Lieutenant General Abid Hamid Mahmud was an Iraqi military officer under Saddam Hussein's deposed regime.

He began his military career as an non-commissioned officer and rose through the ranks, becoming part of Saddam's personal bodyguard and, finally, his personal secretary.

A distant cousin of Saddam, observers regarded Mahmud as being Saddam's right hand man, in constant contact with him and acting as a gatekeeper to access to the leader: he was trusted. With Qusay he headed the Special Security Organization.

He was designated ace of diamonds in the US administrations most_wanted Iraqi playing cards and fourth on the most_wanted list after Saddam and his sons Uday and Qusay.

He was captured by coalition forces in June 2003.