Islamic prophet
Prophets in Islam () are individuals in Islam who are believed to spread God's message on Earth and serve as models of ideal human behaviour. Some prophets are categorized as messengers (; sing. , ), those who transmit divine revelation, mos ...
Muhammad
Muhammad (8 June 632 CE) was an Arab religious and political leader and the founder of Islam. Muhammad in Islam, According to Islam, he was a prophet who was divinely inspired to preach and confirm the tawhid, monotheistic teachings of A ...
, and the name means "chosen, selected, appointed, preferred", used as an
Arabic
Arabic (, , or , ) is a Central Semitic languages, Central Semitic language of the Afroasiatic languages, Afroasiatic language family spoken primarily in the Arab world. The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) assigns lang ...
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 f ...
and
surname
In many societies, a surname, family name, or last name is the mostly hereditary portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family. It is typically combined with a given name to form the full name of a person, although several give ...
. Mustafa is a common name in the
Muslim world
The terms Islamic world and Muslim 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, politics, and laws of Islam or to societies in which Islam is ...
Moustafa Farroukh
Moustafa Farroukh (;
1901 – 1957) was one of Lebanon's most prominent painters of the 20th century. During his famed career, Farroukh produced over 2000 paintings most of which were acquired by collectors both in Lebanon and abroad. He also wro ...
Moustapha Akkad
Moustapha al Akkad (; July 1, 1930 – November 11, 2005) was a Syrian Americans, Syrian-American film producer and Film director, director, best known for producing the original series of ''Halloween (franchise), Halloween'' films and dire ...
(1930-2005), Syrian American film producer
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Moustapha Alassane
Moustapha Alassane (1942–17 March 2015) was a Nigerien filmmaker.
Biography
Born in 1942 in N’Dougou (Niger), Moustapha Alassane graduated in mechanics. However, in the Rouch IRSH in Niamey he learned the cinematographic technique and there ...
(1942-2015), Nigerien filmmaker
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Moustapha Agnidé
Idrissou Moustapha Agnidé (born 31 December 1981) is a Beninese former professional footballer who played as a midfielder
In the sport of association football, a midfielder takes an Glossary of association football terms#O, outfield po ...
(born 1981), Beninese footballer
* Moustapha Bokoum (born 1999), Belgian footballer
* Moustapha Lamrabat (born 1983), Moroccan-Flemish photographer
*
Abdul Moustapha Ouedraogo
Abdul (also transliterated as Abdal, Abdel, Abdil, Abdol, Abdool, or Abdoul; , ) is the most frequent transliteration of the combination of the Arabic word '' Abd'' (, meaning "Servant") and the definite prefix '' al / el'' (, meaning "the").
It ...
(born 1988), Ivorian footballer
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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.
Playing ...
(born 1985), Senegalese footballer
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Moustapha Salifou
Moustapha Salifou (born 1 June 1983) is a Togolese professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for German amateur Kreisklasse club RB Petrolspor München. He has represented the Togo national team at the 2006 FIFA World Cup. He spent four ...
(born 1983), Togolese footballer
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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 also is a forward for the national hockey team.
International career
Cassiem made his ...
(born 2002), South African field hockey player
Mostafa
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Mostafa Kamal (Bir Sreshtho)
Mohammad Mustafa Kamal (), better known as Shaheed Sipahi Mustafa Kamal, was a sepoy in the Bangladesh Army during the Liberation War
Wars of national liberation, also called wars of independence or wars of liberation, are conflicts fought ...
(1947-1971), freedom fighter of
Bangladesh Liberation War
The Bangladesh Liberation War (, ), also known as the Bangladesh War of Independence, was an War, armed conflict sparked by the rise of the Bengali nationalism, Bengali nationalist and self-determination movement in East Pakistan, which res ...
, awarded the highest recognition of bravery of Bangladesh,
Bir Sreshtho
The Bir Sreshtho (; ), 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 three gallantry awards are named, ...
.
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Mostafa Matar
Mostafa Ali Matar (, ; born 10 September 1995) is a Lebanese association football, footballer who plays as a Goalkeeper (association football), goalkeeper for club Safa SC, Safa and the Lebanon national football team, Lebanon national team.
