# Mahmud

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{{Infobox given name
| name = Mahmud<br/>{{Nobold|{{lang|ar|محمود}}}}
| image=II. Mahmud (Bilinmeyen Ressam).jpg
| imagesize=
| caption=A painted depiction of [Sultan Mahmud II](/source/Sultan_Mahmud_II)
| pronunciation= {{IPA|ar|maħˈmuːd|lang}}<br/>{{IPA|ur|mɛɦˈmuːd̪|lang}}
| gender = Male 
| meaning = Praiseworthy
| region = 
| languageorigin = Arabic
| related names = 
| cognate = [Muhammad](/source/Muhammad_(name))
| derived = [H-M-D](/source/H-M-D) root
| anglicisation = Mahmood, Mahmad, Mahmoud, Mahmut, Makhmud, Mehmood, [Mehmed](/source/Mehmed), Mehmud, Mahmoed, Malamud, Mahmmoud
| alternative spelling = 
| footnotes = 
| wikt = 
}}

'''Mahmud''' is a [transliteration](/source/Romanization_of_Arabic) of the male [Arabic](/source/Arabic) given name {{lang|ar|محمود}} ({{Transliteration|ar|''Maḥmūd''}}), common in most parts of the [Islamic world](/source/Islamic_world). It comes from the Arabic [triconsonantal](/source/triconsonantal) root [Ḥ-M-D](/source/%E1%B8%A4-M-D), meaning ''praise'', along with ''[Muhammad](/source/Muhammad_(name))''.

==Given name==
===Mahmood===
*[Mahmood Ali](/source/Mahmood_Ali) (1928–2008), Pakistani radio, television and stage artist
*[Mahmood Hussain (cricketer)](/source/Mahmood_Hussain_(cricketer)) (1932–1991), Pakistani Test cricketer
*[Shah Mahmood Qureshi](/source/Shah_Mahmood_Qureshi) (born 1956), Pakistani politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2018 to 2022
*[Mahmood Shaam](/source/Mahmood_Shaam) (born 1940), Pakistani Urdu language journalist, poet writer and analyst
*[Mahmood Yakubu](/source/Mahmood_Yakubu) (born 1962), Nigerian academic and current chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission
*[Mahmood Monshipouri](/source/Mahmood_Monshipouri) (born 1952), Iranian-born American scholar, educator, and author
*[Mahmooda Sultana](/source/Mahmooda_Sultana), Aerospace engineer (NASA)
*[Begum Mahmooda Salim Khan](/source/Begum_Mahmooda_Salim_Khan) (1913–2007), Pakistani social worker
*[Mahmood Hussein Mattan](/source/Mahmood_Hussein_Mattan) (1923–1952), Somalian merchant seaman
*[Zafar Mahmood Abbasi](/source/Zafar_Mahmood_Abbasi), four-star admiral of the Pakistan Navy
*[Muhammad Mahmood Alam](/source/Muhammad_Mahmood_Alam) (1935–2013), Pakistani fighter pilot
*[Mahmood Anjir Faghnawi](/source/Mahmood_Anjir_Faghnawi) (1231–1317), the 13th sheikh in the chain of the masters of the Naqshbandi Order
*[Mahmood Mamdani](/source/Mahmood_Mamdani) (born 1946), Indian-born Ugandan academic, author, and political commentator

