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 Common Era, CE) was an Arab religious, social, and political leader and the founder of Islam. According to Muhammad in Islam, Islamic doctrine, he was a prophet Divine inspiration, di ...
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
Mujtaba Faiz ( fa, مجتبى فيض; born 7 November 1982 in Kabul) is an Afghan footballer who plays as a defender for Shaheen Asmayee in the Afghan Premier League.
Career
Faiz plays for Shaheen Asmayee with shirtnumber 4. He mostly plays ...
(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
Mujtaba Jaafar (born 12 August 1981) is a Qatari footballer who currently plays for Umm Salal as a midfielder.
Career
In June 2011, Jaafar transferred to the newly promoted club El Jaish. In January 2012, he joined Umm Salal
Umm Salal (; als ...
(born 1981), Qatari footballer
Surname
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Asif Mujtaba
Mohammad Asif Mujtaba (Urdu: آصف مجتبیٰ, born 4 November 1967) is a Pakistani cricket coach and former cricketer who played in 25 Test matches and 66 One Day Internationals from 1986 to 1997. During the, 1994–95 period he briefly ser ...
(born 1967), Pakistani cricketer
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Kazi Mujtaba
Kazi Mujtaba (born 1908) was a Pakistani politician. He hailed from Meerut, United Provinces of Agra and Oudh.
Kazi worked as a primary school teacher in Karachi. He was a key figure in the founding of the Sind Communist Party in 1942. As a trade ...
(born 1908), Pakistani politician
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Gholam Mujtaba
Golam Mujtaba ( ur, ) (born 16 December 1955) is a Pakistani-American Muhajir politician. He served as the provincial advisor in Sindh from 1992 to 1994. He was the leader of the coalition party to the Sindh Government from 1992 to 1994. Previ ...
(born 1955), Pakistani American politician
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Arabic-language surnames