Mir Bashir (palmist)

Mir Bashir
Born1907
British India
OccupationAstrologer

Mir Bashir (Urdu میر بشیر) was a famous Kashmiri palmist born in 1907 in British India.[1] Mir Bashir moved to England in 1948 and was the leading palmist of London at that time.[2] During his research on palmistry, he collaborated with physicians and criminologists, maintaining a library of over fifty thousand handprints. He wrote the book How to Read Hands in 1955.[3][4][5][6] In the Urdu language, his book's name is Ramoz-i-dust shunasi. He also wrote many articles in newspapers.[7][8][9]

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  2. ^ "Palmistry Teachers".
  3. ^ "How to Read Hands by Bashir, Mir".
  4. ^ Bashir, Mir (March 1998). The Art of Hand Analysis. ISBN 1853981028.
  5. ^ "Art of Hand Analysis by Mir Bashir | PDF". Scribd. Retrieved 13 June 2023.
  6. ^ "46-51: Mir Bashir, "How to Read Hands": Bashir (b. 1907), a famous 1950s palmist, provides an overview of the history of palmistry. | Palmistry, Reading, Books". Pinterest. Retrieved 13 June 2023.
  7. ^ "Origin and Basic History of the Book of Shadows".
  8. ^ Louise Cotton. "Palmistry and Its Practical Uses 1890".
  9. ^ "NewspaperSG - the Straits Times, 1 September 1963".