Ma ...
(born 1995), Lebanese footballer
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Mostafa Mohsin Montu
Mostafa Mohsin Montu (2 February 1945 – 15 June 2025) was a Bangladeshi politician and member of parliament. He was the president and general secretary of Gano Forum splinter fraction.
Early life
Montu was born on 2 February 1945 at Dhanmon ...
(1945-2025), Bangladeshi politician
Mustafa
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Mustafa I
Mustafa I (; ; ; 1600/1602 – 20 January 1639) was twice the sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 22 November 1617 to 26 February 1618, and from 20 May 1622 to 10 September 1623. He was the son of sultan Mehmed III and Halime Sultan.
Earl ...
,
Mustafa II
Mustafa II (; ''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 Sultan Mehmed IV (1648–87 ...
,
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 b ...
, and
Mustafa IV
Mustafa IV (; ; 8 September 1779 – 16 November 1808) was the sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1807 to 1808.
Early life
Mustafa IV was born on 8 September 1779 in Constantinople. He was the son of Sultan Abdul Hamid I (1774–1789) and Si ...
, Sultans of the Ottoman Empire
* Mustafa Abdul-Hamid (born 1988), American basketball player
* Mustafa Abi (born 1979), Turkish basketball player
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Mustafa Ali
Adeel Alam (born March 28, 1986) better known by his ring name Mustafa Ali ( ), is an American professional wrestler. He is signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), where he is a former TNA X Division Champion. He also makes appearances ...
(born 1986), American wrestler
* Mustafa Zaman Abbasi (1936-2025), Bangladeshi musicologist
* Mustafa Abubakar (born 1949), Indonesian politician
*
Mustafa Adrisi
Mustafa Adrisi Abataki ( – 28 July 2013) was a Ugandan military officer and politician who served as the third vice president of Uganda from 1977 to 1979 and was one of President Idi Amin's closest associates before the two fell out.
In 1978, ...
(1922-2013), vice-president of Uganda from 1978 to 1979
* Mustafa Afridi, a Pakistani television screenwriter
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Mustafa Ahmed
Mustafa Ahmed (born 28 July 1996), known as Mustafa, formerly known as Mustafa the Poet, is a Canadian poet, singer, songwriter, and filmmaker from Toronto. He released his debut EP, ''When Smoke Rises'', in May 2021. His debut album, ''Dunya (Mus ...
(born 1996), known as Mustafa, formerly known as Mustafa the Poet, a Sudanese-Canadian spoken word poet, singer, songwriter, and filmmaker
* Mustafa Amini (born 1993), Australian association footballer of Afghani descent
* Mustafa Altıoklar (born 1958), Turkish film director
*
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 ...
(born 1952), Turkish politician
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Mustafa Akıncı
Mustafa Akıncı (; born 28 December 1947) is a Turkish Cypriots, Turkish Cypriot politician who was the president of Northern Cyprus from April 2015 until October 2020.
An architect by profession, Akıncı in 1976 became the first elected mayor ...
(born 1947), Turkish Cypriot Politician
* Mustafa Armağan (born 1961), Turkish Islamist journalist and conspiracy theorist
* Mustafa Arruf (1948-2025), Spanish sculptor
* Mustafa Arslanović (born 1960), Bosnian footballer
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Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk ( 1881 – 10 November 1938) was a Turkish field marshal and revolutionary statesman who was the founding father of the Republic of Turkey, serving as its first President of Turkey, president from 1923 until Death an ...
(1881-1938), founder of modern Turkey
* Mustafa Aydın (born 1967), Turkish academic
* Mustafa Badreddine (1961-2016), Hezbollah militant
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Mustafa Barzani
Mustafa Barzani (14 March 1903 – 1 March 1979), also known as Mullah Mustafa, was a Kurdish nationalist leader and one of the most prominent political figures in modern Kurdish politics.
In 1946, he was chosen as the leader of the Kurdistan ...
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 and education
Mustafa Cengiz was born in Nizip, Gaziantep Province, ...
(1949–2021), Turkish businessman and former president of the sports club Galatasaray S.K.
