Muhammad (disambiguation)

Muhammad, (Arabic محمد, also transliterated Mohammad, Mohammed, Mohamed, Muhammed, Mahommed, Mehmed, Mehmet, and Mahomet (Latin Mahometus), c. 570–632) was the Prophet of Islam, and Muhammad has since been a common name for Muslim men, and is now the most common name in the world. Prominent Muhammads include:

Contents 1 9th–17th centuries 2 18th-19th centuries 3 20th century 4 Other things named Muhammad

9th–17th centuries

• Imam Muhammad at-Taqi (811–835), ninth Shia Imam.
• Muhammad of Ghor (1162–1206), Persian conqueror and sultan between 1171 and 1206
• Sultan Muhammad of Khwarezmia, also Khwarizm-Shah, (???–1220) last ruler of Khwarezmia, committed suicide after being defeated by Genghis Khan
• Jalal al-Din Muhammad Rumi (1207–1273), Persian poet and Sufi mystic from Balkh, Persia in modern Afghanistan
• Mehmed I Çelebi (nicknamed Kirisci, "the Executioneer," died 1421), sultan of the Ottoman Empire
• Mehmed II (nicknamed el-Fatih, "the Conqueror," 1432–1481), sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1444 to 1446, and later from 1451 to 1481
• Askia Mohammad I, also called Mohommed Toure the Great, (c. 1442-1538), king of the Songhai Empire (1493-1528)
• Askia Mohammad Benkan, ruled the Songhai Empire from 1531 to 1537
• Mehmed Pasha Sokollu (1505–1579) was the Grand Vizier of Suleiman the Magnificent and Selim II
• Mehmed III (1566–1603), sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1595–1603, notorious for having his sixteen brothers strangled upon his succession
• Mehmed IV (nicknamed Avci, "the Hunter," 1642–1693), sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1648 to 1687

18th-19th centuries

• Muhammad ibn Abd al Wahhab (1703–1792), the founder of the Wahhabi movement
• Muhammad Ali Pasha (1769–1849), viceroy of Egypt, sometimes considered the founder of modern Egypt
• Mehmed VI (1861–1926), last sultan of the Ottoman Empire, from 1918–1922
• Mohammad Ali Jinnah (1876–1948), Indian Muslim nationalist, and Pakistan's first Governor-General
• Muhammad Iqbal (1877–1938), Indian Muslim poet from the colonial era, considered one of the founding fathers of Pakistan
• Mohammed Mossadegh (1882–1967), prime minister of Iran from 1951–1953
• Mohammad Taghi Bahar (known as Malek osh-Sho'ara, "Poet Laureate", 1886–1951), Iranian poet, politician, mathematician,logician, journalist, essayist, and historian
• Wallace Fard Muhammad (1891?–after 1934), preacher and founder of the black nationalist movement the Nation of Islam
• Mohammed bin Laden (1895?–1968), Yemeni immigrant to Saudi Arabia, and wealthy investor, businessman and patriarch of the bin Laden family
• Elijah Muhammad (1897–1975) leader of the Nation of Islam, 1934–1975

20th century

• Muhammad Naguib (1901–1984), first President of the Republic of Egypt, in 1953.
• Seyyed Mohammad Hossein Behjat-Tabrizi (known by his pen name Shahriar, 1906–1988), Iranian poet, writing in Persian and Azerbaijani
• Muhammad Ali Bogra (1909–1963), Prime Minister of Pakistan from 1953–1955
• Mehmet Shehu (1913–1981), general and politician in the communist Albanian Party of Labour
• Mohammed Zahir Shah (1914–), the last King of Afghanistan from 1933 to 1973
• Mohamed Anwar el-Sadat (1918–1981), Egyptian politician and President from 1970 to 1981
• Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi (1919–1980), the second and last Shah of Iran, ruling from 1941 until 1979
• Mohamed Siad Barre (1919/1921?–1995), self-proclaimed socialist president of Somalia from 1969 to 1991
• Mohammed Dib (1920–2003), probably Algeria's most prolific and well-known writer.
• General Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq (1924–1988) ruled Pakistan from 1977 to 1988 under martial law
• Mohammed Rafi (1924–1980), Indian Bollywood playback singer
• Mohamed al-Fayed (1929–), Egyptian-born, Swiss-based millionaire.
• Muhammad Rafiq Tarar (1929–), President of Pakistan from 1998–2001
• Syed Muhammad Naquib al-Attas (1931–), prominent contemporary Muslim philosopher and thinker from Malaysia
• Ayatollah Sayed Mohammed Baqir al-Hakim (1939–2003) was the foremost Shia Muslim leader in Iraq until his assassination in a terrorist bombing.
• Ayatollah Mohammad Va'ez Abaee-Khorasani (1940?–2004), Iranian cleric and reformist politician
• Muhammad Ali (née Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr., 1942–), American heavyweight boxer
• Mohamed ElBaradei (1942–), Director General of the United Nations International Atomic Energy Agency
• Mohammad Khatami (1943–), the President of Iran since 1997 to 2005
• Mohamed Abdelaziz (1947–), exiled president of Western Sahara since 1982
• Dwight Muhammad Qawi (née Dwight Braxton, 1953–), former world boxing champion
• Mohamed Mounir (1954–), Egyptian musician and actor
• Mehmet Ali Ağca (1958–), Turkish militant who shot Pope John Paul II in Saint Peter's Square in a May 13, 1981 assassination attempt.
• Mullah Mohammed Omar (1959–), Afghanistan's Talibani de facto Head of State from 1996–2001
• Khalid Shaikh Mohammed (1964/1965–), al-Qaeda terrorist leader who was accused of being "the principal architect of the 9/11 attacks."
• Mohamed Atta al-Sayed (1968–2001), suicide pilot of the first plane to crash into the World Trade Center in the September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attacks
• Mohammad Ashraful (1984–), Bangladeshi cricketer

Other things named Muhammad

• Mohammedia is a port city located 15 miles northeast of Casablanca in western Morocco
• Mohammad's Army (Jaish-e-Mohammad) is a guerrilla organization that has been operating in Iraq against U.S.-led occupying forces since at least mid 2003

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