Mahbūb (also spelled Mahboob, or Mehboob, from

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: , passed to other languages such as ur, محبوب is a masculine given name.

Given name

Mahboob

Maulana Mahboob Alam Mahbub (or Mahboob) Alam (1863-1933) was an Indian journalist and publisher who lived in Gujranwala Gujranwala ( ur, , label=none; ) is a city and capital of Gujranwala Division located in Pakistan. It is also known as "City of Wrestlers" and ...

(1863–1933), founder of the daily Pakistani newspaper ''Paisa Akhbar'' * Mahaboob Ben Ali, Indo-Trinidadian and Tobagonian American businessman *

Mahboob Shah Syed Mahboob Ali Shah (born 13 October 1938) is a former Pakistani first-class cricketer and Test cricket umpire. Mahboob Shah was born in Delhi. Before becoming an umpire, he played in 14 first-class matches for Baluchistan, Central Zone, Kara ...

(born 1938), Pakistani cricketer and Test cricket umpire *

Mahboob Zahedi Mahboob Zahedi (2 February 1929 – 8 April 2006) was an Indian politician who represented the Katwa (Lok Sabha constituency) in West Bengal from 1996 till his death in 2006. A former soldier of Indian National Army, he had fought British for ...

(1929–2006), Indian politician who represented the Katwa in West Bengal from 1996 to 2006

Mahbub

Mahbub Ali Khan, Asaf Jah VI Asaf Jah VI, also known as, Sir Mir Mahboob Ali Khan Siddiqi Bayafandi (17 August 1866 – 29 August 1911) was the 6th Nizam of Hyderabad. He ruled Hyderabad state, one of the Princely states in India between 1869 and 1911. Early life Mahbo ...

, the 6th

Nizam The Nizams were the rulers of Hyderabad from the 18th through the 20th century. Nizam of Hyderabad (Niẓām ul-Mulk, also known as Asaf Jah) was the title of the monarch of the Hyderabad State ( divided between the state of Telangana, Mar ...

Hyderabad Deccan Hyderabad State () was a princely state located in the south-central Deccan region of India with its capital at the city of Hyderabad. It is now divided into the present-day state of Telangana, the Kalyana-Karnataka region of Karnataka, and t ...

Mahbub Ali Khan Mahbub Ali Khan ( bn, মাহবুব আলী খান; 3 November 1934 – 6 August 1984) was a Bangladesh Navy rear admiral and the Chief of Naval Staff from 1979 till his death in 1984. He is known for his heroic actions done for hi ...

, Bangladeshi Chief of Naval Staff *

Mahbub Jamal Zahedi Mahbub Jamal Zahedi also known as M J Zahedi (21 June 1929 – 7 December 2008) was a veteran journalist and philatelist from Pakistan. During a career of nearly fifty years he served as editor of the ''Khaleej Times'', Dubai, UAE as well the ne ...

(1929–2008), establishing newspaper editor of ''Khaleej Times''

Mehboob

Mehboob (singer) H. Mehboob ( ml, മെഹ്ബൂബ്; 1926–22 April 1981) was an Indian musician and playback singer. He was one of the most successful playback singers in the Malayalam film industry during the 1950s and early 1960s, with a good number ...

, Indian playback singer of Malayalam films *

Mehboob Ali Kaiser Choudhary Mehboob Ali Kaiser is an Indian politician and Member of Parliament from Khagaria (Lok Sabha constituency), Khagaria Lok Sabha Constituency. He started his political career from Indian National Congress. He was Member of Legislative As ...

, Indian politician *

Mehboob Khan Mehboob Khan (born Mehboob Khan Ramzan Khan; 9 September 1907
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(1907–1964), Indian film director and producer *

Mehboob Kotwal Mehboob Alam Kotwal (credited as Mehboob Kotwal or simply Mehboob) is a Bollywood film lyricist. He was born in the year 1961 in Bandra West, Mumbai and brought up in Mumbai city of Maharashtra, where he also received his primary education, fir ...

, Indian songwriter *

Mehboob Rahi Mehboob Rahi is a prominent poet of modern Urdu poetry Urdu poetry ( ur, ) is a tradition of poetry and has many different forms. Today, it is an important part of the cultures of South Asia. According to Naseer Turabi there are five major po ...

, Indian poet

Surname

Mahboob

Ahmar Mahboob Ahmar Mahboob is a Pakistani linguist. Currently he is an associate professor at the Department of Linguistics at the University of Sydney. He has worked in the fields of language policy development, pidgin and creole language, creole languages, ...

, teacher at the University of Sydney Department of Linguistics *

Ali Hasan Mahboob Ali Hasan Mahboob (born Silas Kirui on 31 December 1981 in Kapsabet) is a Kenyan-born Bahraini long-distance runner. He became a naturalized citizen of Bahrain (switching from his birth country Kenya) ahead of the 2006 season. His personal best t ...

(born 1981), Bahraini long-distance runner *

Kazi Golam Mahboob Kazi Golam Mahbub (23 December 1927 – 19 March 2006) was a Bangladeshi activist and politician. He participated in the Language Movement that took place in the erstwhile East Pakistan. Early life and education Mahbub was born in Kasba villag ...

, activist of the Language Movement that took place in the erstwhile East Pakistan *

Shahid Mahboob Shahid Mahboob (Urdu: شاہد محبوب; born 25 August 1962) is a Pakistani cricket coach and former cricketer who played in one Test match and ten One Day Internationals from 1982 to 1989, including at the 1983 Cricket World Cup. Education He ...

(born 1962), Pakistani cricketer

Mehboob

Farhan Mehboob Farhan Mehboob ( ur, فرحان محبوب; born 23 October 1988 in Nawa Kalay, Peshawar) is a professional squash player who represented Pakistan. He reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 16 in May 2009. Family Mehboob is coached b ...

, Pakistani squash player *

Waqar Mehboob Waqar Mehboob ( ur, وقار محبوب; born November 15, 1991 in Peshawar) is a professional squash player who represented Pakistan Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), is a country in S ...

, Pakistani squash player

Given name

Mahboob

Mahbub

Mehboob

Surname

Mahboob

Mehboob

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