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Mahmud is a transliteration of the male Arabic given name محمود, common in most parts of the Islamic world. It comes from the Arabic triconsonantal root Ḥ-M-D, meaning 'praise', along with Muhammad.
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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.
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Given name
Mahmood
Mahmood Ali (1928–2008), Pakistani radio, television and stage artist
Mahmood Hussain (cricketer) (1932–1991), Pakistani Test cricketer
Shah Mahmood Qureshi (born 1956), Pakistani politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2018 to 2022
Mahmood Shaam (born 1940), Pakistani Urdu-language journalist, poet writer and analyst
Mahmood Yakubu (born 1962), Nigerian academic and current chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission
Mahmood Monshipouri (born 1952), Iranian-born American scholar, educator, and author
Mahmooda Sultana, Bangladeshi American aerospace engineer (NASA)
Begum Mahmooda Salim Khan (1913–2007), Pakistani social worker
Mahmood Hussein Mattan (1923–1952), Somalian merchant seaman
Zafar Mahmood Abbasi, four-star admiral of the Pakistan Navy
Muhammad Mahmood Alam (1935–2013), Pakistani fighter pilot
Mahmood Anjir Faghnawi (1231–1317), the 13th sheikh in the chain of the masters of the Naqshbandi Order
Mahmood Mamdani (born 1946), Indian-born Ugandan academic, author, and political commentator
Mahmoud
Mahmoud Abbas (born 1935), President of the State of Palestine
Mahmoud al-Abrash (born 1944), Syrian politician
Mahmoud Afshartous (1907–1953), Iranian military officer
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (born 1956), Iranian politician, President of Iran (2005–2013)
Mahmoud Ahmed (born 1941), Ethiopian musician
Mahmoud Alavi (born 1954), Iranian Shia Cleric
Mahmoud Alavi (military officer), Iranian military officer
Mahmoud El-Araby (1932–2021), Egyptian businessman and philanthropist
Mahmoud Baharmast (1899–1977), Iranian army general
Mahmoud Balbaa (born 1952), Egyptian businessman and politician
Mahmoud Chahoud (born 1976), Lebanese footballer
Mahmoud Charr (born 1984), German professional boxer
Mahmoud Darwish (1941–2008), Palestinian poet
Mahmoud Dahoud (born 1996), German professional footballer
Mahmoud Dowlatabadi (born 1940), Iranian writer and actor
Mahmoud Etemadzadeh (1915–2006), Iranian writer and literary translator
Mahmoud Fakhry Pasha (1884–1955), Egyptian politician and diplomat
Mahmud
Mahmud I (1696–1754), Sultan of Ottoman Empire 1730–1754
Mahmud II (1785–1839), Sultan of Ottoman Empire 1808–1839
Ghazan (1271–1304), 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) (died 1402), last Khan of the Western Chagatai Khanate (1384–1402).
Mahmud Khan (Moghul Khan) (1464–1508), Khan of Tashkent and of the Moghuls of western Moghulistan
Mäxmüd of Kazan (died 1466), the Khan of the Khanate of Kazan from 1445 to 1466
Arpa Ke'un (died 1336), 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 (died 1357), or Jalal ad-Din Mahmud, Khan of the Golden Horde from 1342 to 1357
Mahmud bin Küchük (died 1466), 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 (1221–1260), or Mahmud ibn Mamdud, military leader and the third or fourth Mamluk Sultan of Turkic origin
Mahmud I (Seljuk sultan) (1088–1094), Sultan of the Seljuk Empire from 1092 to 1094.
