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'Mehrdad' derives from Middle Persian Mihrdat, a theophoric name meaning "Given by Mihr." 'Mihr' in turn derives from Avestan Mithra, the Zoroastrian divinity and hypostasis of covenant. Mithridates or Mithradates (in Greek, M旅慮旅隆略侶 or M旅慮略隆略侶) is the Hellenistic form of an Iranian theophoric name "Mehrdad" meaning "given by Mithra", and may refer to: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mithridates