Mahmud
Mahmud. Name that was borne by many Islamic personages, among them a great number of sultans and rulers, especially in India.
In Bengal: Mahmud I Nasir al-Din (r. 1442-1459); Mahmud II Nasir al-Din (r. 1459); Mahmud III Ghiyath al-Din (r. 1533-1538).
In the Deccan: Mahmud Shihab al-Din (b. 1479), ruler of the Bahmani dynasty from 1482 to 1518.
In Delhi: Mahmud I Nasir al-Din (r. 1246-1266); Mahmud II Nasir al-Din (r. 1394-1399).
In Gujarat: Mahmud I Sayf al-Din Begarha (Begra) (r. 1459-1511); Mahmud II Nasir Khan (r. 1526); Mahmud III Abu’l-Futuhat (r. 1537-1554).
In Jaunpur: Mahmud Shah Sharqi (r. 1440-1458).
In Malwa (India): Mahmud Khalji I (r. 1434-1469); Mahmud Khalji II (r. 1511-1531).
In Uttar Pradesh: Mahmud Khan Nasir al-Din (d. 1410), the founder of the Kalpi dynasty which lasted from 1389 to 1443.
Among the Ottoman Sultans: Mahmud I Ghazi (r. 1730-1754) and Mahmud II (r. 1808-1839), who was known as a westernizing reformer.
In Bengal: Mahmud I Nasir al-Din (r. 1442-1459); Mahmud II Nasir al-Din (r. 1459); Mahmud III Ghiyath al-Din (r. 1533-1538).
In the Deccan: Mahmud Shihab al-Din (b. 1479), ruler of the Bahmani dynasty from 1482 to 1518.
In Delhi: Mahmud I Nasir al-Din (r. 1246-1266); Mahmud II Nasir al-Din (r. 1394-1399).
In Gujarat: Mahmud I Sayf al-Din Begarha (Begra) (r. 1459-1511); Mahmud II Nasir Khan (r. 1526); Mahmud III Abu’l-Futuhat (r. 1537-1554).
In Jaunpur: Mahmud Shah Sharqi (r. 1440-1458).
In Malwa (India): Mahmud Khalji I (r. 1434-1469); Mahmud Khalji II (r. 1511-1531).
In Uttar Pradesh: Mahmud Khan Nasir al-Din (d. 1410), the founder of the Kalpi dynasty which lasted from 1389 to 1443.
Among the Ottoman Sultans: Mahmud I Ghazi (r. 1730-1754) and Mahmud II (r. 1808-1839), who was known as a westernizing reformer.
Mahmudabad
Mahmudabad. Leading Shi‘a family of north India under the Mughals, the kings of Awadh and the British from the fourteenth to the twentieth century.
Mahmudabad. Leading Shi‘a family of north India under the Mughals, the kings of Awadh and the British from the fourteenth to the twentieth century.
Mahmud ibn Muhammad ibn Malik-Shah
Mahmud ibn Muhammad ibn Malik-Shah (Mahmud II ibn Muhammad ibn Malik-Shah) (d.1131). Great Saljuq sultan in western Persia and Iraq (r.1118-1131). A just ruler, he is known for his Arabic scholarship, rare among the Saljuq rulers, and for his patronizing many of the leading poets of his time.
Mahmud II proclaimed himself the Saljuq (Seljuk) sultan of Baghdad in 1118 following the death of Mehmed I (probably Mahmud's father). Mahmud fought agains the Saljuq Sultan of Khorasan, Ahmed Sanjar, whom Mehmed I had revolted against in 1105. Mahmud was succeeded by Dawud.
Mahmud II ibn Muhammad ibn Malik-Shah see Mahmud ibn Muhammad ibn Malik-Shah
Mahmud ibn Muhammad ibn Malik-Shah (Mahmud II ibn Muhammad ibn Malik-Shah) (d.1131). Great Saljuq sultan in western Persia and Iraq (r.1118-1131). A just ruler, he is known for his Arabic scholarship, rare among the Saljuq rulers, and for his patronizing many of the leading poets of his time.
Mahmud II proclaimed himself the Saljuq (Seljuk) sultan of Baghdad in 1118 following the death of Mehmed I (probably Mahmud's father). Mahmud fought agains the Saljuq Sultan of Khorasan, Ahmed Sanjar, whom Mehmed I had revolted against in 1105. Mahmud was succeeded by Dawud.
Mahmud II ibn Muhammad ibn Malik-Shah see Mahmud ibn Muhammad ibn Malik-Shah
Mahmud ibn Sebuktigin
Mahmud ibn Sebuktigin (Mahmud of Ghazna) (Mahmud of Ghazni) (Yamin al-Dawlah Mahmud) (Yamin al-Dawlah 'Abd al-Qasim Mahmud ibn Sebuk Tegin) (November 2, 971 - April 30, 1030). Ghaznavid ruler (r.998-1030). During his long reign, he almost ceaselessly campaigned over a vast expanse of southern Asia, particularly in India. He assembled an empire greater than any known in eastern Islam since the decline of the ‘Abbasids. His centralized, despotic machinery of state typifies the Perso-Islamic “power-state.” His court was a congenial center for the scientist al-Biruni and for leading poets such as Farrukhi, ‘Unsuri and, for a short time, Firdawsi.
Mahmud's grandfather was Alptigin, a Turkic slave-guard of the Samanids in Balkh who crossed the Hindu Kush mountains to seize Ghazni from the declining Samanid kingdom, located strategically on the road between Kabul and Kandahar. Alptigin was succeeded in 977 by his Turkic slave and son-in-law, Sebuktigin, father of Mahmud, who enlarged upon Alptigin's conquests, extending his domain north to Balkh, west to Kandahar including most of Khorasan, and east to the Indus River. According to Ferishta, Mahmoud's mother was a Persian noble from Zabulistan.
In 994, Mahmud was engaged with his father Sebuktigin in the capture of Khorasan from the rebel Fa'iq in aid of the Samanid Emir Nuh II. During this period the Samanid state became highly unstable, with shifting internal political tides as various factions vied for control, chief being Abu'l-Qasim Simjuri, Fa'iq, Abu 'Ali, the General Behtuzun as well as the neighboring Buyid and Qarakhanids.
