''Naqib'', plural ''naqib'', is an Arabic word meaning "He who investigates, verifies". It can refer to:

Historical titles

* The "twelve naqibs", the leading missionaries of the ''

Hashimiyya The Kaysanites () were a Shi'i sect of Islam that formed from the followers of Al-Mukhtar. They traced Imamate from Muhammad ibn al-Hanafiyyah and his descendants. The name Kaysaniyya was most likely derived from the name of Mukhtar's chief gu ...

'' movement who prepared the

Abbasid Revolution The Abbasid Revolution, also called the Movement of the Men of the Black Raiment, was the overthrow of the Umayyad Caliphate (661–750 CE), the second of the four major Caliphates in early History of Islam, Islamic history, by the third, the A ...

in Khurasan. * The '' naqib al-ashraf'', an honorary position in various Islamic states, given to the head representative of the '' ashraf'', the descendants of Muhammad.

Surname

Mullah Naqib Mullah Naqib Alikozai, sometimes called Naqibullah (c.1950 – 11 October 2007), was an Afghan mujahideen commander and politician from the Kandahar area of southern Afghanistan. He was the leader of the Alikozai Pashtun tribe. Mujahideen com ...

(1950–2007), Afghan mujahideen commander * Falah Hassan al-Naqib (born 1956), Iraqi politician *

Zuhayr Talib Abd al-Sattar al-Naqib Zuhayr Talib Abd al-Sattar al-Naqib ( ar, زهير طالب عبد الستار النقيب; 1948 – 15 June 2020) was the last director of military intelligence in Iraq before the 2003 invasion US-led of Iraq. Biography He surrendered hims ...

, director of Iraqi military intelligence {{disambig, surname