Mehran ( fa, مهران, link=no) is derived from the term ''mehr'' (English: ''sun''), relating to

Mithra Mithra ( ae, ''Miθra'', peo, 𐎷𐎰𐎼 ''Miça'') commonly known as Mehr, is the Iranian deity of covenant, light, oath, justice and the sun. In addition to being the divinity of contracts, Mithra is also a judicial figure, an all-seein ...

, an ancient Zoroastrian Persian deity. Mehran may refer to:

Places

Iran

Mehran (district) Mehran district is a neighborhood of northern Tehran. The area is named after the Mehran garden. It is located east of Shariati Avenue, west of Niavaran Expressway, north of Resalat Expressway, and southeast of Hemmat Expressway Hemmat Exp ...

, a neighborhood of northern Tehran, capital of Iran * Mehran, Alborz, a village in Alborz Province *

Mehran, Ilam Mehran ( fa, مهران, also Romanized as Mehrān; formerly, Mansurabad (Persian: منصورآباد), also Romanized as Mansūrābād) is a city in and the capital of Mehran County, Ilam Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 13 ...

, a city in Ilam Province *

Mehran County Mehran County ( fa, شهرستان مهران) is located in Ilam province, Iran. The capital of the county is Mehran. At the 2006 census, the county's population (including those portions of the county later split off to form Malekshahi Count ...

, Ilam Province * Mehran Rural District, Hormozgan Province

Pakistan

* Mehran, a name for Sindh province in Pakistan *

Gulshan-e-Mehran Korangi Town ( sd, ڪورنگي ur, ) lies in the eastern part of the city that was named after the locality of Korangi. Korangi Town was formed in 2001 as part of The Local Government Ordinance 2001, and was subdivided into 9 union councils ...

, a suburb of Karachi, Pakistan *

Mehran Town Mehran Town ( ur, مہران ٹاؤن ) is located in Korangi Industrial Area in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan.PNS Mehran The PNS Mehran is the naval station and the premier air–to-air/ air–to–ground training naval air station located in the joint vicinity of the Faisal Air Force Base (Faisal AFB) in Karachi, Sindh, in Pakistan. Established in 1975 with th ...

, a naval base in Pakistan

Rivers

Mehran River The Mehran River ( fa, رودخانه مهران) is a river in Hormozgan Province in the south of Iran. It rises in the south of Fars Province, and flows through the towns of Jenah and Kookherd in Hormozgan Province. It terminates in a delta ...

, in Hormozgan Province, Iran * Mehran River, another name for the Komur River, a tributary of the

Aji Chai Aji or AJI may refer to: Location *Aji (town), Tieling County, Liaoning, China *Aji Island, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan * Aji, Kagawa, Kagawa Prefecture, Japan * Aji River (disambiguation), rivers with the same name Other * Aji (Go), a latent tr ...

in Iran * Mehran River, a local name for the Indus River in Sindh, Pakistan

Other

Mehran (name) Mehran () is a given name and surname of Persian origin. Given name * Mehran Ghassemi (1977–2008), Iranian journalist * Mehran Maham (born 1969), Iranian film producer * Mehran Marri (born 1973), Pakistani Army leader * Mehran Modiri (born 196 ...

* Mehran, is a character in the Persian epic poem ''

Shahnameh The ''Shahnameh'' or ''Shahnama'' ( fa, شاهنامه, Šāhnāme, lit=The Book of Kings, ) is a long epic poem written by the Persian poet Ferdowsi between c. 977 and 1010 CE and is the national epic of Greater Iran. Consisting of some 50 ...

'' * ''Mehran'' (magazine), Pakistan *

Mehran Force The Mehran Force was an auxiliary of the Pakistan Army used for internal security duties in Sindh. In 1994 the Mehran Force had a strength of 24,000 and was organizationally divided into "wings" of approximately 800 men each. The Mehran Force was ...

, a defunct Pakistan paramilitary organization *

Mehran Highway Mehran Highway ( sd, مِهِراڻ ُ هاءِوي, ur, , also known locally as Nawabshah–Kot Lalu–Kumb Road and officially as Highway 31) is a two-lane-wide, bidirectional, single carriageway, provincially maintained highway in Sindh t ...

, in Sindh, Pakistan *

Mehran University of Engineering & Technology Mehran University of Engineering & Technology ( sd, انجنيئرڱ ۽ ٽيڪنيڀياس جي جامعہ مهراڻ) (Often referred as Mehran University or MUET) is a public research university located in Jamshoro, Sindh, Pakistan focuse ...

, in Jamshoro, Sindh, Pakistan *

Battle of Mehran In response to the loss of the strategic al-Faw Peninsula during the Iran–Iraq War, the Iraqis pushed into Iran to seize the strategic Iranian city of Mehran to trade for the strategically important territory. Saddam was able to seize the cit ...

, an 1986 battle in the Iran-Iraq War * ''

Daily Mehran ''Daily Mehran'' ( sd, روزانه مهراڻ) is a Sindhi daily newspaper in Sindh, Pakistan. History It was founded in 1957. Its headquarter located in Hyderabad Hyderabad ( ; , ) is the capital and largest city of the Indian state ...

'', a daily newspaper in Sindh, Pakistan *

House of Mehran The House of Mihrān or House of Mehrān (Middle Persian: 𐭬𐭨𐭥𐭠𐭭; new Persian: مهران), was a leading Iranian noble family (''šahrdārān''), one of the Seven Great Houses of the Sassanid Persian Empire which claimed descent f ...

, an Iranian noble family * Suzuki Mehran, an economic car manufactured and marketed by Suzuki in Pakistan * {{disambiguation, geo