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I don't know
I only found a bunch of Muslim-surnamed Azmirs. Also, the Muslim population of the Balkan peninsula, like any other Muslim population, usually take Muslim/Arabic names.
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True . . . oh well, it could be either I guess, or even both (an Arabic-influenced adaptation of a -mir Slavic name?).

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