mohammad

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Definition of mohammad in English English dictionary

A male given name very popular among Muslims

The prophet who founded Islam

A male given name, esp. in Islamic culture

{i} male first name (Arabic)

Ayub Khan Mohammad Hatta Mohammad Khatami Mohammad Mosaddeq Mohammad Pahlavi Mohammad Reza Shah Zia ul Haq Mohammad

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Mohammad Ayub Khan

born May 14, 1907, Hazara, India died April 19, 1974, near Islamabad, Pak. President of Pakistan (1958-69). After studies at Aligarh Muslim University and at the British Royal Military College, he became an officer in the Indian army (1928). He fought in Burma (Myanmar) in World War II, and afterward he rose through the ranks in the military in newly independent Pakistan. In 1958 Pakistan's Pres. Iskander Mirza abrogated the country's constitution, and Ayub became chief martial-law administrator. He declared himself president the same year, exiling Mirza. He established close ties with China and in 1965 went to war with India over control of the Kashmir region. The failure to take Kashmir, combined with unrest over suffrage restrictions, led to riots, and Ayub resigned in 1969

Mohammad Hatta

born Aug. 12, 1902, Bukittinggi, Dutch East Indies died March 14, 1980, Jakarta, Indon. Indonesian independence leader and prime minister (1948-50). While at school in The Netherlands (1922-32), he became president of a group of Indonesian nationalist students studying overseas. He was imprisoned in a concentration camp in West New Guinea for his activities and then exiled to the island of Bandanaira. He collaborated with the Japanese during World War II. He became prime minister in 1948 and gained support from Western countries that year by suppressing a communist revolt. Hatta helped guide Indonesia to complete independence in 1949. He became vice president under Sukarno in 1950, but resigned in 1956. After Sukarno's downfall, he served as an adviser to Suharto

Mohammad Khatami

or Muammad Khtam born Sept. 29, 1943, Ardakn, Iran President of Iran (from 1997). After studying at a traditional madrasah in the holy city of Qom, he began political activities while studying philosophy at Efahn University. He headed an Islamic centre in Germany during the Iranian revolution (1979) and returned home to seek election to the Majles (parliament) in 1980. He served in government posts during the Iran-Iraq War (1980-90) and as cultural adviser to Pres. Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani and as head of the National Library (1992-97) before winning the presidency on a platform of social and economic reform. He was reelected by an overwhelming margin in 2001

Mohammad Mosaddeq

born 1880, Tehrn, afavid Persia died March 5, 1967, Tehrn, Iran Iranian politician and nationalist leader. After law school in Switzerland, he served in the government until Reza Khan became shah (1925). After Reza Shah was deposed in 1941, Mosaddeq was reelected to the parliament (1944). Following Mosaddeq's successful nationalization of the British-owned Anglo-Iranian Oil Company, Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi (r. 1941-79) was virtually forced to appoint him premier (1951). Tension between the monarch and the premier crested, however, and the shah attempted to dismiss him in 1953. The resulting unrest forced the shah to flee the country until a coup, backed by British and U.S. intelligence services, drove Mosaddeq from power. Convicted of treason, he spent three years in prison and the rest of his life under house arrest

Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi

born Oct. 26, 1919, Tehrn, Iran died July 27, 1980, Cairo, Egypt Shah of Iran (1941-79), noted for his pro-Western orientation and autocratic rule. After an education in Switzerland, he replaced his father, Reza Shah Pahlavi, as ruler when the latter was forced into exile by the British. His rule was marked by a power struggle with his premier, Mohammad Mosaddeq, who briefly succeeded in deposing him in 1953; covert intervention by British and U.S. intelligence services returned him to the throne the next year. His program of rapid modernization and oil-field development initially brought him popular support, but his autocratic style and suppression of dissent, along with corruption and the unequal distribution of Iran's new oil wealth, increased opposition led by exiled cleric Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. In 1979 Pahlavi was forced into exile

Mohammad Zia-ul-Haq

born Aug. 12, 1924, Jullundur, Punjab, India died Aug. 17, 1988, near Bahawalpur, Pak. President of Pakistan (1978-88). He served with the British in Southeast Asia at the end of World War II; after Pakistan's independence, he held various staff and command appointments for 19 years. He became a major general in 1972 and army chief of staff in 1976. The following year he seized power from Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, and in 1978 he assumed the presidency. After having the popular Bhutto executed in 1979, he tightened his grip on the government, suspending political parties and declaring martial law, and he worked for the Islamization of Pakistan's political and cultural life. He died in an airplane crash

Haji Mohammad Suharto

{i} General Suharto (1921-2008), Indonesian army officer, former president of Indonesia from 1967-1998 (resigned under pressure in 1998 due to suspicion of corruption after 32 years in office)

Mullah Mohammad Umar

(born 1966) leader and founder of the Islamic reformist force Taliban, former Mujahideen

Turkish pronunciation

mōhämed

Pronunciation

/mōˈhämed/ /moʊˈhɑːmɛd/

Etymology

() From Arabic محمد (muħámmad, praised, commendable, laudable), the past participle of حمد (ħámida, to praise, commend, laud, extol).