Mahmudi/Mahmudin
Elias Mahmoudi (born 1998), French Muay Thai fighter
Nur Mahmudi Ismail (born 1961), Mayor of Depok City, Indonesia
Mahmut
Mahmut Celal Bayar (1883–1986), third President of Turkey
Mahmut Dikerdem (1916–1993), Turkish diplomat, writer and peace activist
Mahmut Cuhruk (1925–2018), Turkish judge
Mahmut Esat Bozkurt (1892–1943), Turkish politician
Mahmut Ustaosmanoğlu (1929–2022), Turkish Sufi Sheikh and leader of the İsmailağa jamia of the Naqshbandi-Khalidiyya Ṭarīqah centred in Çarşamba, Istanbul
Mahmut Orhan (born 1993), Turkish disc jockey and record producer
Mahmut Bakalli (1936–2006), Kosovo Albanian politician
Mahmut Atalay (1934–2004), Turkish freestyle wrestler and coach
Mahmut L. Unlu (born 1967), Turkish business executive and entrepreneur
Mahmut Özgener (born 1963), Turkish Football Federation president
Mahmut Bezgin (born 1986), Turkish footballer
Mahmut Boz (born 1991), Turkish footballer
Mahmut Hoşgiz (born 1975), Turkish footballer
Mahmut Tekdemir (born 1988), Turkish footballer
Mahmut Özdemir (born 1987), German politician of Turkish descent
Mahmut Yilmaz (born 1979), German footballer of Turkish descent
Mehmood
Mehmood (actor) (1932–2004), Indian actor, singer, director and producer
Mehmood Aslam (born 1951), Pakistani television and stage actor
Mehmood Bhatti (born 1958), Pakistani fashion designer
Mehmood Quaraishy (born 1942), Kenyan cricketer
Mehmood Sham (born 1940), Pakistani journalist
Mehmud
Maulana Mehmud Hasan (1851–1920), Indian independence activist
Mehmud Abdukerem (born 1993), Chinese footballer
Surname
Mahmood
Khalid Mahmood (British politician) (born 1961), British politician
Shabana Mahmood (born 1980), British politician
Jemilah Mahmood (born 1959), doctor and humanitarian activist
Mazher Mahmood (born 1963), British reporter
Saba Mahmood (1961–2018), American anthropologist
Sajid Mahmood (born 1981), English cricketer
Abdullah al Mahmood (1900–1975), Bengali politician, lawyer and minister in Pakistan
Iqbal Hassan Mahmood, Bangladeshi politician and minister
Ayaz Mahmood (born 1964), Pakistani field hockey player
Kashif Mahmood (cricketer, born 1985) (born 1985), Pakistani cricketer
Shahid Mahmood (1939–2020), Pakistani cricketer
Zia Mahmood (born 1946), Pakistani bridge player
Sultan Bashiruddin Mahmood (born 1940), Pakistani nuclear engineer
Syed Mahmood (1850–1903), Indian jurist
Tahir Mahmood (born 1941), Indian jurist
Talat Mahmood (1924–1998), Indian singer and actor
Mahmoud Kahil (1936–2003), Lebanese-born British editorial cartoonist
Mahmoud Khalil (born 1995), Syrian-born Palestinian Columbia University student detained by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement in 2025: see Detention of Mahmoud Khalil
Mahmoud El Khatib (born 1954), Egyptian footballer and President of Al Ahly
Mahmoud Khayami (1930–2020), Iranian industrialist and philanthropist of French nationality
Mahmoud Labadi (1940–2014), Palestinian journalist, writer and politician
Mahmoud Mar'ashi Najafi (born 1941), Iranian Shia cleric
Mahmoud Mekki (born 1954), Vice President of Egypt from August 2012 to December 2012
Mahmoud el-Meliguy (1910–1983), Egyptian actor
Mahmoud Mohammad Issa Mohammad (1943–2015), Palestinian terrorist
Mahmoud Mohieldin (born 1965), economist
Mahmoud Nabavian (born 1965), Iranian Shia cleric
Mahmoud Namjoo (1918–1989), Iranian weightlifter
Mahmoud Abdel Salam Omar (born 1936/37), Egyptian businessman
Mahmoud Reza Pahlavi (1926–2001), member of Iran's Pahlavi dynasty
Mahmoud an-Nukrashi Pasha (1888–1949), Prime Minister of Egypt 1945–1946 and 1946–1948
Mahmoud Bodo Rasch (born 1943), German architect who specializes in the construction of large convertible umbrellas and lightweight structures
Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf (born 1969), American basketball player
Mahmoud Abdul Razak (born 1971), Syrian footballer
Mahmoud Saeed (1939–2025), Iraqi-born American novelist
Mahmoud Salavati (born 1953), Iranian Shia cleric
Mahmoud Salem (1931–2013), Egyptian journalist and author
Mahmoud Sami el-Baroudi (1839–1904), Egyptian politician and poet
Mahmoud el-Sisi (born 1982), Egyptian brigadier general and son of President Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi
Mahmoud Abu Zeid, also known as "Shawkan" (born 1987), Egyptian photojournalist
Mahmud II of Great Seljuk (1104–1131), Sultan of Baghdad in 1118
Mahmud of Ghazni (971–1030), ruler of Ghazni 997–1030
Mahmud Begada (1458–1511), the most prominent Sultan of the Gujarat Sultanate.
