Makhdoom

Makhdoom (Arabic:مخدوم‎, meaning one who is served and sometimes spelled Makhdum) is an Arabic word meaning "Teacher of Sunnah." It is a title for Pirs, in South and Central Asia.

This title was used by the descendants of Pirs, Quraysh Tribe, politicians and landlords in the in Pakistani provinces of Punjab and Sindh. Hazrat Abbas, a respectable paternal uncle of Muhammad, often visited Mecca and Medina. Muhammad received him and always addressed him with the title Makhdoom. In the Punjab and Sindh provinces of Pakistan, this title was used by some but not others for sacerdotal dignity.