Mustafa ( ar, مصطفى
, Muṣṭafā) is one of the names of
Prophet
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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 mon ...
, and the name means "chosen, selected, appointed, preferred", used as an
Arabic
Arabic (, ' ; , ' or ) is a Semitic language spoken primarily across the Arab world.Semitic languages: an international handbook / edited by Stefan Weninger; in collaboration with Geoffrey Khan, Michael P. Streck, Janet C. E.Watson; Walter ...
given name
A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a ...
and
surname
In some cultures, a surname, family name, or last name is the portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family, tribe or community.
Practices vary by culture. The family name may be placed at either the start of a person's full name ...
. Mustafa is a common name in the
Muslim world
The terms Muslim world and Islamic world commonly refer to the Islamic community, which is also known as the Ummah. This consists of all those who adhere to the religious beliefs and laws of Islam or to societies in which Islam is practiced. I ...
Moustafa Bayoumi
Moustafa Bayoumi (born 1966) is an American writer, journalist, and professor. He is of Egyptian descent. He is based in Brooklyn, New York. He is a professor of English at Brooklyn College, City University of New York.
Biography
Moustafa Bayo ...
Moustafa Al-Qazwini Hujjat al-Islam Sayyid Dr. Moustafa al-Musawi al-Qazwini ( ar, مصطفى الموسوي القزويني; born 1961) is an Iraqi- American Shia Imam. He is the Imam at the Islamic Educational Center of Orange County in Orange Country, Californi ...
, an Islamic Scholar and religious leader
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Moustafa Reyadh
Ibrahim Moustafa Reyadh ( ar, إبراهيم محمد رياض; born 5 April 1941) is a retired Egyptian football player. His real name is Ibrahim Mohammed Reyadh but Moustafa Reyadh is the nickname.
Career
Reyadh played club football for T ...
Moustapha Agnidé
Idrissou Moustapha Agnidé (born 31 December 1981, in Ifangni) is a Beninese former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.
Agnidé previously played several seasons for AS Vitré in the Championnat de France amateur
The C ...
, Beninese football player
* Moustapha Lamrabat (born 1983), Moroccan-Flemish photographer
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Moustapha Niasse
Moustapha Niasse (born November 4, 1939 .) is a
Moustapha Bayal Sall
Moustapha Bayal Sall (born 30 November 1985) is a Senegalese professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Jordanian club Al Faisaly SC. At international level, he has represented Senegal, earning 29 caps and scoring one goal.
Playin ...
, Senegalese football midfielder
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Moustapha Salifou
Moustapha Salifou (born 1 June 1983) is a Togolese former professional footballer who plays mostly as a midfielder for German Bayernliga club Türkspor Augsburg. He has represented the Togo national team at the 2006 FIFA World Cup. He spent ...
, Togolese football midfielder
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Mustapha Cassiem
Mustapha Cassiem (born 19 March 2002) is a South African field hockey player who plays as a forward for the South African national team.
His brother Dayaan Cassiem also is an international hockey player.
International career
Cassiem made his ...
, South African field hockey player
Mostafa
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Mostafa Kamal (Bir Sreshtho)
Mustafa Kamal ( bn, মোস্তফা কামাল), better known as Shaheed Sipahi Mustafa Kamal was a sepoy in the Bangladesh Army during the Liberation War. He was born on 16 December 1947 in Hajipur village of Daulatkhan upazila un ...
, freedom fighter of
Bangladesh Liberation War
The Bangladesh Liberation War ( bn, মুক্তিযুদ্ধ, , also known as the Bangladesh War of Independence, or simply the Liberation War in Bangladesh) was a revolution and armed conflict sparked by the rise of the Bengali ...
, awarded the highest recognition of bravery of Bangladesh,
Bir Sreshtho
The Bir Sreshtho ( bn, বীরশ্রেষ্ঠ; ), is the highest military award of Bangladesh. It was awarded to seven freedom fighters who showed utmost bravery and died in action for their nation. They are considered martyrs.
The other ...
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Mostafa Matar
Mostafa Ali Matar (, ; born 10 September 1995) is a Lebanese footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Saudi club Al-Orobah, on loan from club Ahed, and the Lebanon national team.
