Editing Mahmud (section)

===Mahmud===
*[[Mahmud I]] (1696–1754), Sultan of Ottoman Empire 1730–1754
*[[Mahmud II]] (1785–1839), Sultan of Ottoman Empire 1808–1839
*[[Ghazan]] (1271–1304), born Mahmud Ghazan, (Khan, Ilkhan, Sultan) the seventh ruler of the Mongol Empire's Ilkhanate division in modern-day Iran from 1295 to 1304
*[[Sultan Mahmud (Chagatai)]] (died 1402), last Khan of the Western Chagatai Khanate (1384–1402).
*[[Mahmud Khan (Moghul Khan)]] (1464–1508), Khan of Tashkent and of the Moghuls of western Moghulistan
*[[Mäxmüd of Kazan]] (died 1466), the Khan of the Khanate of Kazan from 1445 to 1466.
*[[Arpa Ke'un]] (died 1336), known as Mu'izz ad-Din Mahmud, an Ilkhan (1335–1336) during the disintegration of the Ilkhanate, Mongol state in Southwest Asia based in Persia.
*[[Jani Beg]] (died 1357), or Jalal ad-Din Mahmud, Khan of the Golden Horde from 1342 to 1357
*[[Mahmud bin Küchük]] (died 1466), a Khan who founded the Khanate of Astrakhan in the 1460s 
*[[Maghan III]], known as Mahmud I, mansa of the Mali Empire from 1390 to about 1400.
*[[Mahmud II (mansa)]], mansa of the Mali Empire of 1481–1496.
*[[Qutuz]] (died 1260), or Mahmud ibn Mamdud, military leader and the third or fourth Mamluk Sultan of Turkic origin.
*[[Mahmud I (Seljuk sultan)]] (1088–1094), sultan of the Seljuk Empire from 1092 to 1094.
*[[Mahmud II of Great Seljuk]] (1104–1131), Sultan of Baghdad in 1118
*[[Mahmud of Ghazni]] (971–1030), ruler of Ghazni 997–1030
*[[Mahmud Begada]] (1458–1511), the most prominent Sultan of the Gujarat Sultanate.
*[[Mahmud Shah III of Gujarat]] (1526–1554), 12th Sultan of Gujarat
*[[Mahmud Hotak]] (1697–1725), the Shah of Persia from 1722–1725.
*[[Mahmud Shah Durrani]] (1769–1829), ruler of Afghanistan 1801–1803 & 1809–1818
*[[Shahanshah ibn Mahmud]], the Kurdish Shaddadid emir of Ani from 1164 to 1174.
*Nūr al-Dīn Maḥmūd Zengī known as [[Nur ad-Din (died 1174)]] (1118–1174), Emir of Aleppo and Damascus
*[[Al-Muzaffar II Mahmud]] (died 1244), the Ayyubid emir of Hama first in 1219 (616 AH) and then restored in 1229–1244 (626 AH–642 AH)
*[[Al-Muzaffar III Mahmud]] (died 1300), the Kurdish Ayyubid emir of Hama from 1284 to 1300.
*[[Mu'izz al-Din Mahmud]] (died 1241), the Zengid Emir of the Jazira 1208–1241.
*[[Mahmood Shah Bahmani II]] (1470–1518), or Shihab-Ud-Din Mahmud, the sultan of the Bahmani Sultanate 1482–1518.
*[[Nasiruddin Mahmud Shah, Sultan of Delhi|Nasiruddin Mahmud Shah]] (1229/30–1266), Sultan of Delhi, the eighth sultan of the Mamluk Dynasty 1246–1266.
*[[Rashid al-Dawla Mahmud]] (died 1075), the Mirdasid emir of Aleppo
*[[Nasr ibn Mahmud]] (died 1076), the Mirdasid emir of Aleppo in 1075–1076.
*[[Sabiq ibn Mahmud]], the Mirdasid emir of Aleppo from 1076 to 1080.
*[[Nasir ad-Din Mahmud]] (1216–1234), Emir of Mosul from 1219 to 1234.
*[[Alp Arslan ibn Mahmud]] (died 1146), ruler of Mosul 1127–1146.
