Dost Mohammad

Dost Mohammad (Urdu/Dari: دوست محمد), Dost Mohammad, Dost Mahomet and other variants is a male Muslim given name meaning friend of Muhammad. Notable bearers of the name include:

• Dost Muhammad (Moghul Khan) (c.1445–1468/9), Khan of Aqsu in Moghulistan
• Dost Mohammad of Bhopal (c.1657–1728), founder of the Bhopal State in central India
• Dost Mohammad Khan (1793–1863), Amir of Afghanistan, founder of the Barakzai dynasty
• Haji Dost Muhammad Qandhari (1801–1868), Afghan Sufi master
• Dost Mahomet (c.1873–1909), Australian cameleer
• Dost Mohammad Khan Baloch (died 16 January 1930), ruler of Western Baluchistan until 1928
• Dost Muhammad Khan (judge) (born 1953), judge of the Supreme Court of Pakistan
• Dost Muhammad Khosa (born 1973), Pakistani politician
• Dost Muhammad Rahimoon (born 1976), Pakistani politician, former Member of the Provincial Assembly of Sindh
• Dost Muhammad Mazari, Pakistani politician, Deputy Speaker of the Provincial Assembly of Punjab
• Dost Muhammad Khan (senator), Pakistani politician, member of the Senate of Pakistan

Other people

• Several "Afgan" cameleers in Australia, 1860s–1930s

See also

• Dust Mohammad, a city in Iran