===Mahmoud===
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*[Mahmoud Abbas](/source/Mahmoud_Abbas) (born 1935), President of the State of Palestine
*[Mahmoud al-Abrash](/source/Mahmoud_al-Abrash) (born 1944), Syrian politician 
*[Mahmoud Afshartous](/source/Mahmoud_Afshartous) (1907–1953), Iranian military officer
*[Mahmoud Ahmadinejad](/source/Mahmoud_Ahmadinejad) (born 1956), Iranian politician, President of Iran (2005–2013)
*[Mahmoud Ahmed](/source/Mahmoud_Ahmed) (born 1941), Ethiopian musician
*[Mahmoud Alavi](/source/Mahmoud_Alavi) (born 1954), Iranian Shia Cleric
*[Mahmoud Alavi (military officer)](/source/Mahmoud_Alavi_(military_officer)), Iranian military officer
*[Mahmoud El-Araby](/source/Mahmoud_El-Araby) (1932–2021), Egyptian businessman and philanthropist
*[Mahmoud Baharmast](/source/Mahmoud_Baharmast) (1899–1977), Iranian army general
*[Mahmoud Balbaa](/source/Mahmoud_Balbaa) (born 1952), Egyptian businessman and politician
*[Mahmoud Chahoud](/source/Mahmoud_Chahoud) (born 1976), Lebanese footballer
*[Mahmoud Charr](/source/Mahmoud_Charr) (born 1984), German professional boxer
*[Mahmoud Darwish](/source/Mahmoud_Darwish) (1941–2008), Palestinian poet
*[Mahmoud Dahoud](/source/Mahmoud_Dahoud) (born 1996), German professional footballer
*[Mahmoud Dowlatabadi](/source/Mahmoud_Dowlatabadi) (born 1940), Iranian writer and actor
*[Mahmoud Etemadzadeh](/source/Mahmoud_Etemadzadeh) (1915–2006), Iranian writer and literary translator
*[Mahmoud Fakhry Pasha](/source/Mahmoud_Fakhry_Pasha) (1884–1955), Egyptian politician and diplomat
*[Mahmoud Farshchian](/source/Mahmoud_Farshchian) (1930–2025), Iranian painter and miniaturist
*[Mahmoud Farshidi](/source/Mahmoud_Farshidi) (1951–2025), Iranian politician
*[Mahmoud Fayad](/source/Mahmoud_Fayad) (1925–2002), Egyptian Olympic weightlifter
*[Mahmoud Fustuq](/source/Mahmoud_Fustuq) (1936–2006), Lebanese businessman
*[Mahmoud Guinia](/source/Mahmoud_Guinia) (1951–2015), Moroccan singer
*[Mahmoud Hamshari](/source/Mahmoud_Hamshari) (1938–1973), assassinated Palestinian official
*[Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi](/source/Mahmoud_Hashemi_Shahroudi) (1948–2018), Iranian Shia Cleric
*[Mahmoud Hessabi](/source/Mahmoud_Hessabi) (1903–1992), Iranian nuclear physicist and politician
*[Mahmoud Hussein](/source/Mahmoud_Hussein) (born 1966), Egyptian journalist
*[Mahmoud Hweimel](/source/Mahmoud_Hweimel) (died 2013), Jordanian politician
*[Mahmoud Ismail](/source/Mahmoud_Ismail) (1914–1983), Egyptian actor, filmmaker
*[Mahmoud Jaballah](/source/Mahmoud_Jaballah), Egyptian-Canadian Jihad member
*[Mahmoud Kahil](/source/Mahmoud_Kahil) (1936–2003), a Lebanese-born British editorial cartoonist
*Mahmoud Khalil (born 1995), Syrian-born Palestinian Columbia University student detained by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement in 2025: see [Detention of Mahmoud Khalil](/source/Detention_of_Mahmoud_Khalil)
*[Mahmoud El Khatib](/source/Mahmoud_El_Khatib) (born 1954), Egyptian footballer and President of Al Ahly
*[Mahmoud Khayami](/source/Mahmoud_Khayami) (1930–2020), Iranian industrialist and philanthropist of French nationality
*[Mahmoud Labadi](/source/Mahmoud_Labadi) (1940–2014), Palestinian journalist, writer and politician
*[Mahmoud Mar'ashi Najafi](/source/Mahmoud_Mar'ashi_Najafi) (born 1941), Iranian Shia Cleric
*[Mahmoud Mekki](/source/Mahmoud_Mekki) (born 1954), the vice president of Egypt from August 2012 to December 2012
*[Mahmoud el-Meliguy](/source/Mahmoud_el-Meliguy) (1910–1983), Egyptian actor
*[Mahmoud Mohammad Issa Mohammad](/source/Mahmoud_Mohammad_Issa_Mohammad) (1943–2015), Palestinian terrorist
*[Mahmoud Mohieldin](/source/Mahmoud_Mohieldin) (born 1965), economist
*[Mahmoud Nabavian](/source/Mahmoud_Nabavian) (born 1965), Iranian Shia Cleric
*[Mahmoud Namjoo](/source/Mahmoud_Namjoo) (1918–1989), Iranian weightlifter
*[Mahmoud Abdel Salam Omar](/source/Mahmoud_Abdel_Salam_Omar) (born 1936/37), Egyptian businessman
*[Mahmoud Reza Pahlavi](/source/Mahmoud_Reza_Pahlavi) (1926–2001), a member of Iran's Pahlavi dynasty
*[Mahmoud an-Nukrashi Pasha](/source/Mahmoud_an-Nukrashi_Pasha) (1888–1949), Prime Minister of Egypt 1945–1946 and 1946–1948
*[Mahmoud Bodo Rasch](/source/Mahmoud_Bodo_Rasch) (born 1943), a German architect who specializes in the construction of large convertible umbrellas and lightweight structures
*[Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf](/source/Mahmoud_Abdul-Rauf) (born 1969), American basketball player
*[Mahmoud Abdul Razak](/source/Mahmoud_Abdul_Razak) (born 1971), Syrian footballer
*[Mahmoud Saeed](/source/Mahmoud_Saeed) (1939–2025), Iraqi-born American novelist
*[Mahmoud Salavati](/source/Mahmoud_Salavati) (born 1953), Iranian Shia Cleric
*[Mahmoud Salem](/source/Mahmoud_Salem) (1931–2013), Egyptian journalist and author
*[Mahmoud Sami el-Baroudi](/source/Mahmoud_Sami_el-Baroudi) (1839–1904), Egyptian politician and poet
*[Mahmoud el-Sisi](/source/Mahmoud_el-Sisi) (born 1982), Egyptian brigadier general and son of President Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi
*[Mahmoud Taleghani](/source/Mahmoud_Taleghani) (1911–1979), Iranian Shia Cleric
*[Mahmoud Zakzouk](/source/Mahmoud_Zakzouk) (1933–2020), Egyptian academic
*[Mahmoud Abu Zeid](/source/Mahmoud_Abu_Zeid), also known as "Shawkan" (born 1987), Egyptian photojournalist