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Mustafa Cevahir
Mustafa Cevahir (born 5 January 1986 in Trabzon, Turkey) is a Turkish football player who last played for Sakaryaspor
Sakaryaspor Kulübü Derneği is a Turkish professional football club playing in the TFF First League, which is the second ...
(born 1986), Turkish footballer
* Mustafa Chokaev (1890-1941), nationalist from Turkestan
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Mustafa Çağrıcı
Mustafa Çağrıcı is a Turkish people, Turkish former mufti of Istanbul.
In 2018 he claimed “The Diyanet of today has a more Islamist, more Arab worldview”.
References
External linksOffice the Mufti of Istanbul official websiteMustafa Ca ...
(born 1950), Turkish civil servant
* Mustafa Çakır (born 1986), Turkish yacht racer
* Mustafa Fevzi Çakmak (1876-1950), Turkish military officer
* Mustafa Denizli (born 1949), Turkish football coach
* Mustafa Erdik (born 1948), Turkish earthquake engineer
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Mustafa Fahmi Pasha
Mustafa Fahmi Pasha (; 11 June 1840 – 13 September 1914) was an Egyptians, Egyptian military officer and politician who served as the prime minister of Egypt for two times.
Early life and education
Born in Crete in 1840 to a Turkish famil ...
(1840-1914), Egyptian politician
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Mustafa Güzelgöz
Mustafa Güzelgöz (1921 – 18 February 2005) was a Turkish librarian. He established and operated a travelling library which circulated among 36 villages in the Ürgüp district, becoming known as the "Librarian with the Donkey" (). By the time ...
(1921–2005), Turkish librarian
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Mustafa Hadid
Mustafa Hadid (; born 25 August 1988) is an Afghan former footballer who played as a right-back or forward. Hadid also played for the Afghanistan national team.
Club career
Born in Kabul, Hadid moved to Hamburg with his family in 2016, escapin ...
(born 1988), Afghan footballer
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Mustafa Hassan
Mustafa Ahmad Hassan (; born 10 February 1990) is an Iraqi-Danish professional footballer who currently plays for Gjelleråsen.
Early life
Hassan came to Denmark from Iraq at the age of thirteen, settling in Bornholm. He obtained a Danish pas ...
(born 1990), Iraqi footballer
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Mustafa al-Hawsawi
Mustafa Ahmed Adam al-Hawsawi (; born August 5, 1968) is a Saudi Arabian citizen. He is alleged to have acted as a key financial facilitator for the September 11 attacks in the United States.
Mustafa al-Hawsawi was captured in Pakistan by Pakist ...
(born 1968), Saudi financer of the September 11 attacks
* Mustafa Hukić (1951-1999), Bosnian footballer
* Mustafa İsmet İnönü (1884-1973), Turkish Army general, Prime Minister, President
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Mustafa Abdul Jalil
Mustafa Abdul Jalil (; also transcribed ''Abdul-Jelil, Abd-al-Jalil'', ''Abdel-Jalil'', ''Abdeljalil'' or ''Abdu Al Jeleil''; born 6 November 1952) is a Libyan politician who was the Chairman of the National Transitional Council from 5 March 201 ...
(born 1952), Libyan politician
* Mustafa al-Kadhimi (born 1967), Iraqi Prime Minister
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Ghulam Mustafa Khan
Ghulam Mustafa Khan, SI () (23 September 1912 – 25 September 2005) was a Pakistani researcher, literary critic, linguist, author, scholar of Urdu literature and linguistics, educationist and religious and spiritual leader belonging to Naqs ...
(1912-2005), Pakistani scholar
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Mustafa Kamal (mayor)
Syed Mustafa Kamal (Urdu: ; born 27 December 1971) is a Pakistani politician currently serving as the Ministry of National Health Services, Regulation and Coordination since 27 February 2025 and Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan since ...
(born 1971), District City Nazim (Mayor) of Karachi
* Mustafa Kamal (judge) (1933-2015), Chief Justice of Bangladesh
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Mustafa Kamal (politician)
Abu Hena Mohammad Mustafa Kamal (; born 15 June 1947) commonly known as Lotus Kamal is a Bangladeshi politician, former cricket official, and businessman. He was a member of the Jatiya Sangsad representing the Comilla-10 constituency and a Min ...