Sebuktigin was recognized by the Caliph in Baghdad as governor of his dominions. He died in 997, and was succeeded by his younger son Sultan Isma'il of Ghazni. Mahmud rebelled against his younger brother, Sultan Isma'il of Ghazni, and took over the Ghazni as the new sultan.
Mahmud's first campaign was against the Qarakhanid Empire in the North to his Empire. After his defeat, he had to enlist the alliance of Seljuk Turks in southern Soghdia and Khwarazm and diplomatically secure his north by 998. In 999, under the reign of 'Abd al-Malik II, the Samanids engaged in hostilities with Mahmud over Khorasan after political alliances shifted under a new Samanid Emir. These forces were defeated when the Qarakhanids under Nasr Khan invaded them from the North even as Fa'iq died. He then solicited an alliance and cemented it by marrying Nasr Khan's daughter.
Mahmud's first campaign to the south was against the Isma'ili Fatimid Kingdom at Multan in a bid to curry political favor and recognition with the 'Abbasid Caliphate engaged with the Fatimids elsewhere. Raja Jayapala of the Hindu Shahi Dynasty of Gandhara attempted to gain of Ghazni under Mahmud's father in the late 980s that had cost him extensive territory, but was again defeated. His son Anandapala succeeded him and continued the struggle, assembling a powerful confederacy which was defeated once more at Lahore in 1008 bringing Mahmud control of the Hindu Shahi dominions of Updhanpura.
According to the writings of al-Biruni, Soghidan, Uyghur and Manichean texts the Buddhists, Hindus and Jains were accepted as People of the Book and references to Buddha as Burxan or as a prophet can be found. After the initial destruction and pillage Buddhists, Jains and Hindus were granted protected subject status as dhimmis.
Following the defeat of the Rajput Confederacy, after deciding to teach them all a lesson for combining against him, discovering that they were rich, and that their temples were great repositories of wealth, Mahmud set out on regular expeditions against them, leaving the conquered kingdoms in the hands of Hindu vassals annexing the Punjab region.
Mahmud had relationships with the leadership in Balkh through marriage. Balkh's local Emir, Abu Nasr Mohammad, offered his services to the Sultan and his daughter to Mahmud's son, Muhammad. After Nasr's death Mahmud brought Balkh under his leadership. This alliance greatly helped him during his expeditions into Northern India.
The Indian kingdoms of Nagarkot, Thanesar, Kanauj, Gwalior, and Ujjain were all conquered and left in the hands of Hindu, Jain and Buddhist kings as vassal states. Mahmud was pragmatic enough not to shirk making alliances and enlisting local peoples into his armies at all ranks.
The later invasions of Mahmud were specifically directed to temple towns (Nagarkot, Thanesar, Mathura, Kanauj, Kalinjar and Somnath) as Indian temples were depositories of great wealth, in golden idols, diamonds, and jewelry. Mahmud's armies stripped the temples of their wealth and then destroyed them at Varanasi, Ujjain, Maheshwar, Jwalamukhi, and Dwarka.
The last four years of Mahmud's life were spent contending with the influx of Oghuz Turkic horse tribes from Central Asia, the Buyid Dynasty and rebellions by Seljuqs.
Sultan Mahmud died on April 30, 1030 in Ghazni at the age of 59. Mahmud had contracted malaria during his last invasion. The medical complication from malaria caused lethal tuberculosis. He had been a gifted military commander, and during his rule, universities were founded to study various subjects such as mathematics, religion, the humanities, and medicine. Islam was the main religion of his kingdom and the Hanafi school thought favored. The Perso-Afghan dialect Dari was made the official language. Mahmud's mausoleum is located at Ghazni (in modern Afghanistan).
Mahmud of Ghazna was the most important ruler of the Ghaznavid dynasty and, according to the contemporary political scientist Nizam al-Mulk, the first Islamic “sultan.” He succeeded in 998 to the command of all the territories his father Sebuktigin had administered from Ghazna in central Afghanistan on the Samanids’ behalf. After he took Khurasan from the Buyids in 999, his authority was recognized by the caliph al-Qadir. Thus, his line was established as an independent line.
Of greater historical significance, however, were Mahmud’s continuous campaigns to the Punjab and parts of Sind, campaigns that opened a new era of Muslim expansion into the the Indian subcontinent. These conquests, along with his taxation policies in Khurasan, have made Mahmud a controversial figure. Mahmud is frequently criticized for his desecration of temples and for his enslavement of many people as plunder. Mahmud is also accused of attempting to convert non-Muslims by force. However, what is undisputed is Mahmud's success at building the largest empire of its day, extending from central Iran through Afghanistan and into northern India.
Mahmud supported Sunni causes, patronized poetry and learning, and built magnificent palaces, apparently motivated, however, more by convention than conviction. Nonetheless, he achieved nearly legendary status in literary and folk traditions.
Today, in Afghanistan, Mahmud is celebrated as a national hero and a great patron of the arts, architecture and literature as well as a vanguard of Islam and a paragon of virtue and piety.
In modern Pakistan, he is hailed as a conquering hero who established the standard of Islam upon heathen land, while in India he may be depicted as raiding iconoclastic invader, bent upon the loot and plunder of a peaceful Hindu population. Conversion to Islam of the native population also became a controversial topic with the versions of sword enforced mass conversions versus inspirational missionary activity. With the rise of Hindutva and the partition of India, a lot more attention has been focused on casualties, temple destructions, slavery and forced conversions to Islam than before. This controversy has been further stoked by the depictions of teh historical Mahmud as either a hero or a villain by the polarization of nationalist or ideological orientations.
Iranians remember Mahmud as an Orthodox Sunni who was responsible for the revival of the Persian culture by commissioning and appointing Persians to high offices in his administration as ministers, viziers and generals. In addition, Iranians remember Mahmud for the promotion and preference of Persian language.instead of Turkish and patronage of great nationalist poets and scholars such as Firdawsi, al-Biruni, and Ferishta as well as his "Lion and Sun" flag which is still a national symbol in the modern state of Iran.
Under the reign of Mahmud, Ghazni broke away clearly from the Samanid sphere of influence and hastened their end. While he nominally acknowledged the Abbasids as Caliph as a matter of form, he was also granted the title of Sultan as recognition of his independence.