===Mahmud===
*[Mahmud I](/source/Mahmud_I) (1696–1754), Sultan of Ottoman Empire 1730–1754
*[Mahmud II](/source/Mahmud_II) (1785–1839), Sultan of Ottoman Empire 1808–1839
*[Ghazan](/source/Ghazan) (1271–1304), born Mahmud Ghazan, (Khan, Ilkhan, Sultan) the seventh ruler of the Mongol Empire's Ilkhanate division in modern-day Iran from 1295 to 1304
*[Sultan Mahmud (Chagatai)](/source/Sultan_Mahmud_(Chagatai)) (died 1402), last Khan of the Western Chagatai Khanate (1384–1402).
*[Mahmud Khan (Moghul Khan)](/source/Mahmud_Khan_(Moghul_Khan)) (1464–1508), Khan of Tashkent and of the Moghuls of western Moghulistan
*[Mäxmüd of Kazan](/source/M%C3%A4xm%C3%BCd_of_Kazan) (died 1466), the Khan of the Khanate of Kazan from 1445 to 1466.
*[Arpa Ke'un](/source/Arpa_Ke'un) (died 1336), known as Mu'izz ad-Din Mahmud, an Ilkhan (1335–1336) during the disintegration of the Ilkhanate, Mongol state in Southwest Asia based in Persia.
*[Jani Beg](/source/Jani_Beg) (died 1357), or Jalal ad-Din Mahmud, Khan of the Golden Horde from 1342 to 1357
*[Mahmud bin Küchük](/source/Mahmud_bin_K%C3%BCch%C3%BCk) (died 1466), a Khan who founded the Khanate of Astrakhan in the 1460s 
*[Maghan III](/source/Maghan_III), known as Mahmud I, mansa of the Mali Empire from 1390 to about 1400.
*[Mahmud II (mansa)](/source/Mahmud_II_(mansa)), mansa of the Mali Empire of 1481–1496.
*[Qutuz](/source/Qutuz) (1221–1260), or Mahmud ibn Mamdud, military leader and the third or fourth Mamluk Sultan of Turkic origin.
*[Mahmud I (Seljuk sultan)](/source/Mahmud_I_(Seljuk_sultan)) (1088–1094), sultan of the Seljuk Empire from 1092 to 1094.
*[Mahmud II of Great Seljuk](/source/Mahmud_II_of_Great_Seljuk) (1104–1131), Sultan of Baghdad in 1118
*[Mahmud of Ghazni](/source/Mahmud_of_Ghazni) (971–1030), ruler of Ghazni 997–1030
*[Mahmud Begada](/source/Mahmud_Begada) (1458–1511), the most prominent Sultan of the Gujarat Sultanate.
*[Mahmud Shah III of Gujarat](/source/Mahmud_Shah_III_of_Gujarat) (1526–1554), 12th Sultan of Gujarat
*[Mahmud Hotak](/source/Mahmud_Hotak) (1697–1725), the Shah of Persia from 1722 to 1725.
*[Mahmud Shah Durrani](/source/Mahmud_Shah_Durrani) (1769–1829), ruler of Afghanistan 1801–1803 & 1809–1818
*[Shahanshah ibn Mahmud](/source/Shahanshah_ibn_Mahmud), the Kurdish Shaddadid emir of Ani from 1164 to 1174.
*Nūr al-Dīn Maḥmūd Zengī known as [Nur ad-Din (died 1174)](/source/Nur_ad-Din_(died_1174)) (1118–1174), Emir of Aleppo and Damascus
*[Al-Muzaffar II Mahmud](/source/Al-Muzaffar_II_Mahmud) (died 1244), the Ayyubid emir of Hama first in 1219 (616 AH) and then restored in 1229–1244 (626 AH–642 AH)
*[Al-Muzaffar III Mahmud](/source/Al-Muzaffar_III_Mahmud) (died 1300), the Kurdish Ayyubid emir of Hama from 1284 to 1300.
*[Mu'izz al-Din Mahmud](/source/Mu'izz_al-Din_Mahmud) (died 1241), the Zengid Emir of the Jazira 1208–1241.
*[Mahmood Shah Bahmani II](/source/Mahmood_Shah_Bahmani_II) (1470–1518), or Shihab-Ud-Din Mahmud, the sultan of the Bahmani Sultanate 1482–1518.
*[Nasiruddin Mahmud Shah](/source/Nasiruddin_Mahmud_Shah%2C_Sultan_of_Delhi) (1229/30–1266), Sultan of Delhi, the eighth sultan of the Mamluk Dynasty 1246–1266.
*[Rashid al-Dawla Mahmud](/source/Rashid_al-Dawla_Mahmud) (died 1075), the Mirdasid emir of Aleppo
*[Nasr ibn Mahmud](/source/Nasr_ibn_Mahmud) (died 1076), the Mirdasid emir of Aleppo in 1075–1076.
*[Sabiq ibn Mahmud](/source/Sabiq_ibn_Mahmud), the Mirdasid emir of Aleppo from 1076 to 1080.
*[Nasir ad-Din Mahmud](/source/Nasir_ad-Din_Mahmud) (1216–1234), Emir of Mosul from 1219 to 1234.
*[Alp Arslan ibn Mahmud](/source/Alp_Arslan_ibn_Mahmud) (died 1146), ruler of Mosul 1127–1146.
*[Nasir-ud-Din Mahmud Shah Tughluq](/source/Nasir-ud-Din_Mahmud_Shah_Tughluq) (died 1413), the last sultan of the Tughlaq dynasty
*[Nāṣir al-Dīn Maḥmūd](/source/N%C4%81%E1%B9%A3ir_al-D%C4%ABn_Ma%E1%B8%A5m%C5%ABd) (died 1222), a ruler of the Hasankeyf of the Artuqid dynasty.
*[Ghiyath al-Din Mahmud](/source/Ghiyath_al-Din_Mahmud) (died 1212), Sultan of the Ghurid Empire 1206–1212
*[Mahmud Shah of Bengal](/source/Mahmud_Shah_of_Bengal) (died 1459), the First Sultan of Bengal
