Ghulam ( ar, غلام, ) is an Arabic word meaning ''servant'', ''assistant'', ''boy'', or ''youth''. It is used to describe young servants in paradise. It is also used to refer to slave-soldiers in the Abbasid, Ottoman,

Safavid Safavid Iran or Safavid Persia (), also referred to as the Safavid Empire, '. was one of the greatest Iranian empires after the 7th-century Muslim conquest of Persia, which was ruled from 1501 to 1736 by the Safavid dynasty. It is often conside ...

and to a lesser extent, Mughal empires, as described in the article '' Ghilman'', which is the plural form of the word. It is traditionally used as the first element of compounded Muslim male given names, meaning ''servant of ...'', mostly in Persian (where it is pronounced ) and in Urdu. In both Persian and Urdu, the particle '' al-'' is not used with ''ghulam'' (unlike compounds formed with '' ʿabd''; e.g. ''Gholammohammad'', ''Gholamhoseyn'', ''Gholamali''... and ''Abd al-Muhammad'', ''Abd al-Husayn'', ''Abd al-Ali''...). Since the 20th century, ''Ghulam'' has also been used as an independent given name and surname.

People with the given name (not in compound)

* Ghulam Bombaywala, Pakistani-American restaurateur * Ghulam Ali Chowdhury (1824–1888), Bengali landlord and philanthropist * Ghulam Murshid, Bangladeshi author, scholar and journalist * Arbab Ghulam Rahim (born 1957), Pakistani politician * Ghulam Raziq (born 1932), Pakistani hurdler

People with the surname

* Nabil Gholam (born 1962), Lebanese architect *

Ali Gholam Ali Gholam ( fa, علی غلام; born 4 August 1981) is an Iranian footballer. Club career In July 2011, Gholam joined Rah Ahan Rah Ahan Sports Club ( fa, باشگاه ورزشی راه‌آهن, ''Bashgah-e Vârzeshi-ye Rahâhen''), commonl ...

(born 1981), Iranian footballer * Sara Ghulam (born 1989), Canadian model *

Jassim Ghulam Al-Hamd Jassim Mohammed Ghulam Al Hamd ( ar, جاسم محمد غلام الحمد) (born March 11, 1979 in Baghdad, Iraq) is an Iraqi former professional footballer who last played for Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya in Iraq. Information A tall defender, Ghulam w ...

(born 1979), Iraqi footballer

List of compounded given names with first part ''Ghulam''

* Ghulam Abbas * Ghulam Ahmad, also Ghulam Ahmed * Ghulam Ali * Ghulam Azam (1922–2014), Bangladeshi politician * Ghulam Dastagir * Ghulam Farid * Ghulam Faruq * Ghulam Hassan * Ghulam Haider * Ghulam Hussain also Gholam Hossein etc. *Ghulam Ishaq, notably borne by ** Ghulam Ishaq Khan (1915–2006), President of Pakistan *Ghulam Mansur, notably borne by ** Ghulam Mansoor (born 1812), Subedar-Major at Bhopal State in 1867 * Ghulam Mohammad, also Ghulam Mohammed, Ghulam Muhammad etc., notably borne by ** Ghulam Mohammad Baksh Butt (1878–1960), Pakistani wrestler known as "The Great Gama" * Ghulam Mohiuddin, also other spellings * Ghulam Murtaza * Ghulam Mustafa * Ghulam Nabi, notably borne by ** Ghulam Nabi Azad (born 1949) Indian politician *Ghulam Qadir, notably borne by ** Ghulam Qadir Khan (1920–1988), last ruler of the State of Las Bela in Balochistan, Pakistan * Ghulam Rabbani * Ghulam Rasul, also Ghulam Rasool * Gholam Reza, notably borne by ** Gholam Reza Pahlavi *Ghulam Sadiq, notably borne by **

Ghulam Sediq Wardak Ghulam Sediq Wardak (born 1942) is an Afghan inventor, credited with 341 inventions, none of which are patented. He is a local hero, despite being only semi-literate, and having no formal higher education Higher education is tertiary educat ...

(born 1942), Afghan peasant inventor {{given name, type=both

People with the given name (not in compound)

People with the surname

List of compounded given names with first part ''Ghulam''

See also