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

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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 Bihar Sharif is the headquarters of Nalanda district and the fifth-largest sub-metropolitan area in the eastern Indian state of Bihar. Its name is a combination of two words: ''Bihar'', derived from '' vihara'' (meaning monastery), also the nam ...

* 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 Hamza Makhdoom, popularly known as Makhdoom Sahib (c. 1494 – c. 1576), was a Sufi mystic living in Kashmir. He is sometimes referred to as Mehboob-ul-Alam (literally, "beloved of the world") and Sultan-ul-Aarifeen (literally, "king among tho ...

– 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 Lahore ( ; pnb, ; ur, ) is the second most populous city in Pakistan after Karachi and 26th most populous city in the world, with a population of over 13 million. It is the capital of the province of Punjab where it is the largest city. ...

who laid first foundation of the Golden Temple in Amritsar * Makhdoom Ali Mahimi – a Sufi saint from the Konkan in India *\Yousaf Raza Gillani, Makhdoom Syed Yousaf Raza Gillani – a former Prime Minister of Pakistan * Ameen Faheem, Makhdoom Muhammad Ameen Faheem – a former Pakistani politician and leader of Pakistan Peoples Party, PPP * Faisal Saleh Hayat, Makhdoom Syed Faisal Saleh Hayat – a Pakistani politician affiliated with Pakistan Muslim League (Q), PML-Q and former Interior Minister of Pakistan * Javed Hashmi, Makhdoom Muhammad Javed Hashmi – a Pakistani politician, and central leader of Pakistan Muslim League (N), PML-N * Makhdoom Ali Khan – a former Attorney General of Pakistan * Makhdoom Khusro Bakhtiar – a Pakistani politician, former Ministry of Industries and Production (Pakistan), Minister for Industries & Production of Pakistan * Makhdoom Mohiuddin – an Urdu poet and Marxist politician from India * Sayed Makhdoom Raheen – an ambassador of Afghanistan to India and former Information Minister of Afghanistan * Shah Mehmood Qureshi, Makhdoom Shah Mehmood Qureshi – a Pakistani politician, former Foreign Minister of Pakistan * Talib-ul-Mola, Makhdoom Muhammad Zaman Talib-ul-Mola – the founding member of Pakistan Peoples Party and famous Sindhi people, Sindhi poet * Makhdoom Shahabuddin – a Pakistani politician * Ammar Aziz - a Pakistani filmmaker * Shah Makhdum - a Sufi saint from Shahjadpur Upazila, Shahzadpur in Bangladesh. * Shah Makhdum Rupos - a Sufi saint from the Varendra in Bangladesh.

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