By the end of his reign, the Ghaznavid Empire extended from Kurdistan in the west to Samarkand in the northeast, and from the Caspian Sea to the Yamama. Although his raids carried his forces across Indian sub-continent, only the Punjab and Sindh, modern Pakistan, came under his permanent rule.
The wealth brought back to Ghazni was enormous, and contemporary historians, such as Abolfazl, Beyhaghi, and Firdawsi, give glowing descriptions of the magnificence of the capital, as well as of the conqueror's munificent support of literature. He transformed Ghazni, the first center of Persian literature, into one of the leading cities of Central Asia, patronizing scholars, establishing colleges, laying out gardens and building mosques, palaces, and caravansaries. He patronized Firdawsi to write the Shahnama, and after his expedition across the Gangetic plains in 1017 of al-Biruni to compose his Tarikh al-Hind in order to understand the Indians and their beliefs.
The Ghaznavid Empire was ruled by his successors for 157 years, but after Mahmud it never reached anything like the same splendor and power. The expanding Seljuk Turkish empire absorbed most of the Ghaznavid west. The Ghorids captured Ghazni around 1150, and Muhammad Ghori captured the last Ghaznavid stronghold at Lahore in 1187.
Mahmud of Ghazna see Mahmud ibn Sebuktigin
Mahmud of Ghazni see Mahmud ibn Sebuktigin
Yamin al-Dawlah Mahmud see Mahmud ibn Sebuktigin
Yamin al-Dawlah 'Abd al-Qasim Mahmud ibn Sebuk Tegin see Mahmud ibn Sebuktigin
Mahmud ibn Sebuktigin (Mahmud of Ghazna) (Mahmud of Ghazni) (Yamin al-Dawlah Mahmud) (Yamin al-Dawlah 'Abd al-Qasim Mahmud ibn Sebuk Tegin) (November 2, 971 - April 30, 1030). Ghaznavid ruler (r.998-1030). During his long reign, he almost ceaselessly campaigned over a vast expanse of southern Asia, particularly in India. He assembled an empire greater than any known in eastern Islam since the decline of the ‘Abbasids. His centralized, despotic machinery of state typifies the Perso-Islamic “power-state.” His court was a congenial center for the scientist al-Biruni and for leading poets such as Farrukhi, ‘Unsuri and, for a short time, Firdawsi.
Mahmud's grandfather was Alptigin, a Turkic slave-guard of the Samanids in Balkh who crossed the Hindu Kush mountains to seize Ghazni from the declining Samanid kingdom, located strategically on the road between Kabul and Kandahar. Alptigin was succeeded in 977 by his Turkic slave and son-in-law, Sebuktigin, father of Mahmud, who enlarged upon Alptigin's conquests, extending his domain north to Balkh, west to Kandahar including most of Khorasan, and east to the Indus River. According to Ferishta, Mahmoud's mother was a Persian noble from Zabulistan.
In 994, Mahmud was engaged with his father Sebuktigin in the capture of Khorasan from the rebel Fa'iq in aid of the Samanid Emir Nuh II. During this period the Samanid state became highly unstable, with shifting internal political tides as various factions vied for control, chief being Abu'l-Qasim Simjuri, Fa'iq, Abu 'Ali, the General Behtuzun as well as the neighboring Buyid and Qarakhanids.
Sebuktigin was recognized by the Caliph in Baghdad as governor of his dominions. He died in 997, and was succeeded by his younger son Sultan Isma'il of Ghazni. Mahmud rebelled against his younger brother, Sultan Isma'il of Ghazni, and took over the Ghazni as the new sultan.
Mahmud's first campaign was against the Qarakhanid Empire in the North to his Empire. After his defeat, he had to enlist the alliance of Seljuk Turks in southern Soghdia and Khwarazm and diplomatically secure his north by 998. In 999, under the reign of 'Abd al-Malik II, the Samanids engaged in hostilities with Mahmud over Khorasan after political alliances shifted under a new Samanid Emir. These forces were defeated when the Qarakhanids under Nasr Khan invaded them from the North even as Fa'iq died. He then solicited an alliance and cemented it by marrying Nasr Khan's daughter.
Mahmud's first campaign to the south was against the Isma'ili Fatimid Kingdom at Multan in a bid to curry political favor and recognition with the 'Abbasid Caliphate engaged with the Fatimids elsewhere. Raja Jayapala of the Hindu Shahi Dynasty of Gandhara attempted to gain of Ghazni under Mahmud's father in the late 980s that had cost him extensive territory, but was again defeated. His son Anandapala succeeded him and continued the struggle, assembling a powerful confederacy which was defeated once more at Lahore in 1008 bringing Mahmud control of the Hindu Shahi dominions of Updhanpura.
According to the writings of al-Biruni, Soghidan, Uyghur and Manichean texts the Buddhists, Hindus and Jains were accepted as People of the Book and references to Buddha as Burxan or as a prophet can be found. After the initial destruction and pillage Buddhists, Jains and Hindus were granted protected subject status as dhimmis.
Following the defeat of the Rajput Confederacy, after deciding to teach them all a lesson for combining against him, discovering that they were rich, and that their temples were great repositories of wealth, Mahmud set out on regular expeditions against them, leaving the conquered kingdoms in the hands of Hindu vassals annexing the Punjab region.
Mahmud had relationships with the leadership in Balkh through marriage. Balkh's local Emir, Abu Nasr Mohammad, offered his services to the Sultan and his daughter to Mahmud's son, Muhammad. After Nasr's death Mahmud brought Balkh under his leadership. This alliance greatly helped him during his expeditions into Northern India.
The Indian kingdoms of Nagarkot, Thanesar, Kanauj, Gwalior, and Ujjain were all conquered and left in the hands of Hindu, Jain and Buddhist kings as vassal states. Mahmud was pragmatic enough not to shirk making alliances and enlisting local peoples into his armies at all ranks.
The later invasions of Mahmud were specifically directed to temple towns (Nagarkot, Thanesar, Mathura, Kanauj, Kalinjar and Somnath) as Indian temples were depositories of great wealth, in golden idols, diamonds, and jewelry. Mahmud's armies stripped the temples of their wealth and then destroyed them at Varanasi, Ujjain, Maheshwar, Jwalamukhi, and Dwarka.
The last four years of Mahmud's life were spent contending with the influx of Oghuz Turkic horse tribes from Central Asia, the Buyid Dynasty and rebellions by Seljuqs.
