Mahmud

Arabic: [maħˈmuːd]
Urdu: [mɛɦˈmuːd̪]GenderMaleOriginLanguage(s)ArabicMeaningPraiseworthyOther namesCognate(s)MuhammadAnglicisation(s)Ahmad, Mahmood, Mahmad, Mahmoud, Mahmut, Makhmud, Mehmood, Mehmed, Mehmud, Mahmoed, Malamud, Mahmmoud, Mamo, Matt, Moen, May, Mae, Mak (Mac/Mc), Ma/Mu/Mo/MaoDerivedH-M-D root

Mahmud is a transliteration of the male Arabic given name محمود (Maḥmūd), common in most parts of the Islamic world. It comes from the Arabic triconsonantal root Ḥ-M-D, meaning praise, along with Muhammad.

Given name

Mahmood

  • Mahmood Ali (1928–2008), Pakistani radio, television and stage artist
  • Mahmood Hussain (cricketer) (1932–1991), Pakistani Test cricketer
  • Mahmood Hussain (councillor), former Lord Mayor of Birmingham, England
  • Shah Mahmood Qureshi, Pakistani politician who served as the 29th Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2018 to 2022.
  • Mahmood Shaam (born 1940), Pakistani Urdu language journalist, poet writer and analyst.
  • Mahmood Yakubu, Nigerian academic and current chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
  • Mahmood Mamdani (born 1946), Ugandan academic, author and political commentator
  • Mahmood Monshipouri (born 1952), Iranian-born American scholar, educator, and author.
  • Mahmooda Sultana, Aerospace engineer (NASA)
  • Begum Mahmooda Salim Khan, Pakistani social worker.
  • Mahmood Hussein Mattan, Somalian former merchant seaman
  • Zafar Mahmood Abbasi, retired four-star admiral of the Pakistan Navy
  • Muhammad Mahmood Alam, Pakistani fighter pilot
  • Mahmood Anjir Faghnawi, the 13th sheikh in the chain of the masters of the Naqshbandi Order

