Mazlum
Mazlum is an Arabic term for "oppressed, ill-treated, injured, sinned-against".
In Shiism, the term adopted a meaning of "pietistic" tolerance, given as a byname to Husayn ibn Ali, who was killed in the Battle of Karbala. The term is used for a person who is unwilling to act against an injustice, not out of cowardice but out of generosity or forbearance.
It came to be used as a male given name in the Perso-Arabic cultural sphere, and later also in Turkish,.
People named Mazlum include:
- Mazloum Abdi, Syrian Kurdish general
- Mazlum Çimen, Turkish musician
- Mazlum Demir, Turkish racewalker
- Mazlum Doğan, Kurdish activist
- Mazlum Kayalar, Turkish politician
- a character in the medieval Arabic drama ''Delhemma''