Sultan Mahmud died on April 30, 1030 in Ghazni at the age of 59. Mahmud had contracted malaria during his last invasion. The medical complication from malaria caused lethal tuberculosis. He had been a gifted military commander, and during his rule, universities were founded to study various subjects such as mathematics, religion, the humanities, and medicine. Islam was the main religion of his kingdom and the Hanafi school thought favored. The Perso-Afghan dialect Dari was made the official language. Mahmud's mausoleum is located at Ghazni (in modern Afghanistan).
Mahmud of Ghazna was the most important ruler of the Ghaznavid dynasty and, according to the contemporary political scientist Nizam al-Mulk, the first Islamic “sultan.” He succeeded in 998 to the command of all the territories his father Sebuktigin had administered from Ghazna in central Afghanistan on the Samanids’ behalf. After he took Khurasan from the Buyids in 999, his authority was recognized by the caliph al-Qadir. Thus, his line was established as an independent line.
Of greater historical significance, however, were Mahmud’s continuous campaigns to the Punjab and parts of Sind, campaigns that opened a new era of Muslim expansion into the the Indian subcontinent. These conquests, along with his taxation policies in Khurasan, have made Mahmud a controversial figure. Mahmud is frequently criticized for his desecration of temples and for his enslavement of many people as plunder. Mahmud is also accused of attempting to convert non-Muslims by force. However, what is undisputed is Mahmud's success at building the largest empire of its day, extending from central Iran through Afghanistan and into northern India.
Mahmud supported Sunni causes, patronized poetry and learning, and built magnificent palaces, apparently motivated, however, more by convention than conviction. Nonetheless, he achieved nearly legendary status in literary and folk traditions.
Today, in Afghanistan, Mahmud is celebrated as a national hero and a great patron of the arts, architecture and literature as well as a vanguard of Islam and a paragon of virtue and piety.
In modern Pakistan, he is hailed as a conquering hero who established the standard of Islam upon heathen land, while in India he may be depicted as raiding iconoclastic invader, bent upon the loot and plunder of a peaceful Hindu population. Conversion to Islam of the native population also became a controversial topic with the versions of sword enforced mass conversions versus inspirational missionary activity. With the rise of Hindutva and the partition of India, a lot more attention has been focused on casualties, temple destructions, slavery and forced conversions to Islam than before. This controversy has been further stoked by the depictions of teh historical Mahmud as either a hero or a villain by the polarization of nationalist or ideological orientations.
Iranians remember Mahmud as an Orthodox Sunni who was responsible for the revival of the Persian culture by commissioning and appointing Persians to high offices in his administration as ministers, viziers and generals. In addition, Iranians remember Mahmud for the promotion and preference of Persian language.instead of Turkish and patronage of great nationalist poets and scholars such as Firdawsi, al-Biruni, and Ferishta as well as his "Lion and Sun" flag which is still a national symbol in the modern state of Iran.
Under the reign of Mahmud, Ghazni broke away clearly from the Samanid sphere of influence and hastened their end. While he nominally acknowledged the Abbasids as Caliph as a matter of form, he was also granted the title of Sultan as recognition of his independence.
By the end of his reign, the Ghaznavid Empire extended from Kurdistan in the west to Samarkand in the northeast, and from the Caspian Sea to the Yamama. Although his raids carried his forces across Indian sub-continent, only the Punjab and Sindh, modern Pakistan, came under his permanent rule.
The wealth brought back to Ghazni was enormous, and contemporary historians, such as Abolfazl, Beyhaghi, and Firdawsi, give glowing descriptions of the magnificence of the capital, as well as of the conqueror's munificent support of literature. He transformed Ghazni, the first center of Persian literature, into one of the leading cities of Central Asia, patronizing scholars, establishing colleges, laying out gardens and building mosques, palaces, and caravansaries. He patronized Firdawsi to write the Shahnama, and after his expedition across the Gangetic plains in 1017 of al-Biruni to compose his Tarikh al-Hind in order to understand the Indians and their beliefs.
The Ghaznavid Empire was ruled by his successors for 157 years, but after Mahmud it never reached anything like the same splendor and power. The expanding Seljuk Turkish empire absorbed most of the Ghaznavid west. The Ghorids captured Ghazni around 1150, and Muhammad Ghori captured the last Ghaznavid stronghold at Lahore in 1187.
Mahmud of Ghazna see Mahmud ibn Sebuktigin
Mahmud of Ghazni see Mahmud ibn Sebuktigin
Yamin al-Dawlah Mahmud see Mahmud ibn Sebuktigin
Yamin al-Dawlah 'Abd al-Qasim Mahmud ibn Sebuk Tegin see Mahmud ibn Sebuktigin
Mahmud, Mustafa
Mahmud, Mustafa (Mustafa Mahmud) (Mustafa Kamal Mahmoud Husayn) (Mostafa Mahmoud) (December 25, 1921 – October 31, 2009). Leading Egyptian Islamist philosopher, author, and scientist.
Many scholars argue that Islamism in the Middle East is, among other things, a reaction against Marxism and that ex-Marxists have turned increasingly to Islam as an anti-modernist ideology. Egypt’s Mustafa Mahmud, a widely known and generally respected figure, might appear to represent just such a trend. Mahmud rejected Marxism and distinguished himself as an Islamist. However, he is far from an anti-modernist. Trained as a physician, Mahmud gained prominence as an Islamic entrepreneur: scientist, television personality, author of more than sixty books, cardiologist, and founder of a successful charitable organization. One of his early books God and Man, was censored by the regime of President Gamal Abdel Nasser for its overemphasis on “materialism.”
Raised and educated in Tanta in the Egyptian Delta, Mahmud attended medical school at Cairo University. After graduation, he practiced medicine from 1952 to 1966. He also began to write. Allah wa al-insan (God and Man) was banned by a state court during the Nasser era for its materialism.
After several years of adherence to leftist, secular, and materialistic values, he gave up his medical practice to write books, including a commentary on the Qur'an. Turning to Islam after years of adhering to belief in Western values (especially secularism and materialism) and leftist modes of thought, he wrote his autobiography, Rihlati min al-shakk ila al-iman (My Journey from Doubt to Faith -- 1972), which became a national bestseller in Egypt in the1970s. He also initiated a television program -- Al-‘ilm wa al-iman (Science and Faith) -- dedicated to the precept that Islam and science are completely compatible and self-supportive. In this television program, Mahmud portrayed the phenomena and the creatures of the natural world and attempted to prove that God was their natural cause. This program became immensely popular with Egypt's educated middle class.