Mahmoud

Mahmud

  • Mehmed II, Caesar of Rome, the sultan of the Ottoman Empire 1444-1446
  • Mahmud I, Sultan of Ottoman Empire 1730–1754
  • Mahmud II, Sultan of Ottoman Empire 1808–1839
  • Ghazan born Mahmud Ghazan, (Khan, Ilkhan, Sultan) the seventh ruler of the Mongol Empire's Ilkhanate division in modern-day Iran from 1295 to 1304
  • Sultan Mahmud (Chagatai), was last Khan of the Western Chagatai Khanate (1384–1402).
  • Mahmud Khan (Moghul Khan), Khan of Tashkent and of the Moghuls of western Moghulistan
  • Mäxmüd of Kazan, the Khan of the Khanate of Kazan from 1445 to 1466.
  • Arpa Ke'un known as Mu'izz ad-Din Mahmud, an Ilkhan (1335–1336) during the disintegration of the Ilkhanate, Mongol state in Southwest Asia based in Persia.
  • Jani Beg or Jalal ad-Din Mahmud, Khan of the Golden Horde from 1342 to 1357
  • Mahmud bin Küchük, a Khan who founded the Khanate of Astrakhan in the 1460s
  • Maghan III, known as Mahmud I, mansa of the Mali Empire from 1390 to about 1400.
  • Mahmud II (mansa), mansa of the Mali Empire of 1481-1496.
  • Qutuz or Mahmud ibn Mamdud, military leader and the third or fourth Mamluk Sultan of Turkic origin.
  • Mahmud I (Seljuk sultan), sultan of the Seljuk Empire from 1092 to 1094.
  • Mahmud II of Great Seljuk, Sultan of Baghdad in 1118
  • Mahmud of Ghazni, ruler of Ghazni 997–1030
  • Mahmud Begada, the most prominent Sultan of the Gujarat Sultanate.
  • Mahmud Shah III of Gujarat, 12th Sultan of Gujarat
  • Mahmud Hotak, the Shah of Persia from 1722-1725.
  • Mahmud Shah Durrani, ruler of Afghanistan 1801–1803 & 1809–1818
  • Shahanshah ibn Mahmud, the Kurdish Shaddadid emir of Ani from 1164 to 1174.
  • Nūr al-Dīn Maḥmūd Zengī known as Nur ad-Din (died 1174), Emir of Aleppo and Damascus
  • Mu'izz al-Din Mahmud, the Zengid Emir of the Jazira 1208–1241.
  • Mahmood Shah Bahmani II or Shihab-Ud-Din Mahmud , the sultan of the Bahmani Sultanate from 1482-1518.
  • Nasiruddin Mahmud Shah, Sultan of Delhi, the eighth sultan of the Mamluk Dynasty 1246-1266.
  • Rashid al-Dawla Mahmud, the Mirdasid emir of Aleppo
  • Nasr ibn Mahmud, the Mirdasid emir of Aleppo in 1075–1076.
  • Sabiq ibn Mahmud, the Mirdasid emir of Aleppo from 1076 to 1080.
  • Nasir ad-Din Mahmud, Emir of Mosul from 1219 to 1234.
  • Nasir-ud-Din Mahmud Shah Tughluq, the last sultan of the Tughlaq dynasty
  • Nāṣir al-Dīn Maḥmūd, a ruler of the Hasankeyf of the Artuqid dynasty.
  • Ghiyath al-Din Mahmud, Sultan of the Ghurid Empire 1206-1212
  • Mahmud Shah of Bengal, the First Sultan of Bengal
  • Ghiyasuddin Mahmud Shah, the last Sultan of the Hussain Shahi dynasty of the Bengal Sultanate, from 1533-1538 CE.
  • Mahmud ibn Muhammad, the seventh leader of the Husainid Dynasty and the ruler of Tunisia from 1814-1824.
  • Muhammad II ibn Mahmud, Sultan of Seljuq Empire from 1153 to 1159.
  • Mahmud Khalji, the Sultan of Malwa, in what is now the state of Madhya Pradesh, India.
  • Nasiruddin Mahmud (eldest son of Iltutmish), the eldest son of the Delhi Sultan Shamsuddin Iltutmish
  • Şehzade Mahmud (son of Mehmed III), was an Ottoman prince
  • Mahmud Khan of Bengal, 17th-century Bengali nobleman.
  • Sultan Mahmud Mirza, was a Timurid Dynasty prince.
  • Sayyed Mahmud Khan, was a general in the Akbar's army
  • Mirza Shah Mahmud, Timurid ruler of Herat 1446.
  • Mahmud Mirza Qajar, Iranian prince of the Qajar dynasty.
  • Mirza Mahmud Shah Bahadur, also known Shah Jahan IV, the eighteenth Mughal emperor for a brief period in 1788.
  • Jalal al-Din Mahmud, the Mihrabanid malik of Sistan from 1350.
  • Osman Mohamoud (king) known as Uthman III ibn Mahmud, was a Somali king, He led the Majeerteen Sultanate during the 19th century.
  • Mahmud Gawan, prime minister in the Bahmani Sultanate of Deccan 1411 – 1481.
  • Mahmud Bey, the fourth and final bey of the Chobanids.
  • Najm al-Din Mahmud ibn Ilyas al-Shirazi, Persian physician from Shiraz.
  • Mahmud Yalavach, administrator in the Mongol Empire who ruled over Turkestan as governor and eventually went on to be mayor of Taidu (now Beijing).
  • Matthew the Apostle, the New Testament as one of the twelve apostles of Jesus.
  • Mark the Evangelist, the author of the Gospel of Mark.
  • Matthias the Apostle, the last Apostles of Jesus.
  • Martin of Tours, the most familiar and recognizable saints in France
  • Charlemagne, the first recognized emperor to rule in the west after the fall of the Western Roman Empire.
  • Chaophraya Chakri (Mud) or Mahmud, the Prime Minister of Siam.
  • Muhammad Shah of Brunei known as Mahmud Shah, the Sultanate of Brunei and was its first sultan, possibly from 1363 to 1402.
  • Sultan Mahmud Syah, Hero of the Revolution of Independence.
