Researching Hamid Mir
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![]() | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 1 people with the Mir surname? In that year Mir was ranked number 3578 for popularity in the UK. |

The name Hamid means "praiseworthy" and is of Arabic origin.
Records of Hamid Mir on Ancestry
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DNA
Sometimes you can run into a brick wall in your tree and you just don't have enough evidence to make that next step back in time. A DNA test can sometimes help to make a link to a particular family name if you find you share common DNA with people who have the same or similar surnames as each other. If you are lucky then you may get a match within a few generations and discover some Mir ancestors. Additionally, the modern DNA test can give you a breakdown of your ethnic mix - you may be surprised at the results!
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Hamid Mir and the Mir Family Tree
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Mir Genealogy that will form part of your family tree. Although records vary from country to country, they are normally the most formal record of a person's relations. From the sources below you will be able to find a birth record and, from that, a birth certificate can be ordered which lists the names of the mother and father, taking you back another generation in your tree. A marriage certificate may also list the names of the respective fathers of the bride and groom which may then help you to find them earlier in life on a census record enabling you to fill out more detail in the Mir family tree.
Explore Parish Records for Hamid Mir at Find My Past.
Look at for the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of Hamid Mir using the FreeBMD database.
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![]() | Did you know that there are currently 1152 people with the Mir surname in the UK? Mir is now ranked number 2971 for popularity in the UK. |
Mir Family Tree Databases
Another way to build your tree quickly is to use the research other people have already done. This can help to confirm or refute your own deductions - however, be wary of taking this data at face value as other researchers may not have been as meticulous as you. Always try to back up deductions with some definitive sources rather than relying too heavily on others.
Search the WikiTree database for user contributed records for Hamid Mir.
Study MyTrees for information on the Mir family and people looking to contact living Mir relations.
Look at One Great Family for Mir records submitted by people who are already researching the Mir Family Tree.
Find Hamid Mir from Ireland on findmypast.ie
Mir Forums
There are a number of forums which are dedicated to rearching particular surnames. These can be good places to share your findings and also to tap into the knowledge that others may already have. These can sometimes be a good way of finding living relations as these tend not to show up on the other sources of information for privacy reasons.
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Check out the Ellis Island Database for information on Hamid Mir. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Hamid Mir
Hamid Mir
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Hamid Mir (born 23 July 1966) is a Pakistani journalist, columnist and an author. Born in Lahore to a journalistic family, Mir initially worked as a journalist with Pakistani newspapers. He has hosted the political talk show Capital Talk on Geo News. He writes columns for Urdu as well as English newspapers, both national and international. He is well-known for his stance against the dominance of the Establishment in Pakistan. Hamid Mir has survived two assassination attempts, has been banned from television three times and has lost his job twice due to his stand for press freedom and human rights.
Mir is the only journalist in the world to have interviewed Osama bin Laden after the September 11 attacks. During his career, Mir has also interviewed various world leaders which includes former UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon, US Secretary of State John Kerry, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Prime Minister of United Kingdom Tony Blair, US Secretary of State Colin Powell, Nelson Mandela, President of Iran Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, Yassir Arafat, Indian leader L.K. Advani, President of Afghanistan Hamid Karzai and Shimon Peres. Few of the famous Pakistani political figures which Hamid Mir has interviewed include Benazir Bhutto, Pervez Musharraf, Asif Ali Zardari, Nawaz Sharif, Imran Khan, Mir Zafaruallah Khan Jamali, and President Arif Alvi. Mir has also interviewed celebrities such as Shah Rukh Khan and Aamir Khan.
He was awarded with the civil award Hilal-i-Imtiaz for his work for Pakistan. In 2016, he was awarded the "Most Resilient Journalist Award" in The Hague by Free Press Unlimited. In 2017, he was awarded the lifetime achievement award by former Prime Minister Zafarullah Khan Jamali, at Government College University Lahore, for his work as a news anchor.
Hamid Mir is the only journalist in South Asia to cover wars and conflicts in Afghanistan, Iraq, Lebanon, Syria, Palestine, Chechnya, Bosnia and Sri Lanka. For his war and conflict reporting, he was awarded SAARC Lifetime Achievement Award in 2010 in New Delhi.
Hamid Mir is regular participant in international seminars and conferences on security, human rights and press freedom. He has delivered lectures at Harvard University, Yale University, University of Oxford, London School of Economics and University of California, Berkley.
Source: Hamid Mir, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Mir
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