Mahmud (name)
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Mahmud or Mahmood: is the transliteration of an Arabic given name that comes from the Arabic triconsonantal root of H-M-D ("praise"), meaning "Praiseworthy", (Literally means) The praised one, Laudable, commendable – in Farsi (Persian) it is written Mehmoud and in Arabic it is spelt as Mahmud, and the above is in both Urdu (Hindustani) & English. It is best suited as the surname of the family or the family name in honour for both male and female. Mahmouda is equivalent to the name only for the female and only serves as the first name of a girl. The name is used in most parts of the Islamic world. Variants include Mahmad, Mahmoud, Mehmood, Mahmood etc.
Mahmud may refer to:
- Mahmud I, Sultan of Ottoman Empire 1730-1754
- Mahmud II, Sultan of Ottoman Empire 1808-1839
- Mahmud II of Great Seljuk, Sultan of Baghdad 1118
- Mahmud of Ghazni, ruler of Ghanzi (Ghaznavid Empire) 997-1030
- Mahmud Shah (Sultan of Malacca), Sultan of Malacca 1488-1528
- Mahmud Shah Durrani, ruler of Afghanistan 1801-1803 & 1809-1818
- Mahmut Celal Bayar, third President of Turkey
- Mahmoud Abbas, President of Palestinian National Authority 2005-
- Abid Hamid Mahmud, Iraqi general
- Mahmoud an-Nukrashi Pasha, Prime Minister of Egypt 1945-1946 & 1946-1948
- Khaled Mahmud, Bangladeshi cricketer
- Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, President of Iran
- Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf, American basketball player
- Mahmud Saedon Othman, Malay Muslim intellectual from Brunei Darussalam
[edit] See also
Mahmoud Khodair