*[Ghiyasuddin Mahmud Shah](/source/Ghiyasuddin_Mahmud_Shah) (died 1538), the last Sultan of the Hussain Shahi dynasty of the Bengal Sultanate, from 1533 to 1538 CE.
* [Mahmud ibn Muhammad](/source/Mahmud_ibn_Muhammad) (1757–1824), the seventh leader of the Husainid Dynasty and the ruler of Tunisia from 1814 to 1824.
*[Muhammad II ibn Mahmud](/source/Muhammad_II_ibn_Mahmud) (1128–1159), Sultan of Seljuq Empire from 1153 to 1159.
*[Mahmud Khalji](/source/Mahmud_Khalji) (1436–1469), the Sultan of Malwa, in what is now the state of Madhya Pradesh, India.
*[Nasiruddin Mahmud (eldest son of Iltutmish)](/source/Nasiruddin_Mahmud_(eldest_son_of_Iltutmish)) (died 1229), the eldest son of the Delhi Sultan Shamsuddin Iltutmish
*[Şehzade Mahmud (son of Mehmed III)](/source/%C5%9Eehzade_Mahmud_(son_of_Mehmed_III)) (1587–1603), Ottoman prince
* [Mahmud Khan of Bengal](/source/Mahmud_Khan_of_Bengal), 17th-century Bengali nobleman.
*[Sultan Mahmud Mirza](/source/Sultan_Mahmud_Mirza) (1453–1495), Timurid Dynasty prince.
*[Sayyed Mahmud Khan](/source/Sayyed_Mahmud_Khan) (died 1573), general in the Akbar's army
*[Mirza Shah Mahmud](/source/Mirza_Shah_Mahmud) (1446-?), Timurid ruler of Herat 1446.
*[Mahmud Mirza Qajar](/source/Mahmud_Mirza_Qajar) (1799-?), Iranian prince of the Qajar dynasty.
*Mirza Mahmud Shah Bahadur, also known [Shah Jahan IV](/source/Shah_Jahan_IV) (1749–1790), the eighteenth Mughal emperor for a brief period in 1788. 
*[Mahmud Shah of Jaunpur](/source/Mahmud_Shah_of_Jaunpur) (1429–1457), the 4th ruler of the Jaunpur Sultanate, reigned from 1440 to 1457.
*[Jalal al-Din Mahmud](/source/Jalal_al-Din_Mahmud) (died 1352), the Mihrabanid malik of Sistan from 1350.
*[Sultan Mahmud ibn Nizam al-Din Yahya](/source/Sultan_Mahmud_ibn_Nizam_al-Din_Yahya) (1464–1543), the last Mihrabanid malik of Sistan from 1495 until 1537.
*[Osman Mohamoud (king)](/source/Osman_Mohamoud_(king)), known as Uthman III ibn Mahmud, Somali king who led the Majeerteen Sultanate during the 19th century.
*[Mohamoud Ali Shire](/source/Mohamoud_Ali_Shire) (died 1960), Somali Sultan of the Warsengali Sultanate.
*[Mahmud Gawan](/source/Mahmud_Gawan) (1411–1481), prime minister in the Bahmani Sultanate of Deccan 1411 – 1481.
*[Mahmud Bey](/source/Mahmud_Bey), the fourth and final bey of the Chobanids.
*[Najm al-Din Mahmud ibn Ilyas al-Shirazi](/source/Najm_al-Din_Mahmud_ibn_Ilyas_al-Shirazi) (died 1330), Persian physician from Shiraz.
*[Mahmud Yalavach](/source/Mahmud_Yalavach), administrator in the Mongol Empire who ruled over Turkestan as governor and eventually went on to be mayor of Taidu (now Beijing).
*[Chaophraya Chakri (Mud)](/source/Chaophraya_Chakri_(Mud)) (1727–1774), or Mahmud, the Prime Minister of Siam.
*[Muhammad Shah of Brunei](/source/Muhammad_Shah_of_Brunei) (died 1402), known as Mahmud Shah, first sultan of Brunei, possibly from 1363 to 1402.
*[Mahmud Shah (Sultan of Malacca)](/source/Mahmud_Shah_(Sultan_of_Malacca)) (died 1528), Sultan of Malacca 1488–1528
*[Mahmud Badaruddin II](/source/Mahmud_Badaruddin_II) (1767–1852), Sultan of Palembang.
*[Abu al-Mafakhir of Banten](/source/Abu_al-Mafakhir_of_Banten) (died 1651), born Abu al-Mafakhir Mahmud Abdulkadir, the first king in Java to use the title " Sultan".
*[Mahmud of Terengganu](/source/Mahmud_of_Terengganu) (1930–1998), Sultan Terengganu.
*[Mahmud Shah I of Pahang](/source/Mahmud_Shah_I_of_Pahang) (died 1530), the fifth Sultan of Pahang from 1519 to 1530.
* [Melewar of Negeri Sembilan](/source/Melewar_of_Negeri_Sembilan) (died 1795), the first Yamtuan Besar
*[Mahmud Pasha Angelović](/source/Mahmud_Pasha_Angelovi%C4%87) (1420–1474), the Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire from 1456 to 1466 and from 1472 to 1474. He also wrote Persian and Turkish poems under the pseudonym Adni (the "Eden-like").
*[Çürüksulu Mahmud Pasha](/source/%C3%87%C3%BCr%C3%BCksulu_Mahmud_Pasha) (1864–1931), Ottoman army general and statesman of ethnic Georgian background.
*[Mahmud Pasha (governor)](/source/Mahmud_Pasha_(governor)) (died 1567), Ottoman statesman from Bosnia
