Mahmud is a
transliteration
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of the male
Arabic
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given name (), common in most parts of the
Islamic world
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. It comes from the Arabic
triconsonantal
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root
Ḥ-M-D
( ar, ح-م-د, he, ח-מ-ד) is the triconsonantal root of many Arabic and some Hebrew words. Many of those words are used as names. The basic meaning expressed by the root is "to praise" in Arabic and "to desire" in Hebrew.'' A Concise Hebrew a ...
, meaning ''praise'', along with ''
Muhammad
Muhammad ( ar, مُحَمَّد; 570 – 8 June 632 Common Era, CE) was an Arab religious, social, and political leader and the founder of Islam. According to Muhammad in Islam, Islamic doctrine, he was a prophet Divine inspiration, di ...
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Siam Mahmud
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Mahmood (singer)
Alessandro Mahmoud (, ; born 12 September 1992), known professionally as Mahmood, is an Italian singer-songwriter. He rose to prominence after competing on the sixth season of the Italian version of ''The X Factor''. He has won the Sanremo Mus ...
(born 1992), full name Alessandro Mahmoud, Italian singer of Italian and Egyptian origin
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Mahmoud (horse)
Mahmoud (1933–1962) was a French-bred, British-trained Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. In a career which lasted from April 1935 to September 1936 he ran eleven times and won four races. In 1935 he won two of Britain's most important two-year ...
(foaled 1933),
French-bred, British-trained
Thoroughbred
The Thoroughbred is a horse breed best known for its use in horse racing. Although the word ''thoroughbred'' is sometimes used to refer to any breed of purebred horse, it technically refers only to the Thoroughbred breed. Thoroughbreds are c ...
racehorse
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and
sire
Sire is an archaic respectful form of address to reigning kings in Europe. In French and other languages it is less archaic and relatively more current. In Belgium, the king is addressed as "Sire..." in both Dutch and French.
The words "sire" a ...
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Mehmood (actor)
Mehmood Ali (29 September 1932 – 23 July 2004), popularly known simply as Mehmood, was an Indian actor, singer, director and producer best known for playing comic roles in Hindi films.[Mahmood Ali
Syed Mahmood Ali (1928 – 11 July 2008; Urdu:سید محمود علی) was a Pakistani radio, film, television and stage artist.
Early life and career
Mahmood Ali was born in Hyderabad Deccan in 1928. Mahmood Ali began his career with th ...]
(1928–2008), Pakistani radio, television and stage artist
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Mahmood Hussain (cricketer)
Mahmood Hussain (2 April 1932 – 25 December 1991) was a Pakistani cricketer who played in 27 Test cricket, Test matches from 1952 to 1962. He was a fast medium bowler who partnered with Fazal Mahmood after Khan Mohammad retired from Test cri ...
(1932–1991), Pakistani Test cricketer
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Mahmood Hussain (councillor), former Lord Mayor of
Birmingham
Birmingham ( ) is a city and metropolitan borough in the metropolitan county of West Midlands in England. It is the second-largest city in the United Kingdom with a population of 1.145 million in the city proper, 2.92 million in the West ...
, England
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Mahmood Mamdani
Mahmood Mamdani, FBA (born 23 April 1946) is an Indian-born Ugandan academic, author, and political commentator. He currently serves as the Chancellor of Kampala International University, Uganda. He was the director of the Makerere Institute o ...
(born 1946), Ugandan academic, author and political commentator
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Mahmood Monshipouri
Mahmood Monshipouri (born 1952) is an Iranian-born American educator, author, and scholar. He is a professor of international relations at San Francisco State University (SFSU).
He has a PhD (1987) from the University of Georgia. Monshipouri previ ...
(born 1952), Iranian-born American scholar, educator, and author
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Mahmood Shaam
Mahmood Shaam ( ur, ) born Tariq Mahmood ( ur, ) on 5 February 1940, is a Pakistani Urdu language journalist, poet, writer and news analyst.
After serving Pakistan's largest newspaper Jang Group for more than 16 years continuously as Group ...
