Masoud
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Masoud (also spelled Massood, Massoud, Masood, Mas'ud, Masud, Messaoud, Mesud or Mesut, Arabic: مسعود, Mas‘ūd, Persian: مسعود) is an Arabic given name and surname in Muslim countries, meaning "fortunate", "prosperous", or "happy".
Given name
- Masoud Barzani, President of the Iraqi Kurdistan Region
- Messaoud Ould Boulkheir, Mauritanian politician
- Masud Ghnaim, Israeli Arab politician
- Mas'ud Hai Rakkah (1690-1768), Chief Rabbi of Tripoli
- Masoud Kazerouni, a 14th-century Persian physician
- Masud Khan, British psychoanalyst
- Masud Minhas, Indian field hockey player
- Masoud Rajavi, Iranian Politician
- Masud Sabri, Uyghur Governor of Xinjiang
- Masood Sharif Khan Khattak, a civilian intelligence officer and the first and former Director General of the Intelligence Bureau (I.B)of Pakistan
- Masoud Shojaei, Iranian footballer
- Masoud (DJ) (born 1985), Iranian Music Producer, Artist and DJ
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Surname
- Baitullah Masood, former Taliban leader
- Ahmad Shah Masoud, Afghan mujahedin leader, Defense Minister in post-Communist government, and Northern Alliance leader
- Ala ud din Masud, Muslim Turkic ruler
- Bellemou Messaoud, Algerian musician
- Faisal Masud, Pakistani medical doctor
- Moez Masoud, moderate Egyptian Muslim cleric
- Mohamed Messaoud, Algerian footballer
- Mohammad Zafar Masud, Pakistan Air Force personnel
- Naiyer Masud, Urdu short-story writer and literary critic
- Muhammad Khalid Masud, formerly Chairman (2004 - 2010) of the Council of Islamic Ideology in Pakistan.
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Fictional characters
- Masood Ahmed, fictional character
- Masud Rana, fictional character of popular Bengali spy thriller series of the same name
- Kamil Masood, fictional character
- Shabnam Masood, fictional character
- Syed Masood, fictional character
- Tamwar Masood, fictional character
- Zainab Masood, fictional character
