Khalid Mahmud
Pakistani judge and Islamic scholar
Dr Allama Khalid Maḥmūd (17 October 1925 – 14 May 2020) was a Pakistani Sunni Islamic scholar who served as a Justice of the Supreme Court of Pakistan. He established the Islamic Academy and City Jamia Masjid in Manchester, England, and was best known for his works related to the Finality of the Prophethood.
Education
Maḥmūd studied Islamic Sciences from Zakariyya Kandhlawi, Shamsul Haq Afghani, Shabbir Ahmad Usmani, and Badre Alam Meerthi. He received his PhD degree in 1970 from the University of Birmingham. He also completed his master's degrees in Arabic, Persian, Philosophy & Theology, also achieving an LLB in Law.
Career
He served as a senior Justice of the Supreme Court of Pakistan (Shariat Appellate Bench). He was also director of the Islamic Academy of Manchester UK. He founded a purpose-built mosque, Gity Jamia Masjid, in Manchester.
Mahmood was the Shaykh-ul-Hadith of Jamia Ashrafia, Lahore, and the head of the Islamic Center Manchester.
In the UK during the 1960s, he worked with Asif Husain Farooqi and Yusuf Motala and worked alongside him (before establishing Dar-ul-Uloom Bury).
He travelled to over 50 countries in his lifetime with regard to his Islamic works, focusing on establishing the message relating to the Finality of the Prophethood.
This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Khalid Mahmud” as pakistani judge and Islamic scholar. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.
Why this record matters
The subject matters to the general reference register because the source frames it as pakistani judge and Islamic scholar. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.
Vocabulary and entity names are the principal evidence signals here, because they determine the precision of every later search. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jun 14, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q4730407. VIAF identifies the subject as 119266350. The Library of Congress control number is no00088244. 1 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1925, 2020 and 1970.
A concise general-reference account can conceal disagreements about scope, terminology or the weight assigned to individual sources. The source lead contains qualifying language; that uncertainty should survive quotation, summary and reuse. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.
How to read it
Use the entry as an orientation point, then follow its citations and revision history. Names, dates and institutional relationships should be checked against the original record.
- Subject orientation
- Search vocabulary
- Locating named sources
The closest primary source, responsible institution and strongest cited specialist reference.
Three-step research path
- Establish the record: confirm the title “Khalid Mahmud”, its source revision and the description used here.
- Expand the search: follow Khalid Mahmud primary sources, Khalid Mahmud archive and Khalid research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
- Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.
Questions for further research
- Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Khalid Mahmud”?
- Which cited source is closest to the event, object or claim?
- What terminology or title could unlock a more precise catalogue search?
Search terms from this dossier
This entry incorporates text from “Khalid Mahmud” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.