(born 1940), Pakistani Urdu language journalist, poet writer and analyst
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Mahmood (singer)
Alessandro Mahmoud (, ; born 12 September 1992), known professionally as Mahmood, is an Italian singer-songwriter. He rose to prominence after competing on the sixth season of the Italian version of ''The X Factor''. He has won the Sanremo Mus ...
(born 1992), Italian singer-songwriter and participant in
Eurovision Song Contest 2019
The Eurovision Song Contest 2019 was the 64th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Tel Aviv, Israel, following the country's victory at the 2018 contest with the song " Toy" by Netta. Organised by the European Broad ...
and
Eurovision Song Contest 2022
The Eurovision Song Contest 2022 was the 66th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Turin, Italy, following the country's victory at the with the song "" by Måneskin. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and h ...
Mahmoud
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Mahmoud Abbas
Mahmoud Abbas ( ar, مَحْمُود عَبَّاس, Maḥmūd ʿAbbās; born 15 November 1935), also known by the kunya Abu Mazen ( ar, أَبُو مَازِن, links=no, ), is the president of the State of Palestine and the Palestinian Natio ...
, President of the State of Palestine
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Mahmoud al-Abrash
Mahmoud al-Abrash or Mahmoud el-Abrache ( ar, محمود الأبرش) (born 1944) is a Syrian politician. Career
He was originally an engineer in public works. He then left his job to engage in politics and became a member of the Baath party. He ...
(born 1944), Syrian politician
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Mahmoud Afshartous
Mahmoud Afshartous ( fa, محمود افشارطوس), also written Afshartoos (1907–24 April 1953), was an Iranian general and chief of police during the government of Prime Minister Mohammad Mossadegh. Afshartous was abducted and killed by an ...
(1907–1953), Iranian military officer
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Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad ( fa, محمود احمدینژاد, Mahmūd Ahmadīnežād ), born Mahmoud Sabbaghian ( fa, محمود صباغیان, Mahmoud Sabbāghyān, 28 October 1956), , former President of Iran
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Mahmoud Ahmed
Mahmoud Ahmed ( Amharic: ማሕሙድ አህመድ; born 8 May 1941) is an Ethiopian singer. He gained great popularity in Ethiopia in the 1970s and among the Ethiopian diaspora in the 1980s, before rising to international fame with African mus ...
, Ethiopian musician
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Mahmoud Baharmast
Mahmoud Baharmast (1899–1977) was an Iranian major general who served as the chief of staff of the Imperial Army in Iran in the period 1952–1953.
Early life and education
Baharmast was born in 1899 in Tehran. He graduated from Dar al-Fonun ...
, Iranian army general
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Mahmoud Balbaa
Mahmoud Saad Balbaa (born 30 January 1952) is an Egyptian engineer, businessman and former minister of electricity and energy in the Qandil cabinet.
Career
Balbaa was a member of the now disbanded National Democratic Party. An engineer by trai ...
, Egyptian businessman and politician
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Mahmoud Chahoud
Mahmoud Chahoud ( ar, محمود شحود; born 3 February 1976) is a Lebanese former footballer who played as a forward.
Chahoud began his career at Ahed in 1999, before joining Ansar in 2004. He won two consecutive domestic doubles, during ...
(born 1976), Lebanese footballer
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Mahmoud Darwish
Mahmoud Darwish ( ar, محمود درويش, Maḥmūd Darwīsh, 13 March 1941 – 9 August 2008) was a Palestinian poet and author who was regarded as the Palestinian national poet. He won numerous awards for his works. Darwish used Palestine ...
, Palestinian poet
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Mahmoud Fakhry Pasha
Mahmoud Fakhry Pasha (1884–1955) was an Egyptian politician and diplomat. He held several cabinet and high-ranking diplomacy posts. He was related to the Muhammad Ali dynasty, royal family of Egypt who married first the daughter of Sultan Husse ...
(1884–1955), Egyptian politician and diplomat
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Mahmoud Guinia
Mahmoud Guinia ( ar, محمود ﯕينيا, and rarely or ; also spelled Gania, Guinea or Khania; 1951 – 2 August 2015) was a Moroccan Gnawa musician, singer and guembri player, who was traditionally regarded as a Maâllem (), i.e. master. T ...
