Mir Mughal tribe is found in Kashmir Valley, Azad Jammu & Kashmir and Punjab Pakistan. The word "Mir" is a shortened form of the Persian word Mirza, meaning a person of princely blood. They belong to the Barlas tribe of Mughals. Mir was also a common title among the Sayyids of the Kashmir Valley, and the way the two groups distinguish themselves is that the Sayyids prefix the word 'Mir' to their names (e.g., Mir Mubarak and Mir Maqbool), whereas the non-Sayyids(Mughals) use it as a suffix to their names. (e.g., Aziz Mir, Gaffar Mir etc.)
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- Imperial Gazetteer of India, volume 15. 1908. Oxford University Press, Oxford and London. p. 103.
- Lawrence Walter R, The Valley of Kashmir. Oxford University Press Warehouse Henry Frowde, London. p. 307-308.
- Tareekh E Aqwam E Kashmir By M Din Fauq Urdu. p. 199-202.