Mufti Mahmud

Maulana Mufti Mahmud (Pashto: مولانا مفتى محمود), an ethnic Marwat Pashtun hailing from Abdul Khel, was born in January 1919 in Paniala, Dera Ismail Khan District, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, province of Pakistan. He was an Islamic scholar and political activist. Maulana Fazal-ur-Rehman is his son and was the leader of opposition in Pakistan.

He fought in the Indian Independence Movement during the 1940s. He was a close ally of the Indian National Congress at the time and opposed the demand for Pakistan. Even after the Partition of India, when he moved to Pakistan, he remained a bitter enemy of the Muslim League.

After the 1970 General Elections, he became the president of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam founded by Moulana Shabir Ahmed Usmani. And into a coalition with the National Awami Party & Pakistan Peoples Party. On March 1, 1972, he was elected as the Chief Minister of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa. He along with his cabinet resigned in protest at the dismissal of the NAP - JUI (F) coalition government in Balochistan on 14 February 1973.

He supported Afghan-Jihad against USSR (see also Soviet-Afghan War).

He died on 14 October 1980. He was buried in Abdul Khel, Paniala, his home town.

Political offices
Preceded by Sardar Bahadur Khan	Chief Minister of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa 1972 – 1973	Succeeded by Inayatullah Gandapur
Party political offices
Preceded by Maulana Abdullah Darkhawasti	Ameer of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam 1968 – 1980	Succeeded by Maulana Fazal-ur-Rehman