Murad

Etymology

Given name

Ottoman sultans

• Murad I, often nicknamed Hüdavendigâr—from Persian: خداوندگار Khodāvandgār —"the devotee of God", the third sultan. Received the name Murad through a play on the Persian word "mordd", which means "wish" or "desire".
• Murad II
• Murad III
• Murad IV
• Murad V

  Others

• Şehzade Murad, Ottoman prince
• Murad, Indian character actor
• Murad Artin, Armenian-Swedish politician
• Murad Baksh, youngest son of Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan and Empress Mumtaz Mahal
• Murad Bey, Egyptian Mamluk chieftain
• Murad Qureshi, British Bangladeshi Labour Party politician
• Murad Umakhanov, Russian wrestler and Olympian

• Mourad the Great, nickname of Hampartsoum Boyadjian, an Armenian fedayee and political activist
• Mourad Benchellali, French citizen captured and detained in the Guantanamo Bay detention camps
• Mourad Bouzidi, Dutch–Tunisian kickboxer
• Mourad Daami, Tunisian football referee
• Mourad Ikhlef, Algerian arrested and deported from Canada on allegations of past involvement with the Armed Islamic Group and a connection to Ahmed Ressam
• Mourad Marofit, Moroccan long-distance runner
• Mourad Medelci, Algerian politician
• Mourad Meghni, Algerian footballer
• Mourad Salem, Tunisian artist based in France
• Mourad Topalian, Armenian-American political activist

• Morad Fareed, New York–based entrepreneur and former athlete
• Morad Mameri, French-Algerian DJ, better known as DJ Mam's
• Morad Mohammadi, Iranian wrestler and Olympian. Murad Ali khan

  Surname

• Abdul Hakim Murad, alleged conspirator in the planned attacks called Operation Bojinka
• Adel Murad, Iraqi politician
• Ferid Murad, American physician and pharmacologist
• Hadji Murad, Avar military commander
• Murad Ali Murad, Afghan Army officer
• Nadia Murad, Iraqi Yazidi human rights activist
• Raza Murad, Indian character actor, son of Murad
• Sayed Noorullah Murad, an Afghan politician, military commander and former deputy minister
• Timothy Winter, aka Abdal-Hakim Murad, British Islamic scholar
• Waheed Murad, Pakistani film producer, writer, and actor
• Zuhair Murad, a Beirut-based Lebanese fashion designer

• George Mourad, Syrian Swedish footballer of Assyrian descent
• Leila Mourad, Egyptian singer and actress
• Mounir Mourad, Egyptian artist, singer and actor

• Daniel Morad, Canadian race car driver
• Luciana Morad, also known as Luciana Gimenez, Brazilian fashion model and TV show hostess

• Abdul Rahim Mrad, a former defense minister to Lebanon
• Antón Arrufat Mrad, Cuban dramatist, novelist, short story writer, poet and essayist
• Mohamed Salah Ben Mrad, Tunisian theologian, journalist and intellectual

  Brands

• Murad cigarettes

  Other

• Morad, Iran, village in Iran
• Morad Beygi, village in Iran
• Morad Beyglu, village in Iran