Akhund (disambiguation)

Akhund or Akhoond is a Persian title or surname for Islamic scholars in Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Azerbaijan.

Akhund may also refer to:

Places

 * Akhund, Iran (disambiguation), a number of places in Iran

Title or first name

 * Akhund Darweza (1553-1638), Sufi and Islamic scholar, one of the caliphs of Sayyid Ali Tirmizi
 * Akhund Azizullah Muttalawi, Muslim theologian from Sindh, translator of the Quran from Arabic into Sindhi
 * Akhund Mullah Mohammad Kashani, 19th century Islamic mystic, philosopher, sage, Shiite scholar

Akhund

 * Abdul Haq Akhund, Deputy Interior Minister for Counter Narcotics in Afghanistan
 * Hají Ákhúnd, title of Ḥají Mullá ʻAlí-Akbar S͟hahmírzádí, eminent follower of Baháʼu'lláh, the founder of the Baháʼí Faith
 * Hasan Akhund, Prime Minister of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan from 2021
 * Mohammed Isa Akhund, Minister of Minerals and Petroleum in Afghanistan
 * Mullah Shirin Akhund, Governor of Kabul, Afghanistan
 * Obaidullah Akhund (c. 1968 – 2010), Defence Minister under the Taliban government in Afghanistan

Akhoond

 * Imran Muhammad Akhoond, Pakistani guitarist, music composer songwriter