, Moroccan singer
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Mahmoud Hussein
Mahmoud Hussein (born 12 December 1966) is an Egyptian journalist for Al Jazeera. He was held in an Egyptian prison for four years, without being charged or going through trial, until his release on 6 February 2021. His incarceration was in violat ...
, Egyptian journalist
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Mahmoud Hweimel (died 2013), Jordanian politician
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Mahmoud Jaballah
) is an Egyptian who has been detained in Canada without charge on a "security certificate" since August 2001 due to his association with members of al-Jihad.[Mahmoud el-Meliguy
Mahmoud el-Meliguy ( arz, محمود المليجي, ; 22 December 1910 – 6 June 1983) was an Egyptian screenwriter and an actor of film, theater, and television. He started his career playing minor roles, but achieved stardom in the late 1 ...]
, Egyptian Actor
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Mahmoud an-Nukrashi Pasha
Mahmoud Fahmy El Nokrashy Pasha (April 26, 1888 – December 28, 1948) ( ar, محمود فهمى النقراشى باشا, ) was an Egyptian political figure. He was the second prime minister of the Kingdom of Egypt.
Early life ...
, Prime Minister of Egypt 1945–1946 and 1946–1948
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Mahmoud Salem
Mahmoud Salem ( ar, محمود سالم) (1931–24 February 2013) was an Egyptian author known for writing mystery and children's books, including the Al Moghameron Al Khamsa adventure series. He has been referred to as the ''Godfather of Egy ...
(1931–2013), Egyptian journalist and author
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Mahmoud Abdel Salam Omar
Mahmoud Abdel Salam Omar is an Egyptian businessman. He is the Chairman of El-Mex Salines, an Egyptian salt production company, and was formerly Chairman of Egypt's Bank of Alexandria and head of the Egyptian Banks Federation. In May 2011, he ...
, Egyptian businessman
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Mahmoud Abdul Razak, Syrian footballer
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Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf
Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf (born Chris Wayne Jackson; March 9, 1969) is an American former professional basketball player. He played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for nine years with the Denver Nuggets, Sacramento Kings and Vancouver Gri ...
, American basketball player
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Mahmoud el-Sisi
Mahmoud el-Sisi ( ar, محمود السيسي; born 1982) is the deputy head of the Egyptian General Intelligence Directorate and the son of Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi.
Biography
Mahmoud is the oldest son of President Abdel Fattah E ...
(born 1982), Egyptian brigadier general and son of President Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi
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Mahmoud Zakzouk (1933–2020), Egyptian academic
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Mahmoud Abu Zeid
Mahmoud Abu Zeid, also known as Shawkan (born c. 1987), an Egyptian photojournalist, was arrested for taking photos of the Rabaa massacre in Cairo, Egypt and imprisoned during the post-coup unrest by the Egyptian government since 2013, where ...
, also known as Shawkan, (born c. 1987), Egyptian photojournalist
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Mahmoud Taleghani
Sayyid Mahmoud Alaee Taleghani ( fa, محمود طالقانی, , also Romanized as Seyed Mahmūd Tāleqānī; 5 March 1911 – 9 September 1979) was an Iranian theologian, Muslim reformer, democracy advocate and a senior Shi'a Islamic Scholar ...
, Iranian Shia Cleric
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Mahmoud Alavi
Al-Zobb Mahmoud Alavi ( fa, محمود علوی; born 4 May 1954) is an Iranian conservative politician, and formerly minister of intelligence in Hassan Rouhani's government.
Early life
Alavi was born in Lamerd, Fars province, in 1954. He ho ...
, Iranian Shia Cleric
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Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi
Sayyid Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi ( fa, سید محمود هاشمی شاهرودی, 15 August 1948 – 24 December 2018) was an Iranian Twelver Shia cleric and conservative politician who was the Chairman of the Expediency Discernment Council fr ...
, Iranian Shia Cleric
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Mahmoud Mar'ashi Najafi
Mahmoud Mar'ashi Najafi or Seyyed Mahmoud Mar'ashi Najafi (born 1941) is an Iranian librarian, Bibliographer and manuscript expert. He is the director of Mar'ashi Najafi Library, which he says is one of the largest libraries in Iran and the wor ...
