Mian (surname)

For other uses, see Mian.

Mian (Punjabi, Urdu: میاں‎) or Miah is a family name in the Punjab region of South Asia.. Mian is mainly used in Punjab while Miah is used in Bengal. Mian title was first given by Mughal Emperor Jahangir to the Rajput local princes of the Punjab region.

Mian Family of Lahore

The family was also an official custodian of Shalimar Gardens since it was built by Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan in 1641 AD till 1962 AD.^[1]

References

↑ Pakistan: A Modern History - Ian Talbot - Google Books. Retrieved 2012-06-03 – via Google Books.

http://www.dawn.com/2007/11/20/nat23.htm

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Princely States - in Glossary and certain Princely states

Ethnic groups, social groups and tribes of the Punjab

Agrawal	Bansal Dharan Goyal Gupta Nangal Singhal

Arains	Mian Mehar Dhankhar

Brahmins	Punjabi Brahmins Saraswat Brahmins Bali Chhibber Datt Lau Mohan Mohyal Pathak Sharma

Scheduled Castes	Ad-Dharmi Balmiki Bazigar Chamar Khateek Mazhabi Sikh Mochi Mirasi Nanda Nat Ramdasia Sikh Ravidasi

Ahirs	Yaduvanshi Ahirs Ahirs Harals Ghosi Hindu Ghosi Bhurtiya Aharwar Nirban Ranghar Dagar

Gurjars	Gurjar Parihar Kasana Chechi Tomar Bhati Chauhan Solanki Baisla

Jats	Bains Bagga Bajwa Birring Chaudhary Chohan Dhaka Dhankhar Dhillon Dhaliwal Dhindsa Ghuman Gill Goraya Kharal Khokhar Khullar Ponwar Randhawa Saharan Sandhu Sidhu Sial Sodhi Sohal Virk Sanghera Sahi Nanda

Labana	Datla Ghotra Labana Nanda

Khatris	Ahuja Anand Babbar Bagga Bedi Bhasin Bindra Chadha Chopra Dhawan Duggal Ghai Khukhrain Kapoor Khanna Kohli Malhotra Malik Nanda Nayar Oberoi Puri Rehal Roshan Sabharwal Sahni Sehgal Sekhri Sethi Sodhi Suri Talwar Tandon Thapar Tuli Vohra

Rajputs	Hunjan Hun Manhas Bais Butta Bhakral Bhatti Chandel Chattar Chib Chauhan Dhulia Gohil Jamwal Janjua Jappa Mair Mekan Naroo Nauls Noon Parmar Panwar Prasad Pundir Puni Ranawat Rawat Ranial Rathore Saharan Sulehria Shaktawat Solangi Sohlan Sisodia Tuar Thakial

Tarkhans	Bhambra Panesar Rooprai Reehal Rupal Ramgharia Sohal

Aroras Bakarwal Bania Bishnois Kamboj Kumhars Sansi Sayyid

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Mian (surname)

Mian Family of Lahore

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