Mukhtar (name)

Mukhtar (also spelled Muktar, or "Muhtar") meaning "chosen" in المختار, is the head of a village or mahalle (neighbourhood) in many Arab countries as well as in Turkey and Cyprus. 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
 * 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!