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Ghulam (Arabic: غلام, ALA-LC: ghulām) is an Arabic word meaning servant, assistant, boy, or youth. It is used to describe young servants in paradise. It is also used to refer to slave-soldiers in the Abbasid, Ottoman, Safavid and to a lesser extent, Mughal empires, as described in the article Ghilman, which is the plural form of the word.
It is traditionally used as the first element of compounded Muslim male given names, meaning servant of ..., mostly in Persian (where it is pronounced Gholâm) and in Urdu. In both Persian and Urdu, the particle al- is not used with ghulam (unlike compounds formed with ʿabd; e.g. Gholammohammad, Gholamhoseyn, Gholamali... and Abd al-Muhammad, Abd al-Husayn, Abd al-Ali...). Since the 20th century, Ghulam has also been used as an independent given name and surname.
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Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (13 February 1835 – 26 May 1908) was an Indian religious leader and the founder of the Ahmadiyya movement in Islam. He claimed to have...
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Ghulam Jilani or Golam Jilani, meaning "Servant of Jilani", is a male Muslim given name popular in Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan. Notable people...
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Ghulam Sarwar (Persian: غلام سرور; transliterations vary) is a Muslim masculine given name. Notable people with the name include: Ghulam Sarwar Lahori...
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Ghulam Haider (Arabic: غلام حیدر) is a male Muslim given name. Notable people with the name include: Bakshi Ghulam Haider (died 1828), Indian soldier Ghulam...
Ustad Bade Ghulam Ali Khan (2 April 1902 – 23 April 1968) was an Indian vocalist, from the Kasur Patiala Gharana. Ustad Bade Ghulam Ali Khan was born in...
Ghulam Kadir, fully Ghulam Abd al Qadir Ahmed Khan (unknown – 3 March 1789), was a leader of the Afghan Rohilla during the late 18th century in the time...
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Ghulam Faruq (Persian: غلام فاروق; transliterations vary), meaning "Servant of Farooq", is a male Muslim given name popular in Afghanistan, Bangladesh...
Ghulam Hussain (Arabic: غلام حسین) is a male Muslim given name. In Persian-language use it is usually transliterated as Gholam Hossein. It may refer to:...
Ghulam Ahmad or Ghulam Ahmed may refer to: Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (1835–1908), Indian religious figure, founder of the Ahmadiyya movement Ghulam Ahmad Faroghi...
Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam (transl. The Master, the Wife, and the Slave) is a 1962 Indian Hindi-language drama film that was directed by Abrar Alvi and produced...
Ghulam Mustafa (Persian: غلام مصطفى) is a male Muslim given name. It may refer to: Qazi Ghulam Mustafa (died c. 1711), nobleman during the Mughal empire...
Ghulam Mawla (Bengali: গোলাম মওলা; transliterations vary), meaning "Servant of the Master", is a Bengali masculine given name of Arabic origin. Notable...
Kamran Ghulam (born 10 October 1995) is a Pakistani cricketer. He was part of Pakistan's squad for the 2014 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup. In September...
Ghulam Ali (Arabic: غلام علی, Persian: غلامعلی) is a Muslim male given name. In Persian, it is transliterated as Gholam Ali. It may refer to: Shah Ghulam...
Peer Syed Ghulam Mohiyuddin Gilani (December 1891 - 22 June 1974), commonly called Babuji, was a Sufi scholar from Golra Sharif, Pakistan belonging to...
Ghulam Rabbani (Persian: غلام ربانی; transliterations vary), meaning "Servant of Rabbani", is a male Muslim given name in reference to Imam Rabbani. Notable...
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