He founded the Mustafa Mahmud Society much in compliance with this theory -- in the name of Islam, to promote the general welfare, and to maintain his extensive health center. The Mustafa Mahmud Society, founded in 1975, contains an aquarium, library (for the study of Islam), observatory (to mark the precise dates for the beginning and ending of holy days), geological museum, seminar hall, health center (polyclinic) and hospital. The society also conducts tours to Islamic monuments, presents lectures and films, and sends relief aid abroad (e.g., clothes and medicine to Afghan refugees and thousands of dollars to the Red Crescent in Sudan for victims of floods).
Dissatisfied with the efficacy of doctors and hospitals in caring for sick people, in 1975, Mahmud raised the funds necessary to build a mosque in the upscale Muhandisin district of Cairo. In 1979, the society’s Office of Social Services began providing socio-medical services. By the early 1990s, approximately eight thousand families annually were receiving financial aid -- monthly stipends, medical services (related to kidney, chest, cancer, heart, and leper illnesses), aid to poor students and to blind and disabled individuals.
Located on the main street of the upper-middle class district of Muhandisin, the Mustafa Mahmud Society links a mosque with a hospital, the former raising funds through sakat (wealth tax, alms), the latter providing health services. Beyond local contributions, Mahmud’s activities receive special assistance from his personal friends from Gulf Arab states, providing his society with hundreds of thousands of dollars annually. The health services these help to provide run the gamut from physical exams, blood testing, urinalysis, and diagnoses to kidney dialysis, appendectomies, CT-scans, and heart treatment. Dental and psychological services were also provided. In the late 1980s, a high-rise apartment building in Muhandisin was donated by a friend of Mahmud and was the society’s hospital.
The hospital had sixty beds, half of which were for charitable and low-price services. The medical staff consists of more than ninety physicians -- perhaps the largest group among the thousands of Islamic societies throughout Egypt. Doctors and physicians receive anywhere from 20 to 50 percent of the value of their treatment.
This capitalist enterprise founded in the name of Islam was hardly representative of the vast number of Islamic societies in Egypt, but was a model of achievement with financial benefits accruing to the staff and low-cost health care for thousands of patients. Through these achievements, Mahmud provided tangible evidence for his theories linking Islam with scientific and socio-economic advancement.
While managing this complex of religious institutions, Mahmud continued to write and speak on television. Among his publications are two books that have been translated into English, Marxism and Islam and Dialogue with an Atheist. Drawing on charitable contributions by Egyptians and by Arabs from the Gulf states, Mahmud has successfully provided generous benefits to a large professional staff and low-cost health care for thousands of patients, independent of the Egyptian government. Mahmud successfully avoided any involvement in revolutionary Islamist movements and forthrightly condemned terrorism. Although not a member of the 'ulama', Mustafa Mahmud became one of Egypt's most influential and respected authorities on Islamic beliefs and institutions because of his reconciliation of science and faith in terms understandable to modernize Egyptians.
Mustafa Mahmud see Mahmud, Mustafa
Mostafa Mahmoud see Mahmud, Mustafa
Mahmoud, Mostafa see Mahmud, Mustafa
Mustafa Kamal Mahmoud Husayn see Mahmud, Mustafa
Husayn, Mustafa Kamal Mahmoud see Mahmud, Mustafa
Mahmud, Mustafa (Mustafa Mahmud) (Mustafa Kamal Mahmoud Husayn) (Mostafa Mahmoud) (December 25, 1921 – October 31, 2009). Leading Egyptian Islamist philosopher, author, and scientist.
Many scholars argue that Islamism in the Middle East is, among other things, a reaction against Marxism and that ex-Marxists have turned increasingly to Islam as an anti-modernist ideology. Egypt’s Mustafa Mahmud, a widely known and generally respected figure, might appear to represent just such a trend. Mahmud rejected Marxism and distinguished himself as an Islamist. However, he is far from an anti-modernist. Trained as a physician, Mahmud gained prominence as an Islamic entrepreneur: scientist, television personality, author of more than sixty books, cardiologist, and founder of a successful charitable organization. One of his early books God and Man, was censored by the regime of President Gamal Abdel Nasser for its overemphasis on “materialism.”
Raised and educated in Tanta in the Egyptian Delta, Mahmud attended medical school at Cairo University. After graduation, he practiced medicine from 1952 to 1966. He also began to write. Allah wa al-insan (God and Man) was banned by a state court during the Nasser era for its materialism.
After several years of adherence to leftist, secular, and materialistic values, he gave up his medical practice to write books, including a commentary on the Qur'an. Turning to Islam after years of adhering to belief in Western values (especially secularism and materialism) and leftist modes of thought, he wrote his autobiography, Rihlati min al-shakk ila al-iman (My Journey from Doubt to Faith -- 1972), which became a national bestseller in Egypt in the1970s. He also initiated a television program -- Al-‘ilm wa al-iman (Science and Faith) -- dedicated to the precept that Islam and science are completely compatible and self-supportive. In this television program, Mahmud portrayed the phenomena and the creatures of the natural world and attempted to prove that God was their natural cause. This program became immensely popular with Egypt's educated middle class.
He founded the Mustafa Mahmud Society much in compliance with this theory -- in the name of Islam, to promote the general welfare, and to maintain his extensive health center. The Mustafa Mahmud Society, founded in 1975, contains an aquarium, library (for the study of Islam), observatory (to mark the precise dates for the beginning and ending of holy days), geological museum, seminar hall, health center (polyclinic) and hospital. The society also conducts tours to Islamic monuments, presents lectures and films, and sends relief aid abroad (e.g., clothes and medicine to Afghan refugees and thousands of dollars to the Red Crescent in Sudan for victims of floods).
Dissatisfied with the efficacy of doctors and hospitals in caring for sick people, in 1975, Mahmud raised the funds necessary to build a mosque in the upscale Muhandisin district of Cairo. In 1979, the society’s Office of Social Services began providing socio-medical services. By the early 1990s, approximately eight thousand families annually were receiving financial aid -- monthly stipends, medical services (related to kidney, chest, cancer, heart, and leper illnesses), aid to poor students and to blind and disabled individuals.
