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Akhund or Akhoond is a Persian title or surname for Islamic scholars in Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Azerbaijan.
Akhund may also refer to:
Places Akhund, Iran (disambiguation), a number of places in Iran
People Title or first name Akhund Darweza (1553-1638), Sufi and Islamic scholar, one of the caliphs of Sayyid Ali Tirmizi Akhund Azizullah Muttalawi, Muslim theologian from Sindh, translator of the Quran from Arabic into Sindhi Akhund Mullah Mohammad Kashani, 19th century Islamic mystic, philosopher, sage, Shiite scholar
Surname Akhund Abdul Haq Akhund, Deputy Interior Minister for Counter Narcotics in Afghanistan Hají Ákhúnd, title of Ḥají Mullá ʻAlí-Akbar S͟hahmírzádí, eminent follower of Baháʼu'lláh, the founder of the Baháʼí Faith Hasan Akhund, Prime Minister of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan from 2021 Mohammed Isa Akhund, Minister of Minerals and Petroleum in Afghanistan Mullah Shirin Akhund, Governor of Kabul, Afghanistan Obaidullah Akhund (c. 1968 – 2010), Defence Minister under the Taliban government in Afghanistan
Akhoond Imran Muhammad Akhoond, Pakistani guitarist, music composer songwriter
See also
Akhun (disambiguation)