Matar began his senior career in 2015 with Salam Zgharta in t ...
(born 1995), Lebanese footballer
Mustafa
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Mustafa I
Mustafa I (; ; 1600, Constantinople – 20 January 1639, Constantinople), called Mustafa the Saint (Veli Mustafa) during his second reign, and often called Mustafa the Mad (Deli Mustafa) by historians, was the son of Sultan Mehmed III and ...
,
Mustafa II
Mustafa II (; ota, مصطفى ثانى ''Muṣṭafā-yi sānī''; 6 February 1664 – 29 December 1703) was the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1695 to 1703.
Early life
He was born at Edirne Palace on 6 February 1664. He was the son of Sulta ...
,
Mustafa III
Mustafa III (; ''Muṣṭafā-yi sālis''; 28 January 1717 – 21 January 1774) was the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1757 to 1774. He was a son of Sultan Ahmed III (1703–30), and his consort Mihrişah Kadın. He was succeeded by hi ...
Mustafa Abdul-Hamid
Mustafa Abdul-Hamid (born June 2, 1988) is an American former professional basketball player.
Abdul-Hamid played for the UCLA Bruins from 2006–2010.
Professional career
In August 2010, Abdul-Hamid signed a one-year contract with Hemofarm from ...
, American basketball player
* Mustafa Abi, Turkish basketball player
* Mustafa Ali, Malaysian Islamic politician
* Mustafa Abubakar (born 1949), Indonesian politician
* Mustafa Adrisi, vice-president of Uganda from 1978 to 1979
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Mustafa Afridi
Mustafa Afridi ( ur, ) is a screenwriter and occasional actor from Pakistan, known for his television plays in Urdu television industry such as '' Aseerzadi'', '' Sang-e-Mar Mar'' and '' Ehd-e-Wafa''. For his serial ''Sang-e-Mar Mar'', he has wo ...
Bangladeshi
Bangladeshis ( bn, বাংলাদেশী ) are the citizens of Bangladesh, a South Asian country centered on the transnational historical region of Bengal along the eponymous bay.
Bangladeshi citizenship was formed in 1971, when the ...
politician, cricket official, and businessman
* Mustafa Altıoklar, Turkish film director
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Mustafa Akaydın
Mustafa Akaydın (born 24 April 1952, in Çorum) is a Turkish politician of the Republican People's Party (CHP), who served as the mayor of Antalya, Turkey. Prior to his political career, Akaydın held positions as a professor, general surgeon an ...
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, or Mustafa Kemal Pasha until 1921, and Ghazi Mustafa Kemal from 1921 Surname Law (Turkey), until 1934 ( 1881 – 10 November 1938) was a Turkish Mareşal (Turkey), field marshal, Turkish National Movement, re ...
, founder of modern Turkey
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Mustafa Aydın
Mustafa Aydın is a Turkish academic (Professor of International Relations), writer, columnist, TV commentator, and public intellectual. He served as the Rector of Kadir Has University (İstanbul, Turkey) between 2010 and 2018; and currently is ...
Mustafa Cengiz
Mustafa Cengiz (25 December 1949 – 28 November 2021) was a Former Bureaucrat and Turkish businessman who served as the president of sports club Galatasaray S.K.
Early life
Mustafa Cengiz was born in Nizip, Gaziantep Province, southeastern T ...
(1949–2021), Turkish businessman and former president of the sports club Galatasaray S.K.
* Mustafa Cevahir, Turkish footballer
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Mustafa Chokaev
Mustafa Shokay ( kk, Мұстафа Шоқайұлы, , romanized: ''Mūstafa Şoqaiūly'', Russian: Мустафа́ Шока́й); 25 December 1890 – 27 December 1941) was a Kazakh social and political activist and ideologue of the Turkest ...
, nationalist from Turkestan
* Mustafa Çağrıcı, Turkish civil servant
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Mustafa Çakır
Mustafa Çakır (born December 15, 1986 in Sinop, Turkey) is a Turkish yacht racer competing in the Laser class. The tall athlete at is a member of Heybeliada Aquatics Club in Istanbul, where he is coached by Saruhan Çınay.