*[[Nasir-ud-Din Mahmud Shah Tughluq]] (died 1413), the last sultan of the Tughlaq dynasty
*[[Nāṣir al-Dīn Maḥmūd]] (died 1222), a ruler of the Hasankeyf of the Artuqid dynasty.
*[[Ghiyath al-Din Mahmud]] (died 1212), Sultan of the Ghurid Empire 1206–1212
*[[Mahmud Shah of Bengal]] (died 1459), the First Sultan of Bengal
*[[Ghiyasuddin Mahmud Shah]] (died 1538), the last Sultan of the Hussain Shahi dynasty of the Bengal Sultanate, from 1533–1538 CE.
* [[Mahmud ibn Muhammad]] (1757–1824), the seventh leader of the Husainid Dynasty and the ruler of Tunisia from 1814–1824.
*[[Muhammad II ibn Mahmud]] (1128–1159), Sultan of Seljuq Empire from 1153 to 1159.
*[[Mahmud Khalji]] (1436–1469), the Sultan of Malwa, in what is now the state of Madhya Pradesh, India.
*[[Nasiruddin Mahmud (eldest son of Iltutmish)]] (died 1229), the eldest son of the Delhi Sultan Shamsuddin Iltutmish
*[[Şehzade Mahmud (son of Mehmed III)]] (1587–1603), Ottoman prince
* [[Mahmud Khan of Bengal]], 17th-century Bengali nobleman.
*[[Sultan Mahmud Mirza]] (1453–1495), Timurid Dynasty prince.
*[[Sayyed Mahmud Khan]] (died 1573), general in the Akbar's army
*[[Mirza Shah Mahmud]] (1446-?), Timurid ruler of Herat 1446.
*[[Mahmud Mirza Qajar]] (1799-?), Iranian prince of the Qajar dynasty.
*Mirza Mahmud Shah Bahadur, also known [[Shah Jahan IV]] (1749–1790), the eighteenth Mughal emperor for a brief period in 1788. 
*[[Mahmud Shah of Jaunpur]] (1429–1457), the 4th ruler of the Jaunpur Sultanate, reigned from 1440 to 1457.
*[[Jalal al-Din Mahmud]] (died 1352), the Mihrabanid malik of Sistan from 1350.
*[[Sultan Mahmud ibn Nizam al-Din Yahya]] (1464–1543), the last Mihrabanid malik of Sistan from 1495 until 1537.
*[[Osman Mohamoud (king)]], known as Uthman III ibn Mahmud, Somali king who led the Majeerteen Sultanate during the 19th century.
*[[Mohamoud Ali Shire]] (died 1960), Somali Sultan of the Warsengali Sultanate.
*[[Mahmud Gawan]] (1411–1481), prime minister in the Bahmani Sultanate of Deccan 1411 – 1481.
*[[Mahmud Bey]], the fourth and final bey of the Chobanids.
*[[Najm al-Din Mahmud ibn Ilyas al-Shirazi]] (died 1330), Persian physician from Shiraz.
*[[Mahmud Yalavach]], administrator in the Mongol Empire who ruled over Turkestan as governor and eventually went on to be mayor of Taidu (now Beijing).
*[[Chaophraya Chakri (Mud)]] (1727–1774), or Mahmud, the Prime Minister of Siam.
*[[Muhammad Shah of Brunei]] (died 1402), known as Mahmud Shah, first sultan of Brunei, possibly from 1363 to 1402.
*[[Mahmud Shah (Sultan of Malacca)]] (died 1528), Sultan of Malacca 1488–1528
*[[Mahmud Badaruddin II]] (1767–1852), Sultan of Palembang.
*[[Abu al-Mafakhir of Banten]] (died 1651), born Abu al-Mafakhir Mahmud Abdulkadir, the first king in Java to use the title " Sultan".
*[[Mahmud of Terengganu]] (1930–1998), Sultan Terengganu.
*[[Mahmud Shah I of Pahang]] (died 1530), the fifth Sultan of Pahang from 1519 to 1530.
* [[Melewar of Negeri Sembilan]] (died 1795), the first Yamtuan Besar
*[[Mahmud Pasha Angelović]] (1420–1474), the Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire from 1456 to 1466 and from 1472 to 1474. He also wrote Persian and Turkish poems under the pseudonym Adni (the "Eden-like").