, Iranian Shia Cleric
*, Iranian Shia Cleric
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Mahmoud Nabavian
Sayyid Mahmoud Nabavian ( fa, سید محمود نبویان) is an Iranian Shia cleric and conservative politician who formerly was a member of the Parliament of Iran representing Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr.
See also
* Morteza Agh ...
, Iranian Shia Cleric
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Mahmoud Salavati, Iranian Shia Cleric
Mahmud
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Mahmud al-Kashgari
Mahmud ibn Husayn ibn Muhammed al-Kashgari, ''Maḥmūd ibnu 'l-Ḥusayn ibn Muḥammad al-Kāšġarī'', , tr, Kaşgarlı Mahmûd, ug, مەھمۇد قەشقىرى, ''Mehmud Qeshqiri'' / Мәһмуд Қәшқири uz, Mahmud Qashg'ariy / М ...
, Uyghur scholar
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Mahmud Al-Nashaf, Israeli Arab politician
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Mahmud Hotaki
Shāh Mahmūd Hotak, ( Pashto/ Dari: ), also known as Shāh Mahmūd Ghiljī () (lived 1697 – April 22, 1725), was an Afghan ruler of the Hotak dynasty who overthrew the heavily declined Safavid dynasty to briefly become the king of Persia fr ...
, Afghan ruler
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Mahmud I, Sultan of Ottoman Empire 1730–1754
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Mahmud II
Mahmud II ( ota, محمود ثانى, Maḥmûd-u s̠ânî, tr, II. Mahmud; 20 July 1785 – 1 July 1839) was the 30th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1808 until his death in 1839.
His reign is recognized for the extensive administrative, ...
, Sultan of Ottoman Empire 1808–1839
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Mahmud II of Great Seljuk
Mahmud II ( 1105 – 1131) was the Seljuk sultan of Baghdad from 1118–1131 following the death of his father Muhammad I Tapar. At the time Mahmud was fourteen, and ruled over Iraq and Persia.
Biography
During Mahmud's early reign, his vassa ...
, Sultan of Baghdad in 1118
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Mahmud Khalid, Ghanaian politician
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Mahmud Mahmud
Mahmud Mahmud ( fa, محمود محمود; 1881–1965) was an Iranian politician and historian. He served as Governor of Tehran, Member of Parliament, and Minister of Post and Telegraph.
He also was active academically. He wrote many articles a ...
, Iranian politician
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Mahmud of Ghazni
Yamīn-ud-Dawla Abul-Qāṣim Maḥmūd ibn Sebüktegīn ( fa, ; 2 November 971 – 30 April 1030), usually known as Mahmud of Ghazni or Mahmud Ghaznavi ( fa, ), was the founder of the Turkic Ghaznavid dynasty, ruling from 998 to 1030. At th ...
, ruler of Ghazni 997–1030
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Mahmud Shah (Sultan of Malacca), Sultan of Malacca 1488–1528
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Mahmud Shah Durrani
Mahmud Shah Durrani ( Persian: ; 1769 – 18 April 1829), also known as Shah Mahmud, or Mahmud Shah Abdali, was the ruler of the Durrani Empire between 1801 and 1803, and again between 1809 and 1818. From 1818 to 1829, he was the emir of Herat. A ...
, ruler of Afghanistan 1801–1803 & 1809–1818
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Mahmud Tarzi
Mahmud Tarzi ( ps, محمود طرزۍ, Dari: محمود بیگ طرزی; August 23, 1865 – November 22, 1933) was an Afghan politician and intellectual. He is known as the father of Afghan journalism. He became a key figure in the history of ...
, Afghan journalist
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Mahmud Arif
Mahmud Abd al-Khayr Al Arif ( ar, محمود عارف, translit= Maḥmūd ʿĀrif; 1909 – 1 March 2001), commonly known as Mahmud Arif, was a Saudi Arabian poet. He was born in Old Jedda, Hejaz. After studying in Kuttab for three years, he ...
