Masud
Masud , also Mas'ūd , Massud or Massod ( Arabic مسعود, DMG Masʿūd ), is a male Muslim name meaning "joyful, blissful, happy" and "blessed". The Turkish form of the name is Mesut .
Name bearer
First name
- Masud Akbarzadeh , German-Iranian stand-up comedian and cabaret artist
- Masud Barzani (* 1946), Kurdish politician
- Masud Gharahkhani (* 1982), Norwegian politician
- Jamjid Masʿud al-Kashi , Persian scholar
family name
- Ahmad Shah Massoud (1953-2001), Afghan national hero
- Ahmad Zia Massoud (* 1956), Afghan politician
- ʿAbdallāh ibn Masʿūd , companion of the Prophet Mohammed
- Mahdi Masud , Pakistani diplomat
- Nuʿaim ibn Masʿūd , Arab tribal leader
- al-Masʿūdī (~ 895–957), Arabic philosopher, geographer and historian
- Tareque Masud (1957–2011), Bangladeshi film director
Rulers with that name
- Masud I of Ghazni , ruler of the Ghaznavids
- Mas'ud I , Sultan of the Rumeljuks
- Mas'ud II , Sultan of the Rumeljuks
- Mas'ud ibn Muhammad (r. 1134–52), Seljuk Sultan in western Persia