Masud (Arabic: مسعود اِقرا:مَس عَود‎, romanized: fortunate, prosperous, lucky, happy, Persian: مسعود خوانده شود:مسود) is a given name and a surname, commonly found in the Middle East and Asia. It has a variety of spellings including Masoud, Massoud, Massoude, Massudeh, Masood, Masʽud, Masud, Mashud, Messaoud, Mesut, Mesud, or Mosād. People with the name Masud include:

• Masud Ali Khan (1929-2024), Bangladeshi actor
• Masud Sabri (1886-1952), Uyghur governor of Xinjiang
• Masud Jani, 13th century governor of Bengal
• Masud Khan (1924-1989), British psychoanalyst
• Masud Ghnaim (born 1965), an Israeli Arab politician
• Masud Minhas (1911-1936), Indian field hockey player

• Ghiyath Ad-din Masud, King Mesud II
• Ala ud din Masud, Ruler of the Mamluk dynasty (Delhi)
• Faisal Masud, Medical doctor
• Khalid Masud, Pakistani scholar
• Mitty Masud, Pakistan Air Force personnel
• Mohammad Masud, Iranian journalist
• Muhammad Khalid Masud, Director of an Islamic Research Institute
• Naiyer Masud, Indian Urdu short-story writer and literary critic

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