Makhdoom ( ar, مخدوم, meaning ''one who is served'' and sometimes spelled Makhdum, bn, মখদুম, Mokhdum) is an Arabic word meaning "Teacher of
Sunnah
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." 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
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Makhdoom Yahya Maneri (1263 - 1379 AD) – a mystic who lived in
Bihar Sharif
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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.
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Hamza Makhdoom – a mystic from
Kashmir
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(d. 1563 AD)
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Makhdoom Mian Mir – a Sufi mystic from
Lahore who laid first foundation of the
Golden Temple in
Amritsar
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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
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Makhdoom Syed Yousaf Raza Gillani – a former
Prime Minister of Pakistan
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Makhdoom Muhammad Ameen Faheem – a former
Pakistani politician and leader of
PPP
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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
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Makhdoom Muhammad Javed Hashmi – a Pakistani politician, and central leader of
PML-N
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Makhdoom Ali Khan – a former
Attorney General of Pakistan
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Makhdoom Khusro Bakhtiar – a Pakistani politician, former
Minister for Industries & Production of Pakistan
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Makhdoom Mohiuddin – an
Urdu poet and
Marxist
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politician from
India
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Sayed Makhdoom Raheen – an ambassador of
Afghanistan to India and former Information Minister of Afghanistan
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Makhdoom Shah Mehmood Qureshi – a Pakistani politician, former
Foreign Minister of Pakistan
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Makhdoom Muhammad Zaman Talib-ul-Mola – the founding member of
Pakistan Peoples Party
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and famous
Sindhi poet
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Makhdoom Shahabuddin – a Pakistani politician
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Ammar Aziz - a Pakistani filmmaker
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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.
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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.
References
Social groups of Pakistan
Titles in Pakistan
Titles in Bangladesh
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