Located on the main street of the upper-middle class district of Muhandisin, the Mustafa Mahmud Society links a mosque with a hospital, the former raising funds through sakat (wealth tax, alms), the latter providing health services. Beyond local contributions, Mahmud’s activities receive special assistance from his personal friends from Gulf Arab states, providing his society with hundreds of thousands of dollars annually. The health services these help to provide run the gamut from physical exams, blood testing, urinalysis, and diagnoses to kidney dialysis, appendectomies, CT-scans, and heart treatment. Dental and psychological services were also provided. In the late 1980s, a high-rise apartment building in Muhandisin was donated by a friend of Mahmud and was the society’s hospital.
The hospital had sixty beds, half of which were for charitable and low-price services. The medical staff consists of more than ninety physicians -- perhaps the largest group among the thousands of Islamic societies throughout Egypt. Doctors and physicians receive anywhere from 20 to 50 percent of the value of their treatment.
This capitalist enterprise founded in the name of Islam was hardly representative of the vast number of Islamic societies in Egypt, but was a model of achievement with financial benefits accruing to the staff and low-cost health care for thousands of patients. Through these achievements, Mahmud provided tangible evidence for his theories linking Islam with scientific and socio-economic advancement.
While managing this complex of religious institutions, Mahmud continued to write and speak on television. Among his publications are two books that have been translated into English, Marxism and Islam and Dialogue with an Atheist. Drawing on charitable contributions by Egyptians and by Arabs from the Gulf states, Mahmud has successfully provided generous benefits to a large professional staff and low-cost health care for thousands of patients, independent of the Egyptian government. Mahmud successfully avoided any involvement in revolutionary Islamist movements and forthrightly condemned terrorism. Although not a member of the 'ulama', Mustafa Mahmud became one of Egypt's most influential and respected authorities on Islamic beliefs and institutions because of his reconciliation of science and faith in terms understandable to modernize Egyptians.
Mustafa Mahmud see Mahmud, Mustafa
Mostafa Mahmoud see Mahmud, Mustafa
Mahmoud, Mostafa see Mahmud, Mustafa
Mustafa Kamal Mahmoud Husayn see Mahmud, Mustafa
Husayn, Mustafa Kamal Mahmoud see Mahmud, Mustafa
Mahmud Nedim Pasha
Mahmud Nedim Pasha (1817-1883). Ottoman bureaucrat and Grand Vizier. In 1872, he was dismissed from the Grand Vizierate by Sultan Abdul-aziz as a result of Midhat Pasha’s energetic representation to the sultan about the harm he was causing. In 1875, he was re-installed as Grand Vizier to be dismissed again in 1876.
Mahmud Nedim Pasha was the son of Nejib Pasha, a former governor-general of Baghdad. After occupying various subordinate posts at the Porte he became undersecretary of state for foreign affairs, governor-general of Syria and Smyrna, minister of commerce, and governor-general of Tripoli; minister successively of justice and of marine (1869); grand vizier from 1871 to 1872 and from 1875 to 1876.
He was high in favor with Sultan Abdul Aziz and fell under the influence of General Ignatiev, the forceful Russian ambassador before the war of 1877-78. Mahmud's subserviency to Russia earned for him the nickname of "Nedimoff." Mahmud's administration was unsuccessful from every point of view, and he was largely responsible for the issue of the decree suspending the interest on the Turkish funds. He was also minister of the interior from 1879 to 1883.
Nedim, Mahmud see Mahmud Nedim Pasha
Nedimoff see Mahmud Nedim Pasha
Mahmud Nedim Pasha was the son of Nejib Pasha, a former governor-general of Baghdad. After occupying various subordinate posts at the Porte he became undersecretary of state for foreign affairs, governor-general of Syria and Smyrna, minister of commerce, and governor-general of Tripoli; minister successively of justice and of marine (1869); grand vizier from 1871 to 1872 and from 1875 to 1876.
He was high in favor with Sultan Abdul Aziz and fell under the influence of General Ignatiev, the forceful Russian ambassador before the war of 1877-78. Mahmud's subserviency to Russia earned for him the nickname of "Nedimoff." Mahmud's administration was unsuccessful from every point of view, and he was largely responsible for the issue of the decree suspending the interest on the Turkish funds. He was also minister of the interior from 1879 to 1883.
Nedim, Mahmud see Mahmud Nedim Pasha
Nedimoff see Mahmud Nedim Pasha
Mahmud Pasha
Mahmud Pasha (d. 1474). Ottoman Grand Vizier. He took part in the siege of Istanbul and accompanied Sultan Muhammad II on several of his campaigns.
Mahmud Pasha (d. 1474). Ottoman Grand Vizier. He took part in the siege of Istanbul and accompanied Sultan Muhammad II on several of his campaigns.
Mahmud Riayat Syah III
Mahmud Riayat Syah III (1759-1812). Sultan of Johor (r. 1761-1812). His election was forced upon the Malays, who preferred a mature candidate, by the Bugis faction, which dominated Johor until it was driven out by Dutch forces in 1784. Mahmud found that in exchange for Dutch support he had to yield to the occupation, and consequent stultification, of Riau. He temporarily overcame the Dutch with the help of Illanun pirates in 1787 but was then forced to fell Riau to avoid Dutch retribution. Refused help by the English, he attempted to unite all Malay and Bugis against the Europeans but without success. The Napoleonic wars caused the Dutch to leave Riau in 1795, and the Bugis and Malays returned, along with their quarrel. On Mahmud’s death in 1812 the throne again became a bone of contention, as, perhaps intentionally, he had not clearly specified which of his two sons was his heir and had given one to each faction to raise. The Bugis again forced the success of their candidate, but the confusion was sufficient to give the English the opportunity to seize Singapore.