(born 1947),
Bangladeshi
Bangladeshis ( ) are the citizens and nationals of Bangladesh, a South Asian country centred on the transnational historical region of Bengal along the Bay of Bengal, eponymous bay.
Bangladeshi nationality law, Bangladeshi citizenship was fo ...
politician, cricket official, and businessman
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Mustafa Karim
Mustafa Karim Abdullah (; born 21 July 1987) is an Iraqi Association football, football manager and former player. He played as Striker (football), striker, and was known for his ability to score with both feet.
Career: Youth, Olympic and Nati ...
(born 1987), Iraqi footballer
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Mustafa Kocabey
Mustafa Kocabey (born 6 October 1974) is a retired Turkish professional Association football, footballer.
Kocabey became a fan favorite with his spectacular goals and his skill as French striker Jean Pierre Papin for UltrAslan, Galatasaray fans ...
(born 1974), Turkish footballer
* Mustafa Korkmaz (born 1988), Dutch wheelchair basketball player of Turkish descent
* Mustafa Kučuković (born 1986), German footballer
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Ghulam Mustafa Jatoi
Ghulam Mustafa Jatoi (; ) (14 August 1931 – 20 November 2009) was a Pakistani politician who served as the Caretaker Prime Minister of Pakistan for three months, from 6 August 1990 to 6 November 1990.
Early life
Ghulam Mustafa Jatoi was bo ...
(1931-2009), Pakistani statesman
* Mustafa Mahmud (1921-2009), Egyptian scientist
*
Mustafa Malayekah
Mustafa Malayekah (; born 21 May 1986) is a Saudi Arabian football (soccer), football player who currently plays as a Goalkeeper (association football), goalkeeper for Neom SC, Neom.
He made his debut with Al-Ansar FC (Medina), Al-Ansar in the ...
(born 1986), Saudi Arabian footballer
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Mustafa Merlika-Kruja
Mustafa Merlika-Kruja (March 15, 1887 – December 27, 1958) was one of the signatories of the Albanian Declaration of Independence. He was Prime Minister of Albania during the Italian occupation from December 4, 1941, to January 19, 1943.
E ...
, (1887–1958), Albanian Prime Minister
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Mustafa Nadarević
Mustafa Nadarević (2 May 1943 – 22 November 2020) was a Bosnian actor. Widely considered one of the greatest actors from the former Yugoslavia, he starred in over 70 films, including '' The Smell of Quinces'' (1982), '' When Father Was Away on ...
(1943-2020), Bosnian actor
* Mustafa Nayyem (born 1981), Afghan-Ukrainian journalist
* Mustafa Özkan (born 1975), Turkish footballer
* Mustafa Pasha (1557-1614), Georgian noble
*
Mustafa Pektemek
Mustafa Pektemek (born 11 August 1988) is a Turkish footballer who plays as a forward for TFF First League club Pendikspor.
Career
Early career
Pektemek started his professional career with Sakaryaspor in 2006. He went on loan to Sarıye ...
(born 1988), Turkish footballer
*
Mustafa Qureshi
Mustafa Qureshi (born 11 May 1938) is a Pakistani film and television actor.
He has acted in more than 600 movies, in Urdu, Punjabi and Sindhi languages.
He is best remembered for playing the antagonist Noori Natt in '' Maula Jatt'' (1979) ...
(born 1938), Pakistani actor
* Mustafa Rahi (1931-1986), Pakistani poet
*
Mustafa Sandal
Mustafa Sandal (born 11 January 1970) is a Turkish singer-songwriter and actor. At the beginning of the 1990s, he wrote and composed a number of songs for other singers and made a reputation for himself in the music industry. He had leading role ...
(born 1970), Europe-known Turkish singer-composer
* Mustafa Sarp (born 1980), Turkish footballer
*
Mustafa Shahabi
Prince Mustafa Al-Shihabi (; 1893 – 1968) was a Syrian agronomist, politician, writer and the third elected director of Arab Academy of Damascus (1959–1968).
