What is "mehran"

Mehran is derived from the term "Mehr", or Mithra, a pre-Islamic ancient Persian deity.

Mehran may refer to:

• Mehran, a male/female name in Persian, also some female counterparts are Mehrdokht, Mehrandokht and Mehraneh
• Mehran, the Persian word for kindness- (مهرباران) rain of kindness
• Mehran, a character in the Shahnama

• Mehran (district), a neighborhood of northern Tehran, capital of Iran
• Mehran, Alborz, a village in Alborz Province in Iran
• Mehran, Ilam, a city in Ilam Province, Iran
• Mehran, Mazandaran, a village in Mazandaran Province, Iran
• Mehran County, an administrative subdivision of Iran
• Mehran Rural District, an administrative subdivision of Iran
• Mehran, a name for Sindh province in Pakistan
• Mehran, an alternative name for lower Indus Valley in Pakistan
• PNS Mehran, a naval base in Pakistan
• Gulshan-e-Mehran, a suburb of Karachi, Pakistan

• Mehran River, in Hormozgan Province, Iran
• Mehran River, another name for the Komur River, a tributary of the Aji Chai in Iran
• Mehran River, a local name for the Indus River in Sindh, Pakistan

• Mehran University, an Engineering and Technology University located in Jamshoro, Sindh, Pakistan
• Mehran (magazine), Pakistan
• Mehran TV, Pakistan
• Suzuki Mehran, a small car manufactured and marketed by Suzuki in Pakistan
• Hotel Mehran, Karachi, Pakistan
• Mehran Force, A defunct Pakistan paramilitary organization
• Mehran Highway, A reconstructed provincial highway in Sindh which connects and passes through the Nawabshah and Khairpur District.

Mehran is a quarterly literary magazine of Sindhi Adabi Board. It is the oldest magazine of Pakistan and was started in 1947. Thousands of Mehran editions have been published. The magazine writes about all Sindhi literary people in its editions. It usually creates a particular edition for a single person, like Shaikh Ayaz, Hassam-ud-Din Rashidi, Mirza Qalich Baig and many more. Mehran also provides an opportunity for new writers to write in it and many famous scholars started their career with writing in the magazine.

In 2007 the Sindhi Adabi Board could not publish the magazine due to financial problems.

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.