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-
( ar, ٱلْـ), also Romanized as ''el-'', ''il-,'' and ''l-'' as pronounced in some varieties of Arabic, is the definite article in the Arabic language: a particle (''ḥarf'') whose function is to render the noun on which it is prefixed def ...
'' 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)
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Ghulam Bombaywala
Ghulam Mohammed "Bombay" Bombaywala is a Pakistani-American restaurateur in Houston.Ghulam Ali Chowdhury (1824–1888), Bengali landlord and philanthropist
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Ghulam Murshid
Ghulam Murshid ( Born 8 April 1940 ) is a Bangladeshi author, scholar and journalist, based in London. He won a number of awards, including Bangla Academy Literary Award in 1982 for his contribution to research.; Prothom Alo Book Award in 2007 ...
, Bangladeshi author, scholar and journalist
* Arbab Ghulam Rahim (born 1957), Pakistani politician
* Ghulam Raziq (born 1932), Pakistani hurdler
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
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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 Azam
Ghulam Azam ( bn, গোলাম আযম; 7 November 192223 October 2014) was a Bangladeshi Islamist politician. He was the former leader of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami, the largest Islamist political party in Bangladesh.
Azam was arrested b ...
Ghulam Qadir Khan
Jam Mir Ghulam Qadir Khan Korejo (Urdu: جام غلام قادرخان عالياني) was the 11th Jam of Lasbela who also served as the 2nd Chief Minister of Balochistan. He belonged to Koreja Family of the Samma tribe who ruled over Sindh. H ...
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
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See also
* Ghilman, young servants in paradise or slave-soldiers in the Abbasid, Ottoman, Safavid and to a lesser extent, Mughal empires
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Ghulam Khan
Ghulām Khān (Pashto/) is a town in North Waziristan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Ghulam Khan is on the border between Pakistan and Afghanistan. It is the third most important border crossing point between Pakistan and Afghanistan, after Wesh ...