*Mahmud Shams, known as [Ma He](/source/Ma_He) (1371–1433/35), Chinese admiral and world explorer
*[Mahmud Shevket Pasha](/source/Mahmud_Shevket_Pasha) (1856–1913), Ottoman generalissimo and statesman, who was an important political figure during the Second Constitutional Era.
*[Mahmud al-Kashgari](/source/Mahmud_al-Kashgari) (1005–1102), lexicographer Uyghur scholar.
*[Abu-Mahmud Khujandi](/source/Abu-Mahmud_Khujandi) (940–1000), Transoxanian astronomer and mathematician.
*[Mahmud Karimov](/source/Mahmud_Karimov) (1948–2013), Azerbaijani physicist
*[Makhmud Muradov](/source/Makhmud_Muradov) (born 1990), professional mixed martial artist
*[Makhmud Sabyrkhan](/source/Makhmud_Sabyrkhan) (born 2001), a Kazakh boxer.
*[Abdullah Mahmud Hendropriyono](/source/Abdullah_Mahmud_Hendropriyono) (born 1945), Indonesian general
*[La Nyalla Mattalitti](/source/La_Nyalla_Mattalitti) (born 1959), full name is La Nyalla Mahmud Mattalitti (born 10 May 1959) is an Indonesian politician.
*[Karaeng Pattingalloang](/source/Karaeng_Pattingalloang) (1600–1654), or Sultan Mahmud known as Father of Makassar.
*[Mahmud Pasha (1853–1903)](/source/Mahmud_Pasha_(1853%E2%80%931903)), Ottoman statesman, poet and writer.
*[Mahmud Taymur](/source/Mahmud_Taymur) (1894–1973), Egyptian fiction writer.
*[Yahya ibn Mahmud al-Wasiti](/source/Yahya_ibn_Mahmud_al-Wasiti), a 13th-century Iraqi-Arab painter and calligrapher.
*[Sultan Mahmud Khan](/source/Sultan_Mahmud_Khan) (died 1859), a commander of the Sikh Khalsa Army, the army of Sarkar e Khalsa.
*[Shah Mahmud Khan](/source/Shah_Mahmud_Khan) (1890–1959), the Prime Minister of Afghanistan from 1946 to 1953.
*[Mahmud Jamal](/source/Mahmud_Jamal) (born 1967), Canadian jurist serving as a puisne justice of the Supreme Court of Canada since 2021.
*[Mahmud Al-Nashaf](/source/Mahmud_Al-Nashaf) (1906–1979), Israeli Arab politician
*[Mahmud Khalid](/source/Mahmud_Khalid), Ghanaian politician 
*[Mahmud Mahmud](/source/Mahmud_Mahmud) (1882–1965), Iranian politician
*[Mahmud Tarzi](/source/Mahmud_Tarzi) (1865–1933), Afghan journalist
*[Mahmud Arif](/source/Mahmud_Arif) (1909–2001), Saudi Arabian poet
*[Mahmud Ali Durrani](/source/Mahmud_Ali_Durrani) (born 1941), Pakistani two-star rank general officer.
*[Mahmud Eyvazov](/source/Mahmud_Eyvazov) (1808–1960), Azerbaijani long-lived 150 years collective farmer.
* [Mahmud Kamani](/source/Mahmud_Kamani) (born 1964), British billionaire businessman.
* [Aziz Mahmud Hudayi](/source/Aziz_Mahmud_Hudayi) (1541–1628), the most famous Sufi Muslim saints of the Ottoman Empire.
* [Mahmud al-Muntasir](/source/Mahmud_al-Muntasir) (1903–1970), the first Prime minister of Libya
*[Mahmud Barzanji](/source/Mahmud_Barzanji) (1878–1956), King of Kurdistan
*[Mahmud Ali (statesman)](/source/Mahmud_Ali_(statesman)) (1919–2006), progressive leftist Pakistani politician
*[Mahmud Nedim Pasha](/source/Mahmud_Nedim_Pasha) (1818–1883), a Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire between 1871–1872 and 1875–1876
*[Mahmud Bayazidi](/source/Mahmud_Bayazidi) (1797–1859), Ottoman Kurdish philosopher and polymath from Bayazid.
*[Mahmud Bayumi](/source/Mahmud_Bayumi) (1890–1938), Egyptian orthopaedic surgery professor at Kasr El Aini Medical School.
*[Makhmud Esambayev](/source/Makhmud_Esambayev) (1924–2000), a Soviet and Chechen dancer, ballet master, choreographer and actor.
*[Mahmudkhodja Behbudiy](/source/Mahmudkhodja_Behbudiy) (1875–1919), a Jadid activist, writer, journalist and leading public figure in Imperial Russian and Soviet Turkestan.
* [Mahmud Deobandi](/source/Mahmud_Deobandi) (died 1886), Indian Muslim scholar
* [Mahmud Hasan Deobandi](/source/Mahmud_Hasan_Deobandi) (1851–1920), Indian Muslim scholar and activist
* [Mahmud Hasan Gangohi](/source/Mahmud_Hasan_Gangohi) (1907–1996), Indian mufti and Islamic scholar
* [Mufti Mahmud](/source/Mufti_Mahmud) (1919–1980), Pakistani statesman and Islamic scholar
* [Md. Mahmud Hassan Talukder](/source/Md._Mahmud_Hassan_Talukder) (born 1966), Bangladeshi politician
* [Mahmud Sheet Khattab](/source/Mahmud_Sheet_Khattab) (1919–1998), Iraqi polymath and Major General