, Saudi Arabian poet
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Mahmud Deobandi
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Mahmud Hasan Deobandi
Mahmud Hasan Deobandi (also known as Shaykh al-Hind; 1851–1920) was an Indian Muslim scholar and an activist of the Indian independence movement, who co-founded the Jamia Millia Islamia university and launched the Silk Letter Movement for t ...
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Mahmud Hasan Gangohi
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Mufti Mahmud
Mufti Mehmood ( ur, ; 1919–1980) was a Pakistani politician and Islamic scholar who was one of the founding members of the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI).[Mahmut Bezgin
Mahmut Bezgin (born March 1, 1986 in Gaziantep, Turkey) is a Turkish people, Turkish football (soccer), footballer, who is currently playing for Turkish side Sivasspor. He is tall and weighs .
External links
Guardian Stats Centre]
1986 bi ...
, Turkish footballer
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Mahmut Boz
Mahmut Boz (born 16 April 1991) is a Turkish people, Turkish association football, footballer who plays as a Defender (association football), defender for Bayburt Özel İdarespor.
ReferencesOsmanlıspor'da garip transfer yurtspor.com, 15 January ...
, Turkish footballer
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Mahmut Bozteke
Mahmut Bozteke (born 21 June 1997) is a Turkish Para Taekwondo athlete.https://teamturkiye.gov.tr/sporcularimiz/paralimpik-sporcularimiz/sporcu/mahmut-bozteke He qualified for the para-taekwondo games at the rescheduled 2020 Summer Paralympics ...
(born 1997), Turkish para taekwondo practitioner
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Mahmut Celal Bayar, third President of Turkey
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Mahmut Cuhruk, Turkish judge
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Mahmut Demir
Mahmut Demir (21 January 1970 in Amasya, Turkey), is a former Turkish Olympic, World and European champion sports in the super heavyweight class. He won the gold medal at the 1996 Olympics in Men's Freestyle wrestling.
Wrestling career
He was bo ...
, Turkish sport wrestler
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Mahmut Hoşgiz
Mahmut Hoşgiz (born 16 September 1975) is a Turkish footballer.
Career
Born in Hafik, Sivas, Hoşgiz played professional football for Sivasspor in the TFF First League, where he was club captain. He also previously played for Petrolofisi, Eyü ...
, Turkish footballer
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Mahmut Özdemir
Mahmut Özdemir (born 23 June 1987 in Duisburg, Germany) is a German politician for the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) who has been a member of the Bundestag since 2013, representing the Duisburg II district.
In addition to his parli ...
(born 1987), German politician of Turkish descent
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Mahmut Özgener, Turkish Football Federation president
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Mahmut Şenol, Turkish author
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Mahmut Tekdemir, Turkish footballer
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Mahmut Yavuz
Mahmut Yavuz (born 1982) is a Turkish Navy officer, who serves, currently as a lieutenant, in the SAT Commando (Underwater Attack) unit of the Marines and Special Forces. He is best known for his successful career as an ultramarathon runner and ...
, Turkish navy officer and ultramarathon runner
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Mahmut Yıldırım Mahmut Yıldırım (born 1951, Yenidal, Solhan, Bingöl Province), better known as Yeşil ( Turkish for "Green"), is a Turkish rogue agent of Zaza origins. He is wanted for the murders of eight people in Turkey. Among the murders he is accused o ...
, Kurdish contract killer
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Mahmut Yilmaz
Mahmud is a transliteration of the male Arabic given name (), common in most parts of the Islamic world. It comes from the Arabic triconsonantal root Ḥ-M-D, meaning ''praise'', along with ''Muhammad''.
Siam Mahmud
*Mahmood (singer) (born 199 ...
, German footballer of Turkish descent
Mehmood
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Mehmood Ali
Mehmood Ali (29 September 1932 – 23 July 2004), popularly known simply as Mehmood, was an Indian actor, singer, director and producer best known for playing comic roles in Hindi films.[Mehmood Aslam
Mehmood Aslam is a Pakistani television and stage actor. He has appeared in classic drama series such as ''Andhera Ujala'', ''Payas'', '' Din'', ''Janjaalpura'' and is commonly known for his role in ongoing comedy series ''Bulbulay''. Some of ...]
