Makhdoom ( ar, مخدوم, meaning ''one who is served'' and sometimes spelled Makhdum, bn, মখদুম, Mokhdum) is an Arabic word meaning "Teacher of

Sunnah In Islam, , also spelled ( ar, سنة), are the traditions and practices of the Islamic prophet Muhammad that constitute a model for Muslims to follow. The sunnah is what all the Muslims of Muhammad's time evidently saw and followed and passed ...

." It is a title for

Pir Pir or PIR may refer to: Places * Pir, Kerman, a village in Kerman Province, Iran * Pir, Satu Mare, commune in Satu Mare County, Romania Religion * Pir (Alevism), one of the 12 ranks of Imam in Alevism * Pir (Sufism), a Sufi teacher or spiritu ...

s, in

South South is one of the cardinal directions or Points of the compass, compass points. The direction is the opposite of north and is perpendicular to both east and west. Etymology The word ''south'' comes from Old English ''sūþ'', from earlier Pro ...

and Central Asia.

People with the title Makhdoom

Makhdoom Yahya Maneri Makhdoom Yahiya Maneri ( ur, , hi, Makhdoom) was an Indian Sufi saint of the 13th century. His tomb in courtyard of a mosque, located in Maner, 29 km from Patna, Bihar, India. Biography His complete name is Kamaaluddin Yahya Maneri. He wa ...

(1263 - 1379 AD) – a mystic who lived in Bihar Sharif * Makhdoom Jahaniyan Jahangasht (1308- 1384 AD) - a world-traveling Sufi Saint who was spiritual master of king Firoz Shah Tughlaq, Ashraf Jahangir Simnani and 80 makhdooms of his time. * Hamza Makhdoom – a mystic from

Kashmir Kashmir () is the northernmost geographical region of the Indian subcontinent. Until the mid-19th century, the term "Kashmir" denoted only the Kashmir Valley between the Great Himalayas and the Pir Panjal Range. Today, the term encompas ...

(d. 1563 AD) * Makhdoom Mian Mir – a Sufi mystic from Lahore who laid first foundation of the Golden Temple in

Amritsar Amritsar (), historically also known as Rāmdāspur and colloquially as ''Ambarsar'', is the second largest city in the Indian state of Punjab, after Ludhiana. It is a major cultural, transportation and economic centre, located in the Majha r ...

* Makhdoom Ali Mahimi – a

Sufi Sufism ( ar, ''aṣ-ṣūfiyya''), also known as Tasawwuf ( ''at-taṣawwuf''), is a mystic body of religious practice, found mainly within Sunni Islam but also within Shia Islam, which is characterized by a focus on Islamic spirituality, ...

saint from the Konkan in India *\ Makhdoom Syed Yousaf Raza Gillani – a former Prime Minister of Pakistan * Makhdoom Muhammad Ameen Faheem – a former Pakistani politician and leader of PPP *

Makhdoom Syed Faisal Saleh Hayat Makhdoom Syed Faisal Saleh Hayat ( ur, مخدوم سيد فیصل صالح حیات; born 1952 in Lahore) is a Pakistani politician from Jhang, Punjab and sports administrator. He is currently serving as the President of South Asian Football Fe ...

– a Pakistani politician affiliated with PML-Q and former Interior Minister of Pakistan * Makhdoom Muhammad Javed Hashmi – a Pakistani politician, and central leader of PML-N * Makhdoom Ali Khan – a former Attorney General of Pakistan * Makhdoom Khusro Bakhtiar – a Pakistani politician, former Minister for Industries & Production of Pakistan * Makhdoom Mohiuddin – an

Urdu poet 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 poets of Urdu which are Mir Taqi Mir (d.1810), Mirza Ghali ...

and

Marxist Marxism is a Left-wing politics, left-wing to Far-left politics, far-left method of socioeconomic analysis that uses a Materialism, materialist interpretation of historical development, better known as historical materialism, to understand S ...

politician from India *

Sayed Makhdoom Raheen Dr. Sayed Makhdoom Raheen (Persian language, Persian: سید مخدوم رهین) is a Persian language, Persian author and an Afghan politician. He is an ethnic Tajiks, Tajik and is a dual citizen (holds American citizenship). Life He was bor ...

– an ambassador of Afghanistan to India and former Information Minister of Afghanistan * Makhdoom Shah Mehmood Qureshi – a Pakistani politician, former

Foreign Minister of Pakistan The Minister of Foreign Affairs (or simply the Foreign Minister) is the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Pakistan), Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Government of Pakistan. The minister is responsible for overseeing the federal governmen ...

* Makhdoom Muhammad Zaman Talib-ul-Mola – the founding member of

Pakistan Peoples Party The Pakistan People's Party ( ur, , ; PPP) is a centre-left, social-democratic political party in Pakistan. It is currently the third largest party in the National Assembly and second largest in the Senate of Pakistan. The party was founded ...

and famous Sindhi poet *

Makhdoom Shahabuddin Makhdoom Shahabuddin (Urdu, Saraiki: ; born 7 April 1947) is a Pakistani politician and was a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan (February 2008 to May 2013) who has held federal ministerial portfolios for finance, health and textiles. ...

– a Pakistani politician * Ammar Aziz - a Pakistani filmmaker * Shah Makhdum - a Sufi saint from

Shahzadpur Shahjadpur ( bn, শাহজাদপুর) is an upazila or sub-district of Sirajganj District in Rajshahi Division of Bangladesh. History Makhdum Shah Daulah Shahid was a Fourteenth Century Muslim saint recognized for his preaching of Islam ...

in Bangladesh. *

Shah Makhdum Rupos ‘Abd al-Quddūs Jalāl ad-Dīn ( ar, عبد القدوس جلال الدين), best known as Shah Makhdum ( bn, শাহ মখদুম), and also known as Rupos, was a Sufi Muslim figure in Bangladesh. He is associated with the spread of Is ...

- a Sufi saint from the Varendra in Bangladesh.

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