He qualified for ...
(born 1986), Turkish yacht racer
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Mustafa Denizli
Mustafa Denizli (born 10 November 1949) is a Turkish football coach and former player. He has managed many notable Turkish football clubs, including ''"Istanbul Big Three"'' ( Fenerbahçe, Galatasaray and Beşiktaş) and has won the Süper Li ...
Mustafa Güzelgöz
Mustafa Güzelgöz (1921 – 18 February 2005) was a Turkish librarian. He established and operated a traveling library which circulated among 36 villages in the Ürgüp district, becoming known as the "Librarian with the Donkey" ( tr, Eşekli k ...
(1921–2005), Turkish librarian
* Mustafa Hadid, Afghan footballer
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Mustafa Hassan
Mustafa Ahmad Hassan ( ar, مصطفى احمد حسن ; born 10 February 1990, in Najaf) is an Iraqi-Danish footballer who currently plays for Gjelleråsen.
Early life
Hassan came to Denmark from Iraq at the age of thirteen, settling in Bornho ...
Mustafa Abdul Jalil
Mustafa Abdul Jalil ( ar, مصطفى عبد الجليل; also transcribed ''Abdul-Jelil, Abd-al-Jalil'', ''Abdel-Jalil'', ''Abdeljalil'' or ''Abdu Al Jeleil''; born 1952) is a Libyan politician who was the Chairman of the National Transitional ...
Mustafa Kamal (judge)
Mustafa Kamal (9 May 1933 – 5 January 2015) was the 10th Chief Justice of Bangladesh. His landmark judgment was on the Masdar Hossain case, widely known as the 'separation of judiciary', which was a milestone in the quest for separation of po ...
, Chief Justice of Bangladesh
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Mustafa Karim
Mustafa Karim Abdullah ( ar, مصطفى كريم عبدالله) (born 21 July 1987) is an Iraqi footballer. He last played for Al-Talaba. He plays as striker, and is known for his ability to score with both feet.
Career: Youth, Olympic and N ...
, Iraqi footballer
* Mustafa Kocabey, Turkish footballer
* Mustafa Korkmaz (born 1988), Dutch wheelchair basketball player of Turkish descent
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Mustafa Kučuković
Mustafa Kučuković (born 5 November 1986) is a German former professional footballer who played as a forward.
Club career
Kučuković started his professional career at Hamburger SV in September 2004 and made his Bundesliga debut as a second-h ...
Mustafa Özkan
Mustafa Özkan (born 21 February 1975) is a former professional footballer who played as a forward.
Özkan played two seasons for Stuttgarter Kickers in the 2. Bundesliga, appearing in 20 league matches. He also played for several clubs in Tu ...
Mustafa Rahi
Mustafa Rahi, (1931–1986) was a poet of classical and neo classical Urdu Ghazal from Pakistan
Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), is a country in South Asia. It is the world's fifth-mos ...
Mustafa Shaikh
This is a list of all cricketers who have played first-class, list A or Twenty20 cricket for Maharashtra cricket team. Seasons given are first and last seasons; the player did not necessarily play in all the intervening seasons. Players in bol ...
, Indian cricketer
* Mustafa Shokay, Kazakhstani political activist
* Mustafa Tuna (born 1957), Turkish environmental engineer, politician and Mayor of Ankara
* Mustafa Yılmaz (chess player) (born 1992), Turkish Grand Master of chess
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Mustafa Yumlu
Mustafa Yumlu (born 25 September 1987) is a Turkish professional footballer who currently plays as a center back for BB Erzurumspor in the TFF First League.
Life and career
Yumlu began his footballing career as an eleven-year-old in Aydinlispor ...
Mustafa Zaidi
Mustafa Zaidi (born Syed Mustafa Hasnain Zaidi; 10 October 1930 – 2 October 1970) was a Pakistani Urdu poet and a civil servant.
Early life
In 1954, he passed the competitive examination and was sent to England for training before being g ...