Mahmud Riayat Syah III (1759-1812). Sultan of Johor (r. 1761-1812). His election was forced upon the Malays, who preferred a mature candidate, by the Bugis faction, which dominated Johor until it was driven out by Dutch forces in 1784. Mahmud found that in exchange for Dutch support he had to yield to the occupation, and consequent stultification, of Riau. He temporarily overcame the Dutch with the help of Illanun pirates in 1787 but was then forced to fell Riau to avoid Dutch retribution. Refused help by the English, he attempted to unite all Malay and Bugis against the Europeans but without success. The Napoleonic wars caused the Dutch to leave Riau in 1795, and the Bugis and Malays returned, along with their quarrel. On Mahmud’s death in 1812 the throne again became a bone of contention, as, perhaps intentionally, he had not clearly specified which of his two sons was his heir and had given one to each faction to raise. The Bugis again forced the success of their candidate, but the confusion was sufficient to give the English the opportunity to seize Singapore.
Mahmud Shabistari
Mahmud Shabistari (1287/1288 - 1320/1340). Persian mystic and writer. His fame rests entirely on his poem in rhyming couplets, called The Secret Rose Garden.
Mahmud Shabistari was one of the most celebrated Persian Sufi poets of the 14th century. He was born in the town of Shabestar near Tabriz, where he received his education. He became deeply versed in the symbolic terminology of Ibn Arabi. He wrote during a period of Mongol invasions.
His most famous work is a mystic text called The Secret Rose Garden (Gulishan-i Rāz) written about 1311 in rhyming couplets (Mathnawi). This poem was written in response to seventeen queries concerning Sufi metaphysics posed to "the Sufi literati of Tabriz" by Rukh Al Din Amir Husayn Harawi (d. 1318). It was also the main reference used by François Bernier when explaining Sufism to his European friends (in: Lettre sur le Quietisme des Indes; 1688)
Other works include The Book of Felicity (Sa'adat-nāma) and The Truth of Certainty about the Knowledge of the Lord of the Worlds (Ḥaqq al-yaqīn fi ma'rifat rabb al-'alamīn). The former is regarded as a relatively unknown poetic masterpiece written in khafif meter, while the later is his lone work of prose.
Shabistari, Mahmud see Mahmud Shabistari
Mahmud Shabistari (1287/1288 - 1320/1340). Persian mystic and writer. His fame rests entirely on his poem in rhyming couplets, called The Secret Rose Garden.
Mahmud Shabistari was one of the most celebrated Persian Sufi poets of the 14th century. He was born in the town of Shabestar near Tabriz, where he received his education. He became deeply versed in the symbolic terminology of Ibn Arabi. He wrote during a period of Mongol invasions.
His most famous work is a mystic text called The Secret Rose Garden (Gulishan-i Rāz) written about 1311 in rhyming couplets (Mathnawi). This poem was written in response to seventeen queries concerning Sufi metaphysics posed to "the Sufi literati of Tabriz" by Rukh Al Din Amir Husayn Harawi (d. 1318). It was also the main reference used by François Bernier when explaining Sufism to his European friends (in: Lettre sur le Quietisme des Indes; 1688)
Other works include The Book of Felicity (Sa'adat-nāma) and The Truth of Certainty about the Knowledge of the Lord of the Worlds (Ḥaqq al-yaqīn fi ma'rifat rabb al-'alamīn). The former is regarded as a relatively unknown poetic masterpiece written in khafif meter, while the later is his lone work of prose.
Shabistari, Mahmud see Mahmud Shabistari
Mahmud Shewqat Pasha
Mahmud Shewqat Pasha (Mahmud Sevket Pasha) (1856- June 11, 1913). Ottoman general, war minister and Grand Vizier. He was one of the most important military political figures of the Young Turk period.
Mahmud Shewqat Pasha was born in Baghdad. He played important roles in ending the 31 March Incident and the reign of Abdul Hamid II. He served as a Grand Vizier to Mehmed V, between January 23, 1913, and June 11, 1913, when he was assassinated in Istanbul.
Mahmud Sevket Pasha see Mahmud Shewqat Pasha
Sevket, Mahmud see Mahmud Shewqat Pasha
Shewqat, Mahmud see Mahmud Shewqat Pasha
Mahmud Shewqat Pasha (Mahmud Sevket Pasha) (1856- June 11, 1913). Ottoman general, war minister and Grand Vizier. He was one of the most important military political figures of the Young Turk period.
Mahmud Shewqat Pasha was born in Baghdad. He played important roles in ending the 31 March Incident and the reign of Abdul Hamid II. He served as a Grand Vizier to Mehmed V, between January 23, 1913, and June 11, 1913, when he was assassinated in Istanbul.
Mahmud Sevket Pasha see Mahmud Shewqat Pasha
Sevket, Mahmud see Mahmud Shewqat Pasha
Shewqat, Mahmud see Mahmud Shewqat Pasha
Mahmud Syah II
Mahmud Syah II (Mahmud Shah II ibni al-Marhum Sultan Ibrahim Shah) (1675 - September 3, 1699). Sultan of Johor (1685-1699). Mahmud Syah was unstable and sadistic. His irresponsible behavior did much to destroy in a short period the carefully nurtured prosperity that had come to Johor in the late seventeenth century with the decline of Aceh and Melaka. His behavior led to his murder, apparently with the collusion of the Orang Kaya -- a radical course of action in a Malay court, which held no crime more heinous than murder. He left no heirs and was the last Johor sultan who could claim direct descent from the Melaka sultans.
Mahmud Shah II ibni al-Marhum Sultan Ibrahim Shah was the 10th Sultan of Johor, Pahang and Lingga (1685 - September 3,1699).
Born in 1675, he was the last in line of a dynasty of the Sultanate of Johor (founded by his grandfather, Sultan Alauddin Ri'ayat Shah II) descended from the Sultans of Melaka (Malacca). As he was still a young boy when his father Sultan Ibrahim died (16th of February,1685), Sultan Mahmud II reigned under the joint regency of his mother and the Bendahara Paduka Raja until the death of the latter (July 27, 1697).
He had several wives and is said to have slain any of them to have the misfortune of becoming pregnant. Perhaps this could have been the result of his fear that the birth of a son would enable rivals to depose him. After all, he himself came to power at a young age through a palace conspiracy that led to the poisoning of his father Sultan Ibrahim by his wives. Sultan Mahmud Shah II is famously known as "Sultan Mahmud Mangkat Dijulang". The name Mangkat Dijulang was given in remembrance of the way he was killed (mangkat being the Malay word referring specifically to a royal death) while being carried (dijulang) in a royal litter or dais. On his way back from Friday prayers, he was assassinated by one of his military chiefs, Laksamana Megat Sri Rama (hailing from Bintan). The famous legend behind the murder of Sultan Mahmud Shah II is recounted in the 19th century Malay chronicle, the Tuhfat al-Nafis. Based on this story, he is mostly remembered for his decadence and cruelty, marking a shameful end to his dynasty.