===Mahmudi/Mahmudin===
*[Elias Mahmoudi](/source/Elias_Mahmoudi) (born 1998), French Muay Thai fighter currently signed to ONE Championship.
*[Nur Mahmudi Ismail](/source/Nur_Mahmudi_Ismail) (born 1961), Mayor of Depok City, a satellite city of West Java located in the southern part of Jakarta.

===Mahmut===
*[Mahmut Celal Bayar](/source/Mahmut_Celal_Bayar) (1883–1986), third President of Turkey.
*[Mahmut Dikerdem](/source/Mahmut_Dikerdem) (1916–1993), Turkish diplomat, writer and peace activist.
*[Mahmut Cuhruk](/source/Mahmut_Cuhruk) (1925–2018), Turkish judge.
*[Mahmut Esat Bozkurt](/source/Mahmut_Esat_Bozkurt) (1892–1943), Turkish politician.
*[Mahmut Ustaosmanoğlu](/source/Mahmut_Ustaosmano%C4%9Flu) (1929–2022), Turkish Sufi Sheikh and the leader of the influential İsmailağa jamia of the Naqshbandi-Khalidiyya Ṭarīqah centred in Çarşamba, Istanbul.
*[Mahmut Orhan](/source/Mahmut_Orhan) (born 1993), Turkish disc jockey and record producer.
*[Mahmut Bakalli](/source/Mahmut_Bakalli) (1936–2006), Kosovo Albanian politician.
*[Mahmut Atalay](/source/Mahmut_Atalay) (1934–2004), Turkish freestyle wrestler and coach of Circassian origin, won a gold medal in 1968 Olympics.
*[Mahmut L. Unlu](/source/Mahmut_L._Unlu) (born 1967), Turkish Business executive and entrepreneur.
*[Mahmut Özgener](/source/Mahmut_%C3%96zgener) (born 1963), Turkish Football Federation president.
*[Mahmut Bezgin](/source/Mahmut_Bezgin) (born 1986), Turkish footballer.
*[Mahmut Boz](/source/Mahmut_Boz) (born 1991), Turkish footballer.
*[Mahmut Hoşgiz](/source/Mahmut_Ho%C5%9Fgiz) (born 1975), Turkish footballer.
*[Mahmut Tekdemir](/source/Mahmut_Tekdemir) (born 1988), Turkish footballer.
*[Mahmut Özdemir](/source/Mahmut_%C3%96zdemir) (born 1987), German politician of Turkish descent.
*[Mahmut Yilmaz](/source/Mahmut_Yilmaz) (born 1979), German footballer of Turkish descent.
*[Mahmut Bozteke](/source/Mahmut_Bozteke) (born 1997), Turkish para taekwondo practitioner.
*[Mahmut Küçükşahin](/source/Mahmut_K%C3%BC%C3%A7%C3%BCk%C5%9Fahin) (born 2004), Turkish footballer.
*[Mahmut Demir](/source/Mahmut_Demir) (born 1970), Turkish sport wrestler.
*[Mahmut Şenol](/source/Mahmut_%C5%9Eenol) (born 1958), Turkish author.
*[Mahmut Sönmez](/source/Mahmut_S%C3%B6nmez) (born 1990), Turkish-Dutch footballer.
*[Mahmut Yavuz](/source/Mahmut_Yavuz) (born 1982), Turkish navy officer and ultramarathon runner.
*[Mahmut Yıldırım](/source/Mahmut_Y%C4%B1ld%C4%B1r%C4%B1m) (born 1953), Kurdish contract killer.

