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

Sunnah is the body of 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 supposedly saw, followed, and passed on to the next generations. Diff ...

." It is a title and group of Pirs, and landlords in

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

and

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People with the title Makhdoom

Makhdoom Yahya Maneri Kamaluddin Yahya Maneri (; Died 1323) popularly known as Makhdoom Yahya Maneri was an Indian Sufi saint of the 13th century. His tomb is known as Badi Dargah, near a mosque located in Maner Sharif, 29 km from Patna, Bihar, India. Early life an ...

(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 (), was a Sufi mystic living in the Kashmir Valley. He is sometimes referred to as Mehboob-ul-Alam (literally, "beloved of the world") and Sultan-ul-Arifeen (literally, "king among those who k ...

– a mystic from

Kashmir Kashmir ( or ) is the Northwestern Indian subcontinent, 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 P ...

(d. 1563 AD) *

Zainuddin Makhdoom II Sheikh Ahmad Zainuddin Makhdoom bin Sheikh Muhammad Al Ghazzali (Arabic: شيخ احمد زين الدين بن شيخ محمد غزالي المليباري; Ahmad Zayn al-Din ibn Muhammad al-Ghazāli al-Malibári), grandson of Sheikh Zainu ...

- A mystic from Malabar * Makhdoom Mian Mir – a Sufi mystic from

Lahore Lahore ( ; ; ) is the capital and largest city of the Administrative units of Pakistan, Pakistani province of Punjab, Pakistan, Punjab. It is the List of cities in Pakistan by population, second-largest city in Pakistan, after Karachi, and ...

who laid first foundation of the

Golden Temple The Golden Temple is a gurdwara located in Amritsar, Punjab, India. It is the pre-eminent spiritual site of Sikhism. It is one of the Holy place, holiest sites in Sikhism, alongside the Gurdwara Darbar Sahib Kartarpur in Kartarpur, Pakistan, ...

Amritsar Amritsar, also known as Ambarsar, is the second-List of cities in Punjab, India by population, largest city in the India, Indian state of Punjab, India, Punjab, after Ludhiana. Located in the Majha region, it is a major cultural, transportatio ...

* Makhdoom Ali Mahimi – a

Sufi Sufism ( or ) is a mysticism, mystic body of religious practice found within Islam which is characterized by a focus on Islamic Tazkiyah, purification, spirituality, ritualism, and Asceticism#Islam, asceticism. Practitioners of Sufism are r ...

saint from the

Konkan The Konkan is a stretch of land by the western coast of India, bound by the river Daman Ganga at Damaon in the north, to Anjediva Island next to Karwar town in the south; with the Arabian Sea to the west and the Deccan plateau to the eas ...

India India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area; the List of countries by population (United Nations), most populous country since ...

*\ Makhdoom Syed Yousaf Raza Gillani – a former

Prime Minister of Pakistan The prime minister of Pakistan (, Roman Urdu, romanized: Wazīr ē Aʿẓam , ) is the head of government of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. Executive authority is vested in the prime minister and his chosen Cabinet of Pakistan, cabinet, desp ...

* Makhdoom Muhammad Ameen Faheem – a former

Pakistan Pakistan, officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by population, fifth-most populous country, with a population of over 241.5 million, having the Islam by country# ...

i politician and leader of PPP * Makhdoom Syed Faisal Saleh Hayat – a Pakistani politician affiliated with

PML-Q The Pakistan Muslim League (Quaid e Azam Group) ; ''Pākistān Muslim Līg (Qāf)'', Acronym and initialism, Acronyms: PML(Q), PML-Q, PMLQ, "Q League" (officially registered as the Pakistan Muslim League) is a political party in Pakistan. As of ...

and former

Interior Minister of Pakistan Interior may refer to: Arts and media * ''Interior'' (Degas) (also known as ''The Rape''), painting by Edgar Degas * ''Interior'' (play), 1895 play by Belgian playwright Maurice Maeterlinck * ''The Interior'' (novel), by Lisa See * Interior de ...

Makhdoom Muhammad Javed Hashmi Makhdoom Muhammad Javed Hashmi (; born 1 January 1948), is a Pakistani politician, political realist, and a senior conservative thinker on the platform of Pakistan Muslim League (N). After serving as a cabinet minister in the Sharif's adminis ...

– a Pakistani politician, and central leader of

PML-N The Pakistan Muslim League (N) or (PML(N)) is a Centre-right politics, centre-right, Conservatism in Pakistan, conservative political party in Pakistan. It is currently the third-largest party in the Senate of Pakistan, Senate and the larges ...

Makhdoom Ali Khan Makhdoom Ali Khan (; born 9 January 1954), is a Pakistani lawyer who is a Senior Advocate Supreme Court. Khan has held several positions, including Attorney General for Pakistan, chairman of the Pakistan Bar Council, member of the Law and J ...

– a former

Attorney General of Pakistan Attorney-General for Pakistan is the chief law officer and legal advisor of the Government of Pakistan and enjoys rights of audience before Parliament. The Attorney-General, who serves as Pakistan's public prosecutor, is recommended by the Prime M ...

Makhdoom Khusro Bakhtiar Makhdum Khusro Bakhtyar (; born 7 July 1967) is a Pakistani politician who recently served as Pakistan's Federal Minister for Industries & Production. Previously, he has served as Federal Minister of Economic Affairs, Federal Minister of Nati ...

– a Pakistani politician, former Minister for Industries & Production of Pakistan *

Makhdoom Mohiuddin Makhdoom Mohiuddin, or Abu Sayed Muhammad Makhdoom Mohiuddin Khudri, (4 February 1908 – 25 August 1969) was an Urdu poet and Marxist political activist of India who founded the Progressive Writers Union in Hyderabad and was active with the ...

