Mahmud
Mahmud ( Arabic محمود, DMG Maḥmūd ) is an Arabic male given name meaning "The praised", "the praiseworthy". A Turkish form of the name is Mahmut .
Well-known namesake
Ruler
- Mahmud I (1696–1754), Ottoman Sultan
- Mahmud II (1785–1839), Ottoman Sultan
- Mahmud I , Sultan of the Seljuks (1092-1094)
- Mahmud II. (1104 / 5–1131), Sultan of the Seljuks (from 1118)
- Mahmud of Ghazni (971-1030), Ghaznavid ruler
- Mahmud Iskandar Ismail (1932–2010), Sultan of Johor and King of Malaysia
Grand Vizier
- Mahmud Pasha († 1474), Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire
As a first name
- Mahmud Abbas (* 1935), Palestinian politician
- Mahmud Ahmadinejad (* 1956), Iranian politician
- Mahmud Bayazidi (1797-1859), Kurdish writer
- Mahmud Darwisch (1941–2008), Palestinian poet
- Mahmud Shah Durrani († 1829), Afghan politician
- Mahmud Fauzi (1900–1981), Egyptian politician
- Mahmud al-Kāshgharī (11th century), Turkish scholar and lexicographer
- Mahmud Sulaiman al-Maghribi (1935–2009), Libyan politician
- Mahmud al-Muntasir (1903–1970), Libyan politician
- Mahmud Nedim Pascha (1818–1883) Ottoman politician
- Mahmud Osman (* 1938), Kurdish politician
- Mahmūd Schaltūt (1893–1963), Islamic legal scholar
- Mahmud Şevket Pasha (1856–1913), Ottoman military
- Mahmud Muhammad Taha (1909–1985), Sudanese scholar, politician and Sufi
- Mahmud Tarzi (1865–1933), Afghan journalist
- Mahmud al-Turki (* 1967), Syrian football referee
- Shah Mahmud Qureshi (1956-), Pakistani politician
- Sirri Mahmud Siam , Egyptian judge
As a family name
- ʿAbd al-Halīm Mahmūd (1910–1978), Egyptian Sufi scholar of the Schadhiliyya order
- Abdel Meguid Mahmud (* 1946), Egyptian attorney general
- Ali Habib Mahmud (1939-2020), Syrian Defense Minister
- Almabruk Mahmud Mahmud , Libyan weightlifter
- Mohd Emon Mahmud (* 1991), Bangladeshi football player
- Mohd Faisal Mahmud (* 1983), Bangladeshi football player
- Mustafā Mahmūd (1921–2009), Egyptian thinker and philosopher
- Papel Mahmud (* 1982), Bangladeshi football player
- Sabeen Mahmud (1975-2015), Pakistani human rights activist
- Sardar Zalmai Mahmud (* 1923), Afghan ambassador
- Sıddık Bin Mahmud , Seljuk architect
- Yunis Mahmud (* 1983), Iraqi soccer player
additional
- Mahmud Shah , name of several rulers
- Mahmud Mosque , name of several mosques
See also
- Mohammed (name)
- Mahmoud (BKS)