, Pakistani poet
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Nur Mustafa Gülen
Nur Mustafa Gülen (born July 26, 1960) is a Turkish football coach and former footballer. Currently he is the head coach of the Turkey women's national football team.
Career
Born in Istanbul on July 26, 1960, Gülen studied physical education ...
Shah Mustafa
Syed Shāh Muṣṭafā al-Baghdādi ( ar, سید شاه مصطفى البغدادي), popularly known as Shah Mustafa ( bn, শাহ মোস্তফা), is a Sufi Muslim figure in the Sylhet region. Mustafa's name is associated with the s ...
Mustapa Mohamed
Dato' Sri Mustapa bin Mohamed ( Jawi: مصطفى بن محمد; born 25 September 1950), commonly known as ''Tok Pa'' among local Kelantanese, is a Malaysian politician who served as the Minister in the Prime Minister's Department for Eco ...
, Malaysian politician
Mustapha
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Mustapha Aga
Kozbekçi Mustafa Ağa, known as Mustapha Aga in Sweden, was an Ottoman ambassador to the Swedish court in 1727. One of his missions was to obtain a repayment of a royal debt which had been incurred by Charles XII of Sweden, but he failed in his ...
, Ottoman Empire ambassador to the Swedish Court
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Mustapha Chadili
Mustapha Chadili ( ar, مصطفى الشاذلي) (born 14 February 1973 in Casablanca) is a retired Moroccan football goalkeeper who played for Raja Casablanca.
Chadili played for Raja Casablanca at the 2000 FIFA Club World Championship.
He pl ...
Mustapha Hadji
Mustapha Hadji (born 16 November 1971) is a Moroccan football coach and former player. He was named the 50th greatest African player of all time by the African football expert Ed Dove.
Early life
Hadji was born in Ifrane Atlas-Saghir, Morocco. ...
, Moroccan footballer
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Mustapha Harun
Datu Mustapha bin Datu Harun, or Tun Mustapha for short (31 July 1918 – 2 January 1995), was a Malaysian politician who served as the 3rd Chief Minister of Sabah from May 1967 to November 1975 and the 1st Yang di-Pertua Negeri of Sabah fr ...
, Sabahan 1st governor and 3rd chief minister
* Mustapha Ishak Boushaki, Algerian cosmologist
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Mustapha Karkouti
Mustapha Karkouti (October 3, 1943 – July 16, 2020) was a Syrian freelance journalist and media consultant, residing in London since the early 1970s.
Personal and career background
He was born in Latakia in northern Syria. He started as an a ...
Mustapha Khalfi
Mustapha Khalfi (born 1 January 1980) is a Moroccan professional basketball player. He currently plays for the AS Salé club of the FIBA Africa Club Champions Cup and the Nationale 1, Morocco's first division.
Biography
Born in Derb Sultan ...
, Moroccan basketball player
* Mustapha Labsi, Algerian arrested on terrorism charges
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Mustapha Larfaoui Mustapha Larfaoui (born 27 November 1932 in Algiers) is a former member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) from Algeria.Mustapha Matura
Mustapha Matura (17 December 1939 – 29 October 2019) was a Trinidadian playwright living in London. Characterised by critic Michael Billington as "a pioneering black playwright who opened the doors for his successors", Matura was the first Br ...
, Trinidadian playwright
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Mustapha Sama
Mustapha Pa Safa Sama (born 31 October 1979 in Freetown) is a Sierra Leonean former Association football, soccer player.
Career
Early career in Africa
Pa Safa was born and raised in Wellington, a poor neighbourhood in the east end of Freetown. ...
Ahmed Mostafa (footballer, born 1940)
Ahmed Mostafa ( ar, أحمد مصطفى; 8 March 1940 – 17 February 2022) was an Egyptian footballer who played as a defender and midfielder for Zamalek, he also played for the Egypt national team.
International career
Mostafa represented E ...
Tarek Mostafa
Tarek Mostafa ( ar, طارق مصطفى; born 1 April 1971) is an Egyptian football manager and a retired footballer.
Career
Mostafa started his career in Division II club Eastern Tobacco, notably played for Zamalek SC for a period of four succ ...
