Kashmir’s Methuselah

Feroz-un-Din Mir was born on 10 March 1872, as it says on his birth certificate. That makes him the oldest living man not only in India but perhaps even the world. Originally from Bihjama village in Kashmir’s Uri district, he has been a zamindar for much of his life. Mir is currently married to Misra Begum, 74. Of his seven children, the youngest is his 32-year-old son who was born when Mir was 110. His name may not have figured in the Guinness Book of Records yet, but Mir vouches for the authenticity of his birth certificate, signed as it is by the tehsildar of those daysFeroz-un-Din Mir was born on 10 March 1872, as it says on his birth certificate. That makes him the oldest living man not only in India but perhaps even the world. Originally from Bihjama village in Kashmir’s Uri district, he has been a zamindar for much of his life. Mir is currently married to Misra Begum, 74. Of his seven children, the youngest is his 32-year-old son who was born when Mir was 110. His name may not have figured in the Guinness Book of Records yet, but Mir vouches for the authenticity of his birth certificate, signed as it is by the tehsildar of those days