Masih (name)

Masih (Arabic: مسيح, romanized: Masīḥ), also spelled Mesih or Maseeh, is a name of Arabic origin which means 'Messiah' or 'Christ'. The word Masīḥ is the Arabic form of the Hebrew title Māshīaḥ (מָשִׁיחַ) or the Greek title Khristós (Χριστός), meaning "anointed one". It is used as a name and title for Jesus in the Quran, and is also the common word used by Arab Christians for Christ.[1]

Masih is also a common Christian surname in India and Pakistan (Hindi: मसीह, Urdu: مسیح).[2] Some people in India and Pakistan have adopted the surname Masih after their conversion to Christianity.[3]

In Mughal India (1526–1857), Christians such as the Bourbons of India were honoured with the title Masih.[4]

Historical

Dionysius bar Masih (died 1204), leader of the Syriac Orthodox Church
Mesih Pasha (died 1501), Ottoman Grand Admiral and later Grand Vizier
Mesihi of Prishtina (c. 1470–1512), Ottoman poet
Hadim Mesih Pasha (died 1589), Ottoman Grand Vizier

Modern

Given name

Bir Masih Saunta (born 1969), Indian politician
Masih Alinejad (born 1976), Iranian journalist and writer
Masih Masihnia, Iranian footballer
Masih Saighani, Afghan footballer
Masih Ullah Barakzai, Afghan footballer
Masih Zahedi, Iranian footballer
Muhammad Masihullah Khan (1911/1912–1992), Indian Deobandi Islamic scholar

Surname

Akram Masih Gill, Pakistani politician
Arif Masih, (born 1970) Pakistani politician
Fariborz Maseeh, Iranian-American engineer
Ijaz Masih, Pakistani politician
Iqbal Masih (1983–1995), Pakistani boy who became a symbol of abusive child labour in the developing world
Michael Masih (born 1985), Pakistani football player
Naeem Masih (born 1987), Pakistani para-athlete
Rakesh Masih (born 1987), Indian football player
Shazia Masih (1997–2010), Pakistani torture victim

References

Robinson, Neal (2005). "Jesus". In McAuliffe, Jane Dammen (ed.). Encyclopaedia of the Qurʾān. Brill. doi:10.1163/1875-3922_q3_EQCOM_00099.
Kuklin, Susan (2013). Iqbal Masih and the Crusaders Against Child Slavery. Henry Holt and Company. ISBN 9781466860681. Many Christians in Pakistan have the surname Masih.
Sahoo, Sarbeswar (2018). Pentecostalism and Politics of Conversion in India. Cambridge University Press. pp. 45–46. ISBN 9781108553551.
The Illustrated Weekly of India. Vol. 93, Part 1. Times of India Press. 1972. p. 51. The members of the royal family used to give the new-born Bourbons their own names after which "Masih" was added — a Mughal tradition of honouring Christians as well as a common North Indian Christian surname.

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[1] Robinson, Neal (2005). "Jesus". In McAuliffe, Jane Dammen (ed.). Encyclopaedia of the Qurʾān. Brill. doi:10.1163/1875-3922_q3_EQCOM_00099.

[2] Kuklin, Susan (2013). Iqbal Masih and the Crusaders Against Child Slavery. Henry Holt and Company. ISBN 9781466860681. Many Christians in Pakistan have the surname Masih.

[3] Sahoo, Sarbeswar (2018). Pentecostalism and Politics of Conversion in India. Cambridge University Press. pp. 45–46. ISBN 9781108553551.

[4] The Illustrated Weekly of India. Vol. 93, Part 1. Times of India Press. 1972. p. 51. The members of the royal family used to give the new-born Bourbons their own names after which "Masih" was added — a Mughal tradition of honouring Christians as well as a common North Indian Christian surname.