===Mehmood===
*[Mehmood (actor)](/source/Mehmood_(actor)) (1932–2004), Indian actor, singer, director and producer.
*[Mehmood Aslam](/source/Mehmood_Aslam) (born 1951), Pakistani Television & Stage Actor 
*[Mehmood Bhatti](/source/Mehmood_Bhatti) (born 1958), Pakistani fashion designer
*[Mehmood Quaraishy](/source/Mehmood_Quaraishy) (born 1942), Kenyan cricketer
*[Mehmood Sham](/source/Mehmood_Sham) (born 1940), Pakistani journalist

===Mehmud===
*[Maulana Mehmud Hasan](/source/Maulana_Mehmud_Hasan) (1851–1920), Indian independence activist
*[Mehmud Abdukerem](/source/Mehmud_Abdukerem) (born 1993), Chinese footballer who played most recently as a defender for Xinjiang Tianshan Leopard.

==Surname==
===Mahmood===
*[Khalid Mahmood (British politician)](/source/Khalid_Mahmood_(British_politician)) (born 1961), British politician
*[Shabana Mahmood](/source/Shabana_Mahmood) (born 1980), British politician.
*[Jemilah Mahmood](/source/Jemilah_Mahmood) (born 1959), Doctor and humanitarian activist.
*[Mazher Mahmood](/source/Mazher_Mahmood) (born 1963), British reporter
*[Saba Mahmood](/source/Saba_Mahmood) (1961–2018), American anthropologist
*[Sajid Mahmood](/source/Sajid_Mahmood) (born 1981), English cricketer
*[Abdullah al Mahmood](/source/Abdullah_al_Mahmood) (1900–1975), Bengali politician, lawyer and minister in Pakistan
*[Iqbal Hassan Mahmood](/source/Iqbal_Hassan_Mahmood), Bangladeshi politician and minister.
*[Ayaz Mahmood](/source/Ayaz_Mahmood) (born 1964), hockey player won a gold medal in 1984 summer olympics, Los Angeles.
*[Kashif Mahmood (cricketer, born 1985)](/source/Kashif_Mahmood_(cricketer%2C_born_1985)) (born 1985), Pakistani cricketer
*[Shahid Mahmood](/source/Shahid_Mahmood) (1939–2020), Pakistani cricketer
*[Zia Mahmood](/source/Zia_Mahmood) (born 1946), Pakistani bridge player.
*[Sultan Bashiruddin Mahmood](/source/Sultan_Bashiruddin_Mahmood) (born 1940), Pakistani nuclear engineer
*[Syed Mahmood](/source/Syed_Mahmood) (1850–1903), Indian jurist
*[Tahir Mahmood](/source/Tahir_Mahmood) (born 1941), Indian jurist
*[Talat Mahmood](/source/Talat_Mahmood) (1924–1998), Indian singer and actor
*[Banaz Mahmod](/source/Banaz_Mahmod) (1985–2006), Honour killing victim.

===Mahmoud===
*[Ahmad Mahmoud](/source/Ahmad_Mahmoud) (1931–2002), Iranian novelist
*Alessandro Mahmoud, known as [Mahmood (singer)](/source/Mahmood_(singer)) (born 1992), Italian singer and songwriter, with Egyptian and Corsican descent
*[Aram Mahmoud](/source/Aram_Mahmoud) (born 1997), badminton player
*[Emtithal Mahmoud](/source/Emtithal_Mahmoud) (born 1992/93), Sudanese poet and activist
*[Joseph Mahmoud](/source/Joseph_Mahmoud) (born 1955), French athlete 
*[Karem Mahmoud](/source/Karem_Mahmoud) (1922–1995), Egyptian singer
*[Mayam Mahmoud](/source/Mayam_Mahmoud), rapper and women activist in Egypt
*[Shaaban Mahmoud](/source/Shaaban_Mahmoud) (born 1981), Egyptian footballer
*[Younis Mahmoud](/source/Younis_Mahmoud) (born 1983), Iraqi footballer
*[Ahmed Mohamed Mohamoud](/source/Ahmed_Mohamed_Mohamoud) (1938–2024), President of Somaliland from 2010 to 2017.

