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Mukhtar (also spelled Muktar, /ˈmʊktɑːr/) meaning "chosen" in Arabic: المختار, is the head of a village or mahalle (neighbourhood) in many Arab countries as well as in Turkey and Cyprus. [1][2] The name is given because mukhtars are usually selected by some consensual or participatory method, often involving an election. Mukhtar is also a common name. In Arab countries it is more often a surname (laqab), whilst in non-Arab Muslim countries it is common as a first name (ism).
People named Mukhtar
- Ahmad Mukhtar
- Ahmed Mukhtar
- Al-Mukhtar, an early Muslim revolutionary
- Bilqees Mukhtar, Pakistani politician
- Ibrahim Mukhtar
- Omar Mukhtar
- Sheikh Mukhtar
- Mukhtar Ahmed Ansari
- Mukhtar Auezov
- Mukhtar Altynbayev
- Mukhtar Ansari
- Mukhtar Ashrafi
- Mukhtar Aymakhanov
- Muktar Muhammed
- Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi
- Muktar Said Ibrahim
- Mukhtar Sahota
- Sheikh Mukhtar Robow
- Mukhtar Shakhanov
- Mukhtar Umarov
- Mukhtar Ahmed (disambiguation)
- Muktar Ali
- Mohamed Haji Mukhtar
- Ahmad Mukhtar Baban
- Mukhtaran Bibi
- Mukhtar Ahmad Dogar
- Sheikh Mukhtar Mohamed Hussein
- Qaryat `Umar al Mukhtar
- Abdullahi Sarki Mukhtar
- Mahmud Mukhtar Pasha
See also
References
- ↑ http://www.cyprusvillagelink.com/AgiosMamasEnglish.asp
- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-07-23. Retrieved 2010-07-06.
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