– an

Urdu poet Urdu poetry ( ) is a tradition of poetry and has many different forms. Today, it is an important part of the culture of India and Pakistan. According to Naseer Turabi, there are five major poets of Urdu: Mir Taqi Mir (d. 1810), Mirza Ghalib (d. ...

and

Marxist Marxism is a political philosophy and method of socioeconomic analysis. It uses a dialectical and materialist interpretation of historical development, better known as historical materialism, to analyse class relations, social conflic ...

politician from

Sayed Makhdoom Raheen Dr. Sayed Makhdoom Raheen (Dari: سید مخدوم رهین) is a Dari author and an Afghan politician. He is an ethnic Sayyid (Sunni Dari speaker) and is a dual citizen (holds American citizenship). Life He was born in 1946 in the Afghan cap ...

– an ambassador of

Afghanistan Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia. It is bordered by Pakistan to the Durand Line, east and south, Iran to the Afghanistan–Iran borde ...

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

Foreign Minister of Pakistan The Minister for Foreign Affairs (or simply the Foreign Minister) is the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Government of Pakistan. The minister oversees the federal government's foreign policy and International relations. Their resp ...

Makhdoom Muhammad Zaman Talib-ul-Mola Makhdoom Muhammad Zaman Talibul Moula (4 October 1919 – 11 January 1993; Sindhi: مخدوم محمد زمان طالب المولا) was a Pakistani politician, scholar and poet. He was the 17th ''Sajjadah Nasheen'' of Ghous-ul-Haq Makhdoom ...

– the founding member of

Pakistan Peoples Party The Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) is a political party in Pakistan and one of the three major List of political parties in Pakistan, Pakistani political parties alongside the Pakistan Muslim League (N) and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf. With a Cent ...

and famous Sindhi poet * Makhdoom Shahabuddin – a Pakistani politician *

Ammar Aziz Ammar Aziz is a Pakistani documentary filmmaker and poet. He's a recipient of the International Federation of Film Critics Award. His debut feature-length film A Walnut Tree had its world premiere at IDFA and North American premiere at Hot Docs ...

- a Pakistani filmmaker * Shah Makhdum Abdul Quddus Rupos - a Sufi saint from Shahzadpur in

Bangladesh Bangladesh, officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by population, eighth-most populous country in the world and among the List of countries and dependencies by ...

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Syed Muhammad Idrees Makhdoom Syed may refer to: * Seyd, alternative for Sayyid (name) * Alternative for Sayyid, an honorific title * Ahsan Ali Syed (born 1973), Indian businessman * Ghulam Murtaza Syed (1904-1995), prominent Sindhi politician * Ibrahim Bijli Syed (born 1939) ...

- a Anty Sufi saint from the

Jacobabad Jacobabad, also known as Khanger, is a city in Sindh, Pakistan, serving as both the capital city of Jacobabad District and the administrative centre of Jacobabad Taluka, an administrative subdivision of the district. The city itself is subd ...

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Makhdoom Abdul Rauf Qureshi Makhdoom (, meaning ''one who is served'' and sometimes spelled Makhdum,) is an Arabic word meaning "Teacher of Sunnah." It is a title and group of Pirs, and landlords in South and Central Asia. People with the title Makhdoom * Makhdoom Yahya Ma ...

- District education officer and Sajadah Nasheen Dargah Baal Mubarak

Rohri Rohri ( Sindhi: روهڙي; ) is a city of Sukkur District, Sindh province, Pakistan. It is located on the east bank of the Indus River, located directly across from Sukkur, the third largest city in Sindh. Rohri town is the administrative headqu ...

. *

Makhdoom Muhammad Usman Qureshi Makhdoom (, meaning ''one who is served'' and sometimes spelled Makhdum,) is an Arabic word meaning "Teacher of Sunnah." It is a title and group of Pirs, and landlords in South and Central Asia. People with the title Makhdoom * Makhdoom Yahya Ma ...

- Al Zuhravi

Banu Zuhrah Banu Zuhrah () is a clan of the Quraysh tribe. Akhnas ibn Shariq al- Thaqifi and the Banu Zuhrah were with the Meccan as part of the escort that preceded the battle of Badr, but since he believed the caravan to be safe, he did not join Quraish ...

- Al Yemani- Al Sindhi - Al Darbelvi

Darbelo Dabhro(), is a village in Kandiaro Taluka of Naushahro Feroze District, Sindh, Pakistan. It is also the administrative headquarter of the Dabhro Union Council Union council may refer to: *Union Council of Ministers The Union Council of M ...

- A Sufi Saint, Theologian, Poet, renowned Islamic scholar and jurist from Sindh, whose contributions to knowledge and spirituality left an indelible mark on history. his life was dedicated to the propagation of Islamic teachings, the guidance of the community, and the pursuit of spiritual excellence. He died in 1593 AD (1002 AH) at the age of 102 and was interred in Darbelo's Qureshi (Makhdoom) Mohalla, south of Jamia Mosque in

Allama Mufti Makhdoom Abdul Aleem Qureshi ''Allamah'' () is an Islamic honorary title for a profound scholar, a polymath, a man of vast reading and erudition, or a great learned one. The title is carried by scholars of Islamic fiqh (jurisprudence) and philosophy. It is used as an hon ...

- Al Zuhravi

- Al Sindhi - Al Darbelvi

- A Descendant of

, Makhdoom Abdul Aleem was a Religious Scholar, A Islamic Theologian and The Imam of Grand Mosque ( Jamia Masjid ) Darbello

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