of the Cadi, calling him Mirza. 1770Ann. Reg. 25 Several of their mirzas or chiefs..entered into a negociation..with the Russians. 1788Gibbon Decl. & F. lxv. VI. 351 The same success attended the other mirzas and emirs in their excursions. 1885Goldsmid in Encycl. Brit. XVIII. 628/1 [Persia.] The somewhat common prefix ‘mirza’ is usually taken by the high functionaries of state. |