Mahmud Shah III of Gujarat (1526–1554), 12th Sultan of Gujarat
Mahmud Hotak (1697–1725), the Shah of Persia from 1722 to 1725
Mahmud Shah Durrani (1769–1829), 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) (1118–1174), Emir of Aleppo and Damascus
Al-Muzaffar II Mahmud (died 1244), the Ayyubid emir of Hama first in 1219 (616 AH) and then restored in 1229–1244 (626 AH–642 AH)
Al-Muzaffar III Mahmud (died 1300), the Kurdish Ayyubid emir of Hama from 1284 to 1300
Mu'izz al-Din Mahmud (died 1241), the Zengid Emir of the Jazira 1208–1241
Mahmood Shah Bahmani II (1470–1518), or Shihab-Ud-Din Mahmud, the sultan of the Bahmani Sultanate 1482–1518
Nasiruddin Mahmud Shah (1229/30–1266), Sultan of Delhi, the eighth sultan of the Mamluk Dynasty 1246–1266
Rashid al-Dawla Mahmud (died 1075), the Mirdasid emir of Aleppo
Nasr ibn Mahmud (died 1076), the Mirdasid emir of Aleppo in 1075–1076
Sabiq ibn Mahmud, the Mirdasid emir of Aleppo from 1076 to 1080
Nasir ad-Din Mahmud (1216–1234), Emir of Mosul from 1219 to 1234
Alp Arslan ibn Mahmud (died 1146), ruler of Mosul 1127–1146
Nasir-ud-Din Mahmud Shah Tughluq (died 1413), the last sultan of the Tughlaq dynasty
Nāṣir al-Dīn Maḥmūd (died 1222), ruler of the Hasankeyf of the Artuqid dynasty
Ghiyath al-Din Mahmud (died 1212), Sultan of the Ghurid Empire 1206–1212
Mahmud Shah of Bengal (died 1459), the First Sultan of Bengal
Ghiyasuddin Mahmud Shah (died 1538), the last Sultan of the Hussain Shahi dynasty of the Bengal Sultanate, from 1533 to 1538 CE
Mahmud ibn Muhammad (1757–1824), the seventh leader of the Husainid Dynasty and the ruler of Tunisia from 1814 to 1824
Muhammad II ibn Mahmud (1128–1159), Sultan of Seljuq Empire from 1153 to 1159
Mahmud Khalji (1436–1469), the Sultan of Malwa, in what is now the state of Madhya Pradesh, India
Nasiruddin Mahmud (eldest son of Iltutmish) (died 1229), the eldest son of the Delhi Sultan Shamsuddin Iltutmish
Şehzade Mahmud (son of Mehmed III) (1587–1603), Ottoman prince
Mahmud Khan of Bengal, 17th-century Bengali nobleman
Sultan Mahmud Mirza (1453–1495), Timurid Dynasty prince
Sayyed Mahmud Khan (died 1573), general in the Akbar's army
Mirza Shah Mahmud (1446–?), Timurid ruler of Herat 1446
Mahmud Mirza Qajar (1799–?), Iranian prince of the Qajar dynasty
Mirza Mahmud Shah Bahadur, also known Shah Jahan IV (1749–1790), the eighteenth Mughal emperor for a brief period in 1788
Mahmud Shah of Jaunpur (1429–1457), the 4th ruler of the Jaunpur Sultanate, reigned from 1440 to 1457
Jalal al-Din Mahmud (died 1352), the Mihrabanid malik of Sistan from 1350
Sultan Mahmud ibn Nizam al-Din Yahya (1464–1543), the last Mihrabanid malik of Sistan from 1495 until 1537
Osman Mohamoud (king), known as Uthman III ibn Mahmud, Somali king who led the Majeerteen Sultanate during the 19th century.
