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Tītū Mīr or Miyān
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, Sayyid Mīr Nit̲h̲ār ʿAlī (1782-1831), anti-colonial Islamic activist and leader of peasant uprisings in Bengal. Born into a noble family in Chandpur, Bashirhat subdivision in the district of 24 Parganah in West Bengal, Tītū Mīr studied Arabic, Persian and various Islamic subjects in a local
madrasa . He was also a renowned wresder in his time. He entered the service of local Hindu
zamīndārs (landlords), but was subsequendy imprisoned for defying feudal power (Colvin report, Bengal Judicial [Criminal] Consultation of 3 April 1832). In …
Tug̲h̲ra
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(t.), in mediaeval Arabic and Ottoman Turkish orthography,
ṭug̲h̲rā , a calligraphic emblem of Turkish rulers, from the time of the chiefs of the Og̲h̲uz to the Sald̲j̲ūḳs and succeeding rulers in Persia, the Mamlūks and the Ottoman sultans. Under the latter’, in particular, it became a highly stylised and artistic representation of the name and tides of the ruler or of princes from the royal family. Indeed, in Ottoman practice it became in effect the emblem of the state, being placed as a heading on official documents such as
fermāns [see farmān. ii] but also on legal documents like p…