Mahtab Explained

'Mahtāb' (Persian: مهتاب, "moonlight", "the fullmoon", splendor of the "moon")^[1] is a given name derived from Persian. Notable people with the name include:

Females

• Mahtab Farid (born 1985), American journalist
• Mahtab Keramati (born 1970), Iranian actress
• Mahtab Parsamehr (born 1989), Iranian archer
• Mahtob Mahmoody (born 1979), American author
• Mahtab Norouzi (c. 1934–2012), Iranian Baluchi master artisan in needlework

Males

• Mahtabuddin Sarker (1903–1973), Bangladeshi politician and magistrate
• Mahtab Uddin Ahmad, member of the Pakistan National Assembly
• Shah Mahatab Ahmad, Bangladeshi politician
• Mamun Al Mahtab (born 1970), Bangladeshi doctor, hepatologist, medical scientist, and author
• Mahtab Hussain (born 1981), British-Pakistani fine art portrait photographer

See also

• Mehtab, an alternative transliteration

External links

• http://www.caroun.com/1-FreeDownload/Calligraphy/Names/Mahtab.html - Mahtab written in Persian calligraphy

Notes and References

1. Book: Richardson. John. A Dictionary, Persian, Arabic, and English. 1777. Clarendon Press. 1905. en.