, Pakistani Television & Stage Actor
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Mehmood Bhatti
Mehmood Bhatti is a Pakistani-French fashion designer.
Biography
Mehmood was born in Lahore, Pakistan, and graduated from Government College University. Bhatti immigrated to France
France (), officially the French Republic ( ), ...
, Pakistani fashion designer
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Mehmood Quaraishy, Kenyan cricketer
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Mehmood Sham, Pakistani journalist
Mehmud
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Maulana Mehmud Hasan
Mahmud Hasan Deobandi (also known as Shaykh al-Hind; 1851–1920) was an Indian Muslim scholar and an activist of the Indian independence movement, who co-founded the Jamia Millia Islamia university and launched the Silk Letter Movement for t ...
, Indian independence activist
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Mehmud Khurd, Pakistani ruler
Surname
Mahmood
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Abdullah al Mahmood
Abdullah Al Mahmood ( bn, আব্দুল্লাহ আল মাহমুদ; 1900–1975) was a Bengali politician and lawyer who served as the Minister of Industries and Natural Resources of Pakistan.
Early life and education
Abdullah al ...
, Bengali politician, lawyer and former minister in Pakistan
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Iqbal Hasan Mahmud, Bangladeshi politician and minister
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Kashif Mahmood (cricketer, born 1985)
Kashif Mahmood (born 21 December 1985) is a former Pakistani cricketer who played first-class cricket from 2003 to 2016.
Mahmood was a wicket-keeper who played most of his first-class cricket for Lahore teams. His outstanding season was 2010 ...
, Pakistani cricketer
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Saba Mahmood, American anthropologist
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Sajid Mahmood
Sajid Iqbal Mahmood (Urdu: ساجد اقبال محمود, ''Sājid Iqbāl Maḥmūd''; born 21 December 1981) is a former English cricketer, who played all formats of the game. He is a right-arm fast-medium bowler who played international cri ...
, English cricketer
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Sultan Bashiruddin Mahmood
Sultan Bashiruddin Mahmood ( ur, سلطان بشیر الدین محمود; b. 1940;, ) is a Pakistani nuclear engineer and a scholar of Islamic studies. He was the subject of a criminal investigation launched by the Federal Investigation Age ...
, Pakistani nuclear engineer
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Shabana Mahmood
Shabana Mahmood ( ur, شبانہ محمود; born 17 September 1980) is a British Labour Party politician and barrister serving as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Birmingham Ladywood since 2010. Retrieved 7 December 2011 She has served in the ...
, British politician
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Shahid Mahmood
Shahid Mahmood (Urdu: شاہد محمود) (17 March 1939 – 13 December 2020) was a Pakistani cricketer who played in one Test in 1962.
He played first-class cricket in Pakistan from 1957 to 1969. He played his only Test on the tour to ...
, Pakistani cricketer
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Syed Mahmood, Indian jurist
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Tahir Mahmood, Indian jurist
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Talat Mahmood
Talat Mahmood (24 February 1924 – 9 May 1998) was an Indian playback singer who is considered one of the popular male Indian film song and ghazal singers. Although he tried his luck as a film actor, he did not succeed a great deal in actin ...
, Indian singer and actor
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Zia Mahmood
Mir Zia Mahmood (born 7 January 1946) is a Pakistani-American professional bridge player. He is a World Bridge Federation and American Contract Bridge League Grand Life Master. As of April 2011 he was the 10th-ranked World Grand Master.
Biograp ...
, Pakistani bridge player
Mahmoud
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Ahmad Mahmoud, Iranian novelist
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Alessandro Mahmoud, better known as Mahmood, Italian singer
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Emtithal Mahmoud, Sudanese poet and activist
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Karem Mahmoud
Karem Mahmoud ( ar, كارم محمود) (March 16, 1922 – January 15, 1995), also known as "''the Melodious Knight''", was a popular Egyptian singer and actor. He was also popular in the Arab world.
Karem was born on March 16, 1922 in the ...