  • Mahmud Shah (Sultan of Malacca), Sultan of Malacca 1488–1528
  • Mahmud Badaruddin II, Sultan of Palembang.
  • Abu al-Mafakhir of Banten born Abu al-Mafakhir Mahmud Abdulkadir, the first king in Java to use the title " Sultan".
  • Mahmud of Terengganu, Sultan Terengganu.
  • Mahmud Shah I of Pahang, the fifth Sultan of Pahang from 1519 to 1530.
  • Raja Mahmud ibni Almarhum Sultan Abdul Jalil, the first Yamtuan Besar Melewar of Negeri Sembilan
  • Mahmud Manoppo (Antogia) Korompot, the 14th king of Kaidipang 1908-1910.
  • Mahmud Arya Lamanjiji, the 14th king of Medan since 2005
  • Mahmud Pasha Angelović, the Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire from 1456 to 1466 and from 1472 to 1474. He also wrote Persian and Turkish poems under the pseudonym Adni (the "Eden-like").
  • Mahmud Pasha (1853–1903), Ottoman statesman, poet and writer
  • Çürüksulu Mahmud Pasha, Ottoman army general and statesman of ethnic Georgian background.
  • Mahmud Pasha (governor), was an Ottoman statesman from Bosnia
  • Mahmud Shams, known as Ma He, Chinese admiral and world explorer
  • Ma Dong-seok, is a South Korean–American actor based in South Korea.
  • Ma clique, is a collective name for a group of Hui (Muslim Chinese) warlords
  • Mahmud Shevket Pasha, was an Ottoman generalissimo and statesman, who was an important political figure during the Second Constitutional Era.
  • Mahmud al-Kashgari, lexicographer Uyghur scholar.
  • Abu-Mahmud Khujandi, Transoxanian astronomer and mathematician.
  • Amat-Mamu, a Naditu priestess and temple scribe in Sippar, in ancient Babylonia.
  • Muhammad Yunus, Bangladeshi social entrepreneur, banker, economist and civil society leader.
  • Mahmud Karimov, Azerbaijani physicist
  • Makhmud Muradov, professional mixed martial artist
  • Abdullah Mahmud Hendropriyono, Indonesian general
  • La Nyalla Mattalitti, full name is La Nyalla Mahmud Mattalitti (born 10 May 1959) is an Indonesian politician.
  • Mochtar Riady, Indonesian financial magnate
  • Laksamana Mahmud Syah, the father of Hero of the Revolution of Independence (keumalahayati).
  • Mahmud Pasha (1853-1903), Ottoman statesman, poet and writer.
  • Sultan Mahmud Khan, a commander of the Sikh Khalsa Army, the army of Sarkar e Khalsa.
  • Shah Mahmud Khan, the Prime Minister of Afghanistan from 1946 to 1953.
  • Mahmud Jamal, Canadian jurist serving as a puisne justice of the Supreme Court of Canada since 2021.
  • Mahmud Al-Nashaf, Israeli Arab politician
  • Mahmud Khalid, Ghanaian politician
  • Mahmud Mahmud, Iranian politician
  • Mahmud Tarzi, Afghan journalist
  • Mahmud Arif, Saudi Arabian poet
  • Mahmud Ali Durrani, retired Pakistani two-star rank general officer.
  • Mahmud Eyvazov, Azerbaijani long-lived 150 years collective farmer.
  • Rafiga Mahmud qizi Shabanova, awarded the Gold Medal of Olympic 1976 Montreal for women's Handball first place.
  • Mahmud Kamani, British billionaire businessman.
  • Aziz Mahmud Hudayi, the most famous Sufi Muslim saints of the Ottoman Empire.
  • Sayyid Mahmud Agha, was a Sufi saint of South Asia.
  • Mahmud al-Muntasir, the first Prime minister of Libya
  • Mahmud Barzanji, King of Kurdistan
  • Mahmud Ali (statesman), progressive leftist Pakistani politician
  • Mahmud Nedim Pasha, a Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire between 1871–1872 and 1875–1876
  • Mahmud Bayazidi, was an Ottoman Kurdish philosopher and polymath from Bayazid.
  • Mahmud Bayumi, was an Egyptian orthopaedic surgery professor at Kasr El Aini Medical School.
  • Makhmud Esambayev, a Soviet and Chechen dancer, ballet master, choreographer and actor.
  • Mads Johansen Lange, known as the King of Bali, Indonesia.
  • Mahmud Deobandi
  • Mahmud Hasan Deobandi
  • Mahmud Hasan Gangohi
  • Mufti Mahmud

Mahmudi/Mahmudin

  • Elias Mahmoudi, French Muay Thai fighter currently signed to ONE Championship.
  • Nur Mahmudi Ismail, Mayor of Depok City, a satellite city of West Java located in the southern part of Jakarta.
  • Mahmuddin Yasin, the first Deputy Minister of BUMN.
  • Bey Machmudin, Governor of West Java

Mahmut

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Surname

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Mahfud

Mahfouz

  • Mahfouz Marei Mubarak bin Mahfouz, Saudi Arabian businessman
  • Naguib Mahfouz, Egyptian writer who won the 1988 Nobel Prize in Literature.
  • Mahfuzur Rahman, Guinness Book of World Records of painting an 18 by 6 feet canvas. and the 'International Artist of the Year 2021 Award' (IAA) from Camelback Gallery in the US.

Fictional characters

  • Mahmoud Bishara, fictional character in the book Refugee

See also

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