''Mumtaz'' () means "excellent" in the

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. It may be used to signal commendation for an achievement, similar in meaning to

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and

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. Derived from it is a personal name commonly used in various countries in the

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, mainly Afghanistan, Brunei, Malaysia, Pakistan, Bangladesh, India and Turkey. It can also be used as a female name. ''Mumtazah'' is a related female version.

People with the given name

* Mumtaz Mahal (1593–1631), Indian empress * Mumtaz (Indian actress) (born 1947), Indian film actress * Mumtaz (Pakistani actress) (born 1948), Pakistani film actress * Mumtaz Jehan Begum Dehlavi (1933-1969), birth name of Madhubala (1933–1969), Indian film actress * Momtaz Begum (born 1974), Bangladeshi folk singer *

Mumtaz Begum (actress) Mumtaz Begum (7 April 1923 – 9 March 2002) was an Indian actress who appeared in Bollywood and Punjabi films. Life and career Begum was born in Bombay, Bombay Presidency, British India on 7 April 1923. She acted as a character actor pla ...

(born 1923), Indian film actress * Syed Mumtaz Alam Gillani (1940-2020), Pakistani politician * Mumtaz Habib (born 1987), Afghan cricketer * Momtaz Al Ket, Egyptian writer * Mumtaz Mufti (1905–1995), Pakistani novelist * Mumtaz Mustafa (died 2024), Pakistani politician * Mumtaz Hamid Rao (1941–2011), Pakistani television journalist and broadcaster * Samad Khan Momtaz os-Saltaneh (1869–1954), Iranian diplomat * Mümtaz Sevinç (1952–2006), Turkish actor * Mumtaz Sorcar (born 1986), Indian actress *

Mümtaz Soysal Osman Mümtaz Soysal (15 September 1929 – 11 November 2019) was a Turkish professor of constitutional law, political scientist, politician, human rights activist, ex-prisoner of conscience, senior advisor, columnist, and author. Soysal serve ...

(1929–2019), Turkish politician * Mumtaz Shanti (1926-1994), Indian actress * Mümtaz Tahincioğlu (born 1952), Turkish racing driver

People with the surname

Anjana Mumtaz Anjana Mumtaz (born 4 January 1941) is an Indian actress, who is known for her supporting roles in over a hundred Hindi, Marathi and Gujarati-language films. Born as Anjana Manjrekar, she married Sajid Mumtaz, an Air India official. Her son ...

(born 1941), Indian actress * Ismail Mumtaz (1880–1933), Iranian statesman * Jamshid Momtaz (born 1942), Iranian academic * Khawar Mumtaz (born 1945), Pakistani women's rights activist * Ruslaan Mumtaz (born 1982), Indian actor * Salman Mumtaz (1884–1941), Azerbaijani literary scholar and poet

People with the given name

People with the surname

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