Sultan Mahmud was buried in a village near Kota Tinggi in Johor, which is still known today as Kampung Makam (Village of the Tomb).
After Mahmud's death, his Bendahara (chief minister) Abdul Jalil declared himself the next Sultan of Johor. Upon ascending the throne, the new Sultan (Abdul Jalil IV) killed all the wives of Sultan Mahmud in order to avoid the possibility of any future claims to the throne. However, according to the Hikayat Negeri Johor (Chronicles of the State of Johor) and the Pahang Manuscripts, one wife, Che Mi, managed to escape to Minangkabau and gave birth to Raja Kechil. Less than two decades later in 1717, Raja Kechil would assemble a fleet from Minangkabau and succeed temporarily in ousting Sultan Abdul Jalil's successor Sultan Sulaiman and gain the Johor Sultanate, basing his legitimacy on the claim that he was the posthumous son of Sultan Mahmud Shah II. However, Bugis mercenaries that assisted him in this campaign changed sides and he was eventually forced to flee to Siak, where he founded a new Sultanate.
The legend of Sultan Mahmud II is recounted in a 1959 Malay film written by the famous Malay film star P. Ramlee as well as a 1961 Malay film directed by K. M. Basker.
Syah, Mahmud see Mahmud Syah II
Mahmud Shah II ibni al-Marhum Sultan Ibrahim Shah see Mahmud Syah II
Sultan Mahmud Mangkat Dijulang see Mahmud Syah II
Mahmud Syah II (Mahmud Shah II ibni al-Marhum Sultan Ibrahim Shah) (1675 - September 3, 1699). Sultan of Johor (1685-1699). Mahmud Syah was unstable and sadistic. His irresponsible behavior did much to destroy in a short period the carefully nurtured prosperity that had come to Johor in the late seventeenth century with the decline of Aceh and Melaka. His behavior led to his murder, apparently with the collusion of the Orang Kaya -- a radical course of action in a Malay court, which held no crime more heinous than murder. He left no heirs and was the last Johor sultan who could claim direct descent from the Melaka sultans.
Mahmud Shah II ibni al-Marhum Sultan Ibrahim Shah was the 10th Sultan of Johor, Pahang and Lingga (1685 - September 3,1699).
Born in 1675, he was the last in line of a dynasty of the Sultanate of Johor (founded by his grandfather, Sultan Alauddin Ri'ayat Shah II) descended from the Sultans of Melaka (Malacca). As he was still a young boy when his father Sultan Ibrahim died (16th of February,1685), Sultan Mahmud II reigned under the joint regency of his mother and the Bendahara Paduka Raja until the death of the latter (July 27, 1697).
He had several wives and is said to have slain any of them to have the misfortune of becoming pregnant. Perhaps this could have been the result of his fear that the birth of a son would enable rivals to depose him. After all, he himself came to power at a young age through a palace conspiracy that led to the poisoning of his father Sultan Ibrahim by his wives. Sultan Mahmud Shah II is famously known as "Sultan Mahmud Mangkat Dijulang". The name Mangkat Dijulang was given in remembrance of the way he was killed (mangkat being the Malay word referring specifically to a royal death) while being carried (dijulang) in a royal litter or dais. On his way back from Friday prayers, he was assassinated by one of his military chiefs, Laksamana Megat Sri Rama (hailing from Bintan). The famous legend behind the murder of Sultan Mahmud Shah II is recounted in the 19th century Malay chronicle, the Tuhfat al-Nafis. Based on this story, he is mostly remembered for his decadence and cruelty, marking a shameful end to his dynasty.
Sultan Mahmud was buried in a village near Kota Tinggi in Johor, which is still known today as Kampung Makam (Village of the Tomb).
After Mahmud's death, his Bendahara (chief minister) Abdul Jalil declared himself the next Sultan of Johor. Upon ascending the throne, the new Sultan (Abdul Jalil IV) killed all the wives of Sultan Mahmud in order to avoid the possibility of any future claims to the throne. However, according to the Hikayat Negeri Johor (Chronicles of the State of Johor) and the Pahang Manuscripts, one wife, Che Mi, managed to escape to Minangkabau and gave birth to Raja Kechil. Less than two decades later in 1717, Raja Kechil would assemble a fleet from Minangkabau and succeed temporarily in ousting Sultan Abdul Jalil's successor Sultan Sulaiman and gain the Johor Sultanate, basing his legitimacy on the claim that he was the posthumous son of Sultan Mahmud Shah II. However, Bugis mercenaries that assisted him in this campaign changed sides and he was eventually forced to flee to Siak, where he founded a new Sultanate.
The legend of Sultan Mahmud II is recounted in a 1959 Malay film written by the famous Malay film star P. Ramlee as well as a 1961 Malay film directed by K. M. Basker.
Syah, Mahmud see Mahmud Syah II
Mahmud Shah II ibni al-Marhum Sultan Ibrahim Shah see Mahmud Syah II
Sultan Mahmud Mangkat Dijulang see Mahmud Syah II
Mahmud Taymur
Mahmud Taymur (1894-1973). Egyptian writer. His prolific output includes novels and short stories, theatrical pieces, accounts of journeys, articles and various studies, in particular relating to Arabic language and literature.
Taymur, Mahmud see Mahmud Taymur
Mahmud Taymur (1894-1973). Egyptian writer. His prolific output includes novels and short stories, theatrical pieces, accounts of journeys, articles and various studies, in particular relating to Arabic language and literature.
Taymur, Mahmud see Mahmud Taymur
Mahmud Yalawac
Mahmud Yalawac (d. 1254). Minister in Central Asia and China. The Mongol Great Khan Ogedey appointed him governor of Beijing, an office confirmed by the Great Khans Guyuk and Mongke.
Yalawac, Mahmud see Mahmud Yalawac
Mahmud Yalawac (d. 1254). Minister in Central Asia and China. The Mongol Great Khan Ogedey appointed him governor of Beijing, an office confirmed by the Great Khans Guyuk and Mongke.
Yalawac, Mahmud see Mahmud Yalawac
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