Mukhtar (name) explained

Mukhtar
Gender:	Male
Region:	Arabic, Turkic

Mukhtar (also spelled Muktar, or "Muhtar") 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
• Abu Hamza al-Mukhtar
• Bilqees Mukhtar, Pakistani politician
• Ibrahim Mukhtar
• Omar Mukhtar
• Sheikh Mukhtar
• Mukhtar Ahmed Ansari
• Mukhtar Auezov
• Mukhtar Altynbayev
• Mukhtar Ansari
• Mukhtar Ashrafi
• Mukhtar Aymakhanov
• Mukhtar Dar, Pakistani-born artist and activist
• Muktar Muhammed
• Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, Indian politician and currently the Union Minister of Minority Affairs
• 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^[3]
• Hany Mukhtar, Sudanese-German professional footballer

Dog name

• Mukhtar is a common dog name in Russia. Used in literature and films about service dogs, such as Come Here, Mukhtar!

See also

• Mokhtar (name)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Cyprus village link. dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20071016110830/http://cyprusvillagelink.com/AgiosMamasEnglish.asp . 2007-10-16 .
2. Web site: What to do if you see a donkey in trouble | Donkey Sanctuary (Cyprus) . 2010-07-06 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100723203801/http://www.donkeysanctuarycyprus.org/distress . 2010-07-23.
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