 Hammira was a son of the Chahamana king Jaitrasimha (Jaitra Singh) and queen Hira Devi.The name "Hammira" is a Sanskritized form of the Arabic title Amir.Little is known about him, except the "Hammira Mahakavya", written by a poet about 100 years after Hammiradeva's death and whose reliability has been questioned.