, Egyptian singer
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Shaaban Mahmoud
Mahmoud Mahmoud ( ar, محمود محمود; born June 13, 1981) is an Egyptian footballer. He now plays in the defender position for Minya. He was a member of the Egyptian Olympic Team. Mahmoud played for Egypt at the 2001 FIFA World Youth Cha ...
, Egyptian footballer
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Younis Mahmoud
Younis Mahmoud Khalaf ( ar, يونس محمود خلف; born 3 February 1983) is an Iraqi former professional footballer who played as a forward for the Iraq national football team and is currently the second vice-president of the Iraq Footbal ...
, Iraqi footballer
Mahmud
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Abid Hamid Mahmud
Lieutenant General Abid Al-Hamid Mahmud al-Tikriti ( ; ar, عبد الحميد محمود التكريتي) (21 September 1957 – 7 June 2012) was an Iraqi military officer and Saddam Hussein's personal secretary.
Biography
Mahmud began his ...
, Iraqi general
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A. T. Mahmud, Indonesian songwriter
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Firoz Mahmud
Firoz Mahmud ( bn, ফিরোজ মাহমুদ) is a Bangladeshi visual artist based in Japan. He was the first Bangladeshi fellow artist in research at Rijksakademie Van Beeldende Kunsten in Amsterdam. Mahmud's work has been exhibited at t ...
, Bangladeshi Contemporary Artist
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Hayat Mahmud
Hayat Mahmud ( bn, হায়াত মাহমুদ) was a late 18th-century Bengali Muslim commander who later became the feudal lord of Buzurg-Umedpur in Barisal. He is best known as a freedom fighter against the British East India Company, ...
, Bengali feudal lord and military commander
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Heyat Mahmud, medieval Bengali poet
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Khaled Mahmud
Khaled Mahmud Sujon (born 26 July 1971) is a former Bangladeshi cricketer and a former Test and One Day International captain. A medium-pace bowler and middle-order batsman, he played international cricket for Bangladesh from 1998 to 2006, capta ...
, Bangladeshi cricketer
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Mahmud Mahmud
Mahmud Mahmud ( fa, محمود محمود; 1881–1965) was an Iranian politician and historian. He served as Governor of Tehran, Member of Parliament, and Minister of Post and Telegraph.
He also was active academically. He wrote many articles a ...
, Iranian academic and politician
Mehmood
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Arif Mehmood
Arif Mehmood (born June 21, 1983) is a Pakistani former footballer who played as a striker. He has been the top-scorer in the Pakistan Premier League five times, leading the charts in 2004–05, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2009–10 and 2010–11 ...
, Pakistani footballer
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Arshad Mehmood (composer)
Arshad Mehmood is a Pakistani actor, music composer, and a singer.
Early life and career
He had started composing music for Pakistan Television Corporation back in 1972.
EMI Pakistan period
He later was the driving force behind EMI Pakistan ...
, Pakistani actor and music composer
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Arshad Mehmood (singer)
Arshad Mehmood is a Pakistani singer.
Many of his songs for the Pakistani film industry, Lollywood, have been popular. He won the Nigar Award for Best Playback Singer in 1992 and then again in 1996.
Super-hit film songs
* "Dekha Jo Chehra T ...
, Pakistani singer
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Faakhir Mehmood
Faakhir Mehmood ( ur, ) is a Pakistani actor, singer, keyboradist, composer and music producer. He started out his career with the Pakistani musical group Awaz. However, due to conflicts of interest, the band split in 2000 and they all went t ...
, Pakistani singer
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Hasnat Mehmood, Pakistani artist
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Kashif Mehmood
Kashif Mehmood (Punjabi, ur, کاشف محمود) is a Pakistani television actor.
Television
Films
* ''Sultanat'' (2014)
Awards and nominations
* 2012
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, Pakistani actor
Mehmud
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Salim Mehmud
Dr. Salim Mehmud, also known as Salim Mehmood, is a Pakistani rocket scientist and a nuclear engineer. He is the former chairman of Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission (SUPARCO). He has served as chief scientist at the Defence Scienc ...
, Pakistani rocket scientist
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