===Mehmood===
*[Arshad Mehmood (composer)](/source/Arshad_Mehmood_(composer)), Pakistani actor and music composer
*[Kashif Mehmood](/source/Kashif_Mehmood) (born 1971), Pakistani actor
*[Hasnat Mehmood](/source/Hasnat_Mehmood) (born 1978), Pakistani artist
*[Arshad Mehmood (singer)](/source/Arshad_Mehmood_(singer)), Pakistani singer
*[Faakhir Mehmood](/source/Faakhir_Mehmood) (born 1973), Pakistani singer
*[Arif Mehmood](/source/Arif_Mehmood) (born 1983), Pakistani footballer

===Mehmud===
*[Salim Mehmud](/source/Salim_Mehmud), Pakistani rocket scientist

===Mahmud===
*[Arslanbek Makhmudov](/source/Arslanbek_Makhmudov) (born 1989), Russia professional boxer
*[Abid Hamid Mahmud](/source/Abid_Hamid_Mahmud) (1957–2012), Iraqi general
*[Nureddin Mahmud](/source/Nureddin_Mahmud) (1899–1981), the Prime Minister of Iraq from 23 November 1952 until 29 January 1953.
*[Amir Machmud](/source/Amir_Machmud) (1923–1995), Indonesian military general
*[Machmud Singgirei Rumagesan](/source/Machmud_Singgirei_Rumagesan) (1885–1964), Papuan King of Sekar, and Indonesian independence activist
*[Abdul Taib Mahmud](/source/Abdul_Taib_Mahmud) (1936–2024), Chief Minister of Sarawak for 33 years from 1981 to 2014
*[Al Mahmud](/source/Al_Mahmud) (1936–2019), Bangladeshi poet, novelist, and short-story writer
*[Mahmud Mahmud](/source/Mahmud_Mahmud) (1882–1965), Iranian academic and politician
*[Hayat Mahmud](/source/Hayat_Mahmud), Bengali feudal lord and military commander
*[Abdul Gafoor Mahmud](/source/Abdul_Gafoor_Mahmud) (born 1934), former chief of the Bangladesh Air Force
*[Heyat Mahmud](/source/Heyat_Mahmud) (1693–1760), medieval Bengali poet
*[Firoz Mahmud](/source/Firoz_Mahmud) (born 1974), Bangladeshi artist
*[Khaled Mahmud](/source/Khaled_Mahmud) (born 1971), Bangladeshi cricketer
*[A. T. Mahmud](/source/A._T._Mahmud) (1930–2010), Indonesian songwriter
*[Syamsuddin Mahmud](/source/Syamsuddin_Mahmud) (1935–2021), Indonesian economist and politician.
*[Sultan Mahmud (minister)](/source/Sultan_Mahmud_(minister)) (1900–1982), politician from Arakan, Burma (now Rakhine State, Myanmar)
*[Hasan Mahmud (cricketer)](/source/Hasan_Mahmud_(cricketer)) (born 1999), Bangladeshi cricketer
*[Dean Mahomed](/source/Dean_Mahomed) (1759–1851), a British Indian traveller, soldier, surgeon, entrepreneur, and one of the most notable early non-European immigrants to the Western World

===Mahfud===
*[Mahfud MD](/source/Mahfud_MD) (born 1957), Indonesian politician and lawyer

===Mahfouz===
*[Mahfouz Marei Mubarak bin Mahfouz](/source/Mahfouz_Marei_Mubarak_bin_Mahfouz) (born 1969), Saudi Arabian businessman
*[Naguib Mahfouz](/source/Naguib_Mahfouz) (1911–2006), Egyptian writer who won the 1988 Nobel Prize in Literature

==Compound names with the element ''Mahmud''==
*[Mahmudul Amin Choudhury](/source/Mahmudul_Amin_Choudhury) (1937–2019), 11th Chief Justice of Bangladesh 
*Mahmudullah
**[Mahmoodullah Shah Hussaini](/source/Mahmoodullah_Shah) (died 1894), Indian Sufi poet 
**[Mahmudullah Riyad](/source/Mahmudullah_Riyad) (born 1986), Bangladeshi cricketer
*[Mahmudul Haque (disambiguation)](/source/Mahmudul_Haque_(disambiguation)), multiple people
*[Mahmudul Hasan (disambiguation)](/source/Mahmudul_Hasan_(disambiguation)), multiple people
*Mahmudul Islam
**[Mahmudul Islam](/source/Mahmudul_Islam) (1936–2016), 10th Attorney General of Bangladesh
**[Mahmudul Islam Chowdhury](/source/Mahmudul_Islam_Chowdhury) (born 1950), 1st Mayor of Chittagong
*[Mahmudul Karim Chowdhury](/source/Mahmudul_Karim_Chowdhury) (1938–2012), Bangladeshi politician
*[Mahmudunnabi Chowdhury](/source/Mahmudunnabi_Chowdhury) (1908–1995), Bangladeshi politician, businessman and former minister
*[Mahmudur Rahman (disambiguation)](/source/Mahmudur_Rahman_(disambiguation)), multiple people
*[Mehmood-ur-Rasheed](/source/Mehmood-ur-Rasheed) (born 1954), Pakistani politician
*[Sikder Mahmudur Razi](/source/Sikder_Mahmudur_Razi), Bangladeshi High Court justice

== Fictional characters==
* Mahmoud Bishara, fictional character in the book ''[Refugee](/source/Refugee_(Gratz_novel))''

==See also==
*[Mahmoud (horse)](/source/Mahmoud_(horse)) (foaled 1933), French-bred, British-trained Thoroughbred racehorse and sire

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Category:Arabic-language masculine given names
Category:Turkish masculine given names
Category:Bangladeshi masculine given names
Category:Pakistani masculine given names
Category:Masculine given names
Category:Bosniak masculine given names

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