*[[Çürüksulu Mahmud Pasha]] (1864–1931), Ottoman army general and statesman of ethnic Georgian background.
*[[Mahmud Pasha (governor)]] (died 1567), Ottoman statesman from Bosnia
*Mahmud Shams, known as [[Ma He]] (1371–1433/35), Chinese admiral and world explorer
*[[Mahmud Shevket Pasha]] (1856–1913), Ottoman generalissimo and statesman, who was an important political figure during the Second Constitutional Era.
*[[Mahmud al-Kashgari]] (1005–1102), lexicographer Uyghur scholar.
*[[Abu-Mahmud Khujandi]] (940–1000), Transoxanian astronomer and mathematician.
*[[Mahmud Karimov]] (1948–2013), Azerbaijani physicist
*[[Makhmud Muradov]] (born 1990), professional mixed martial artist
*[[Makhmud Sabyrkhan]] (born 2001), a Kazakh boxer.
*[[Abdullah Mahmud Hendropriyono]] (born 1945), Indonesian general
*[[La Nyalla Mattalitti]] (born 1959), full name is La Nyalla Mahmud Mattalitti (born 10 May 1959) is an Indonesian politician.
*[[Karaeng Pattingalloang]] (1600–1654), or Sultan Mahmud known as Father of Makassar.
*[[Mahmud Pasha (1853–1903)]], Ottoman statesman, poet and writer.
*[[Mahmud Taymur]] (1894–1973), Egyptian fiction writer.
*[[Yahya ibn Mahmud al-Wasiti]], a 13th-century Iraqi-Arab painter and calligrapher.
*[[Sultan Mahmud Khan]] (died 1859), a commander of the Sikh Khalsa Army, the army of Sarkar e Khalsa.
*[[Shah Mahmud Khan]] (1890–1959), the Prime Minister of Afghanistan from 1946 to 1953.
*[[Mahmud Jamal]] (born 1967), Canadian jurist serving as a puisne justice of the Supreme Court of Canada since 2021.
*[[Mahmud Al-Nashaf]] (1906–1979), Israeli Arab politician
*[[Mahmud Khalid]], Ghanaian politician 
*[[Mahmud Mahmud]] (1882–1965), Iranian politician
*[[Mahmud Tarzi]] (1865–1933), Afghan journalist
*[[Mahmud Arif]] (1909–2001), Saudi Arabian poet
*[[Mahmud Ali Durrani]] (born 1941), Pakistani two-star rank general officer.
*[[Mahmud Eyvazov]] (1808–1960), Azerbaijani long-lived 150 years collective farmer.
* [[Mahmud Kamani]] (born 1964), British billionaire businessman.
* [[Aziz Mahmud Hudayi]] (1541–1628), the most famous Sufi Muslim saints of the Ottoman Empire.
* [[Mahmud al-Muntasir]] (1903–1970), the first Prime minister of Libya
*[[Mahmud Barzanji]] (1878–1956), King of Kurdistan
*[[Mahmud Ali (statesman)]] (1919–2006), progressive leftist Pakistani politician
*[[Mahmud Nedim Pasha]] (1818–1883), a Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire between 1871–1872 and 1875–1876
*[[Mahmud Bayazidi]] (1797–1859), Ottoman Kurdish philosopher and polymath from Bayazid.
*[[Mahmud Bayumi]] (1890–1938), Egyptian orthopaedic surgery professor at Kasr El Aini Medical School.
*[[Makhmud Esambayev]] (1924–2000), a Soviet and Chechen dancer, ballet master, choreographer and actor.
*[[Mahmudkhodja Behbudiy]] (1875–1919), a Jadid activist, writer, journalist and leading public figure in Imperial Russian and Soviet Turkestan.
* [[Mahmud Deobandi]] (died 1886), Indian Muslim scholar
* [[Mahmud Hasan Deobandi]] (1851–1920), Indian Muslim scholar and activist
* [[Mahmud Hasan Gangohi]] (1907–1996), Indian mufti and Islamic scholar
* [[Mufti Mahmud]] (1919–1980), Pakistani statesman and Islamic scholar