, Egyptian footballer
Moustafa
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Hisham Talaat Moustafa
Hisham Talat Moustafa ( ar, هشام طلعت مصطفى) (born December 12, 1959) is an Egyptian realtor and former chairman and head of the Real Estate Branch of the Talaat Moustafa Group. He had been elected in 2004 to the Shura Council in th ...
, Egyptian businessman
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Ibrahim Moustafa
Ibrahim Moustafa ( ar, ابراهيم مصطفى, 23 September 1904 – 9 October 1968) was a Greco-Roman wrestling, Greco-Roman wrestler from Egypt. At his first international tournament, the 1924 Olympics, he finished fourth in the light-heavy ...
, Egyptian wrestler
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Tamer Moustafa
Tamer Moustafa (born July 5, 1982) is an Egyptian basketball player currently playing for El Geish of the Egyptian Super League. He is a member of the Egypt national basketball team.
Moustafa participated with the Egypt national basketball team ...
Fazil Mustafa
Fazil Mustafa (born 15 October 1965) is an Azerbaijani politician who has been a member of the National Assembly since 2005.
Mustafa ran for President of Azerbaijan
The president of the Republic of Azerbaijan is the head of state of Aze ...
(born 1965), Azerbaijani politician
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Herro Mustafa
Herro Kader Mustafa ( ku, Hêro Mistefa; born 1973) is an American diplomat who has served as the American ambassador to Bulgaria since October 2019. She carries the rank of Minister Counselor.
Early life and education
Mustafa was born in Erbi ...
(born 1973), American diplomat
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Isaiah Mustafa
Isaiah Amir Mustafa (born February 11, 1974) is an American actor and former American football wide receiver. Mustafa is widely known as the main character in a series of Old Spice television commercials, " The Man Your Man Could Smell Like". H ...
Şehzade Mustafa
Şehzade Mustafa (Ottoman Turkish: شهزاده مصطفى; 6 August 1515 – 6 October 1553) was an Ottoman prince and the son of Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent and his consort Mahidevran Sultan. He was the prince-governor of Manisa from 15 ...
(1515–1553), Turkish ''şehzade'' (prince)
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Shukri Mustafa
Shukri Mustafa ( ar, شكري مصطفى, ; 1 June 1942 – 19 March 1978) was an Egyptian agricultural engineer who led the extremist Islamist group ''Jama'at al-Muslimin'', popularly known as Takfir wal-Hijra. He began his path toward Islamist ...
Boss Mustapha
Boss Gidahyelda Mustapha (born 1956) is a Nigerian lawyer and politician who is the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) of Nigeria since 2017 and Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19.
He was previously managing d ...
, Nigerian lawyer and politician
* J. F. O. Mustapha, Ghanaian physician and academic
* Joseph Mustapha, Sierra Leonean politician and lawyer
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Riga Mustapha
Rahamat Riga Mustapha (born 10 October 1981) is a Ghanaian-born Dutch professional footballer who last played as a striker for Pune F.C. in the Indian I-League.
Club career
Born in Accra, Ghana, Mustapha began his career with Eredivisie side ...
, Ghanaian-born Dutch footballer
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Shettima Mustapha
Shettima Mustafa (26 November 1939 – 17 November 2022) was a Nigerian academic and politician. After an early career in medicine, local administration, and media, Mustafa studied agriculture at university, eventually earning a Doctor of Phi ...
Arabic name
Arabic language names have historically been based on a long naming system. Many people from the Arabic-speaking and also Muslim countries have not had given/ middle/ family names but rather a chain of names. This system remains in use throughou ...
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Azerbaijani name In the Republic of Azerbaijan, an Azerbaijani name typically consists of an ''ad'' (name), ''ata adı'' (patronymic), and ''soyad'' (surname), following Russian/Soviet-influenced naming customs. This article focuses on Azeri names as used in Azerbai ...
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Turkish name
A Turkish name consists of an ''ad'' or an ''isim'' (given name; plural ''adlar'' and ''isimler'') and a ''soyadı'' or ''soyisim'' (surname). Turkish names exist in a "full name" format. While there is only one ''soyadı'' (surname) in the full na ...