Ghulam ( ar, غلام, ) is an Arabic word meaning ''servant'', ''assistant'', ''boy'', or ''youth''. It is used to describe young servants in paradise. It is also used to refer to slave-soldiers in the

Abbasid The Abbasid Caliphate ( or ; ar, الْخِلَافَةُ الْعَبَّاسِيَّة, ') was the third caliphate to succeed the Islamic prophet Muhammad. It was founded by a dynasty descended from Muhammad's uncle, Abbas ibn Abdul-Muttalib ...

, Ottoman, Safavid and to a lesser extent, Mughal empires, as described in the article ''

Ghilman Ghilman (singular ar, غُلاَم ',Other standardized transliterations: '' / ''. . plural ')Other standardized transliterations: '' / ''. . were slave-soldiers and/or mercenaries in the armies throughout the Islamic world, such as the Safavi ...

'', which is the plural form of the word. It is traditionally used as the first element of compounded Muslim male given names, meaning ''servant of ...'', mostly in

Persian Persian may refer to: * People and things from Iran, historically called ''Persia'' in the English language ** Persians, the majority ethnic group in Iran, not to be conflated with the Iranic peoples ** Persian language, an Iranian language of the ...

(where it is pronounced ) and in

Urdu Urdu (;"Urdu"
'' al- ( ar, ٱلْـ), also Romanized as ''el-'', ''il-,'' and ''l-'' as pronounced in some varieties of Arabic, is the definite article in the Arabic language: a particle (''ḥarf'') whose function is to render the noun on which it is prefixed de ...

'' is not used with ''ghulam'' (unlike compounds formed with '' ʿabd''; e.g. ''Gholammohammad'', ''Gholamhoseyn'', ''Gholamali''... and ''Abd al-Muhammad'', ''Abd al-Husayn'', ''Abd al-Ali''...). Since the 20th century, ''Ghulam'' has also been used as an independent given name and surname.

People with the given name (not in compound)

Ghulam Bombaywala Ghulam Mohammed "Bombay" Bombaywala is a Pakistani-American restaurateur in Houston.Ghulam Ali Chowdhury (1824–1888), Bengali landlord and philanthropist * Ghulam Murshid, Bangladeshi author, scholar and journalist *

Arbab Ghulam Rahim Arbab Ghulam Rahim ( ur, ; born 1 January 1957) is a Pakistani politician who served as the Chief Minister of the Government of Sindh from 2004 until 2007. Early life Arbab Ghulam Rahim was born in the Diplo Tehsil of Tharparkar District. ...

(born 1957), Pakistani politician *

Ghulam Raziq Ghulam Raziq (11 November 1932 – 24 June 1989)Mention of Ghulam Raziq's ...

(born 1932), Pakistani hurdler

People with the surname

Nabil Gholam Nabīl or Nabeel ( ar, نبيل) is a male given name of Arabic origin, meaning " noble".Online translati ...

(born 1962), Lebanese architect * Ali Gholam (born 1981), Iranian footballer *

Sara Ghulam Sara Ghulam (born May 3, 1989, in Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian model. She comes from a multicultural family of Indian, Pakistani, Maltese, and Scottish backgrounds. Ghulam was crowned Miss World Canada 2007 on March 18, 2007, making her t ...

(born 1989), Canadian model * Jassim Ghulam Al-Hamd (born 1979), Iraqi footballer

List of compounded given names with first part ''Ghulam''

* Ghulam Abbas * Ghulam Ahmad, also Ghulam Ahmed * Ghulam Ali * Ghulam Azam (1922–2014), Bangladeshi politician * Ghulam Dastagir * Ghulam Farid * Ghulam Faruq * Ghulam Hassan * Ghulam Haider * Ghulam Hussain also Gholam Hossein etc. *Ghulam Ishaq, notably borne by **

Ghulam Ishaq Khan Ghulam Ishaq Khan ( ur, غلام اسحاق خان; 20 January 1915 – 27 October 2006), was a Pakistani bureaucrat who served as the seventh president of Pakistan, elected in 1988 following Zia's death until his resignation in 1993. He wa ...

(1915–2006), President of Pakistan *Ghulam Mansur, notably borne by **

Ghulam Mansoor Ghulam Mansoor (b. 1227 AH / 1812 AD) was Subedar-Major in 1867 at Bhopal State. Biography Ghulam Mansoor was a scholar of repute in both Arabic and Persian. He was appointed in the army during the Bhonsle Dynasty at the princely state of Nagp ...

(born 1812), Subedar-Major at Bhopal State in 1867 * Ghulam Mohammad, also Ghulam Mohammed, Ghulam Muhammad etc., notably borne by ** Ghulam Mohammad Baksh Butt (1878–1960), Pakistani wrestler known as "The Great Gama" * Ghulam Mohiuddin, also other spellings * Ghulam Murtaza * Ghulam Mustafa * Ghulam Nabi, notably borne by **

Ghulam Nabi Azad Ghulam Nabi Azad (born 7 March 1949) is an Indian politician who served as Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha between 2014 to 2021. He also served as the Chief Minister of erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir from 2005 to 2008. On 26 September ...

(born 1949) Indian politician *Ghulam Qadir, notably borne by ** Ghulam Qadir Khan (1920–1988), last ruler of the State of Las Bela in Balochistan, Pakistan * Ghulam Rabbani * Ghulam Rasul, also Ghulam Rasool * Gholam Reza, notably borne by **

Gholam Reza Pahlavi Gholam Reza Pahlavi ( fa, غلامرضا پهلوی‎; 15 May 1923 – 7 May 2017) was an Iranian prince and a member of the Pahlavi dynasty, as the son of Reza Shah and half-brother of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the last Shah of Iran. Following ...

*Ghulam Sadiq, notably borne by ** Ghulam Sediq Wardak (born 1942), Afghan peasant inventor {{given name, type=both

People with the given name (not in compound)

People with the surname

List of compounded given names with first part ''Ghulam''

See also