Muzaffar Mahmood
Muzaffar Mahmood (born 13 June 1963) is a Pakistani-born Scottish former first-class cricketer. He is the father of Aqsa Mahmood, an ISIS bride.

Mahmood was born at Lahore in June 1963. He emigrated to Scotland as a child in the 1970s, where he was educated at Bellahouston Academy. A club cricketer for Clydesdale, Mahmood was selected to tour Pakistan with the Scottish Select team in November 1989. The following year he represented Scotland in a first-class match against Ireland at Edinburgh, becoming the first Pakistani-born player to represent Scotland. Playing as an off break bowler in the Scottish team, he took three wickets in Ireland's first innings and the only wicket to fall in their second innings, finishing with match figures of 4 for 104.

Mahmood is married to Khalida, with the couple having four children. Their daughter, Aqsa, gained notoriety in 2013 when she fled to Syria to become an ISIS bride, having become radicalised. As of , Aqsa is presumed to have been killed in fighting during the Syrian civil war in February 2019.

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1963 births
Living people
Cricketers from Lahore
Pakistani emigrants to Scotland
People educated at Bellahouston Academy
Scottish cricketers
British Asian cricketers
British sportspeople of Pakistani descent