Mujtaba () is an Arabic given name meaning 'the Chosen'. It is an honorific title for the Islamic prophet
Muhammad
Muhammad ( ar, مُحَمَّد; 570 – 8 June 632 CE) was an Arab religious, social, and political leader and the founder of Islam. According to Islamic doctrine, he was a prophet divinely inspired to preach and confirm the mo ...
and his grandson
Hasan.
[الأربلي، كشف الغمة،ج 2 ص 296.]
Given name
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Mujtaba Ali (1904–1974), Bengali poet
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Mujtaba Faiz (born 1982), Afghan footballer
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Mujtaba al-Shirazi
Ayatollah Sayyid Mujtaba al-Husayni al-Shirazi. ( ar, مجتبى الحسيني الشيرازي; fa, ; b. ِ6 August 1943) is an Iraq-Iranian Shia jurist.
Early life and education
al-Shirazi was born to Mirza Mahdi al-Shirazi and Halima al ...
(born 1943), Iraqi Shia cleric
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Mujtaba Sayed Jaafar (born 1981), Qatari footballer
Surname
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Asif Mujtaba (born 1967), Pakistani cricketer
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Kazi Mujtaba (born 1908), Pakistani politician
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Gholam Mujtaba (born 1955), Pakistani American politician
References
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Arabic-language surnames