Mohamoud Ali Shire (died 1960), Somali Sultan of the Warsengali Sultanate
Mahmud Gawan (1411–1481), prime minister of the Bahmani Sultanate of Deccan
Mahmud Bey, the fourth and final bey of the Chobanids
Najm al-Din Mahmud ibn Ilyas al-Shirazi (died 1330), 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)
Chaophraya Chakri (Mud) (1727–1774), or Mahmud, the Prime Minister of Siam
Muhammad Shah of Brunei (died 1402), known as Mahmud Shah, first sultan of Brunei, possibly from 1363 to 1402
Mahmud Shah (Sultan of Malacca) (died 1528), Sultan of Malacca 1488–1528
Mahmud Badaruddin II (1767–1852), Sultan of Palembang
Abu al-Mafakhir of Banten (died 1651), born Abu al-Mafakhir Mahmud Abdulkadir, the first king in Java to use the title Sultan
Mahmud of Terengganu (1930–1998), Sultan Terengganu
Mahmud Shah I of Pahang (died 1530), the fifth Sultan of Pahang from 1519 to 1530
Melewar of Negeri Sembilan (died 1795), the first Yamtuan Besar
Mahmud Pasha Angelović (1420–1474), Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (1456–1466 and 1472–1474). He also wrote Persian and Turkish poems under the pseudonym Adni (the 'Eden-like')
Çürüksulu Mahmud Pasha (1864–1931), Ottoman army general and statesman of ethnic Georgian background
Mahmud Pasha (governor) (died 1567), Ottoman statesman from Bosnia
Mahmud Shams, known as Ma He (1371–1433/35), Chinese admiral and world explorer
Mahmud Shevket Pasha (1856–1913), Ottoman generalissimo and statesman, who was an important political figure during the Second Constitutional Era
Mahmud al-Kashgari (1005–1102), lexicographer and Uyghur scholar
Abu-Mahmud Khujandi (940–1000), Transoxanian astronomer and mathematician
Mahmud Karimov (1948–2013), Azerbaijani physicist
Makhmud Muradov (born 1990), professional mixed martial artist
Makhmud Sabyrkhan (born 2001), Kazakh boxer
Abdullah Mahmud Hendropriyono (born 1945), Indonesian general
La Nyalla Mattalitti (born 10 May 1959), full name La Nyalla Mahmud Mattalitti, Indonesian politician
Karaeng Pattingalloang (1600–1654), or Sultan Mahmud, known as the Father of Makassar
Mahmud Pasha (1853–1903), Ottoman statesman, poet and writer
Mahmud Taymur (1894–1973), Egyptian fiction writer
Yahya ibn Mahmud al-Wasiti, 13th-century Iraqi-Arab painter and calligrapher
Sultan Mahmud Khan (died 1859), commander of the Sikh Khalsa Army, the army of Sarkar e Khalsa
Shah Mahmud Khan (1890–1959), Prime Minister of Afghanistan from 1946 to 1953
Mahmud Jamal (born 1967), Canadian jurist serving as a puisne justice of the Supreme Court of Canada since 2021
Mahmud Al-Nashaf (1906–1979), Israeli Arab politician
Mahmud Khalid, Ghanaian politician
Mahmud Mahmud (1882–1965), Iranian politician
Mahmud Tarzi (1865–1933), Afghan journalist
Mahmud Arif (1909–2001), Saudi Arabian poet
Mahmud Ali Durrani (born 1941), Pakistani two-star rank general officer
Mahmud Eyvazov (1808–1960), Azerbaijani long-lived collective farmer
Mahmud Kamani (born 1964), British billionaire businessman
Aziz Mahmud Hudayi (1541–1628), one of the most famous Sufi Muslim saints of the Ottoman Empire
Mahmud al-Muntasir (1903–1970), first Prime minister of Libya
Mahmud Barzanji (1878–1956), King of Kurdistan
Mahmud Ali (statesman) (1919–2006), progressive leftist Pakistani politician
Mahmud Nedim Pasha (1818–1883), Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (1871–1872 and 1875–1876)
Mahmud Bayazidi (1797–1859), Ottoman Kurdish philosopher and polymath from Bayazid
Mahmud Bayumi (1890–1938), Egyptian orthopaedic surgery professor at Kasr El Aini Medical School
Makhmud Esambayev (1924–2000), Soviet and Chechen dancer, ballet master, choreographer and actor
Mahmudkhodja Behbudiy (1875–1919), Jadid activist, writer, journalist and leading public figure in Imperial Russia and Soviet Turkestan
Mahmud Deobandi (died 1886), Indian Muslim scholar
Mahmud Hasan Deobandi (1851–1920), Indian Muslim scholar and activist
Mahmud Hasan Gangohi (1907–1996), Indian mufti and Islamic scholar
Mufti Mahmud (1919–1980), Pakistani statesman and Islamic scholar
Md. Mahmud Hassan Talukder (born 1966), Bangladeshi politician
Mahmud Sheet Khattab (1919–1998), Iraqi polymath and Major General
Mahmut Bozteke (born 1997), Turkish para taekwondo practitioner
Mahmut Küçükşahin (born 2004), Turkish footballer
Mahmut Demir (born 1970), Turkish sport wrestler
Mahmut Şenol (born 1958), Turkish author
Mahmut Sönmez (born 1990), Turkish-Dutch footballer
Mahmut Yavuz (born 1982), Turkish navy officer and ultramarathon runner
Mahmut Yıldırım (born 1953), Kurdish contract killer
Hasan Mahmud (cricketer) (born 1999), Bangladeshi cricketer
Dean Mahomed (1759–1851), British Indian traveller, soldier, surgeon, entrepreneur, and one of the most notable early non-European immigrants to the Western World