Biography
Al-Shihabi was born in 1893 in Hasbaya in Ottoman Syria, in what is today ...
(1893-1968), Syrian agronomist
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Mustafa Shaikh
This is a list of all cricketers who have played First-class cricket, first-class, List A cricket, 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 i ...
(born 1979/80), Indian cricketer
* Mustafa Shokay (1890-1941), Kazakhstani political activist
*
Mustafa Şentop
Mustafa Şentop (born 6 August 1968) is a Turkish people, Turkish politician from the Justice and Development Party (Turkey), Justice and Development Party (AKP) who is currently a Member of Parliament#Turkey, Member of Parliament and has been i ...
(born 1968), Turkish politician and 29th Speaker of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey (2019–2023)
* Mustafa Suphi (1883-1921), Turkish communist leader
* Mustafa Topchubashov (1895–1981), Azerbaijani surgeon
* 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 plays as a centre-back for BB Erzurumspor in the TFF First League
The TFF 1. Lig (), currently referred to as Trendyol 1. Lig for sponsorship reasons, is the se ...
(born 1987), Turkish footballer
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Mustafa Wahba
Mustafa Wahba () was a Saudi Arabian economist who served as deputy finance minister from 1960 to 1962. In addition, he was the first and long-term secretary general of the Communist Party in Saudi Arabia between 1975 and 1991.
Biography
Mustaf ...
, Saudi politician
* Mustafa Zahid (born 1984), Pakistani singer
* Mustafa Zaidi (1930-1970), Pakistani poet
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Mustafa Pasha (disambiguation) Mustafa Pasha may refer to:
People
Chronologically (by birth year where known):
* Çoban Mustafa Pasha (died 1529), Ottoman vizier and governor of Egypt (1522–23)
* Koca Mustafa Pasha (fl. 1511–1512), Ottoman grand vizier (1511–12)
* Kara ...
, various people
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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 ...
(born 1960), Turkish footballer and coach
Mustafah
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Mustafah Muhammad
Mustafah Jaleel Muhammad (born October 19, 1973, as Steve Wilson) is a former award-winning football player in the Canadian Football League, who later played in the National Football League, and was a high-profile criminal, being convicted of dom ...
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, Morocc ...
(born 1971), 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 people, Malaysian politician who served as the 3rd Chief Minister of Sabah from May 1967 to November 1975 and the 1st Yang di-Pertua Nege ...
(1918-1995), Sabahan 1st governor and 3rd chief minister
* Mustapha Ishak Boushaki (born 1967), Algerian cosmologist
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Mustapha Karkouti
Mustapha Karkouti (3 October 1943 – 16 July 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 agen ...
(1943-2020), Syrian journalist
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Mustapha Kartali
Mustapha Kartali (or Kertali; born 1946) was the main Islamist guerrilla leader in the Larbaa, Blida, Larbaa region during the Algerian Civil War.
In 1991, he was elected Islamic Salvation Front, FIS mayor of Larbaa, a town south of Algiers. Af ...
(born 1946), Islamist guerrilla leader
* Mustapha Khalfi (born 1980), Moroccan basketball player
* Mustapha Labsi, Algerian arrested on terrorism charges
* Mustapha Larfaoui (born 1932), Algerian athlete
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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 ...
(1939-2019), 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. ...
(born 1979), Sierra Leonean soccer player
* Mustapha Zaari (1945-2024), Moroccan actor
* Jimmy Durham (1883-1910), originally named Mustapha, first African soldier in the British Army
Ahmed Mostafa (footballer, born 1987)
Ahmed Mostafa () is an Egyptian football player that currently plays for the Egyptian Second Division side, Ittihad El Shorta.
Career
On 20 June 2010, Wadi Degla, the newly promoted team to the Egyptian Premier League
The Egyptian Premier ...
(born 1987), Egyptian footballer
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Amr Mostafa
Amr Mostafa Mohamed Alsayed Abulmagd (; born 31 December 1979), better known as Amr Mostafa (), is an Egyptians, Egyptian singer and composer. He has composed several hit songs for artists like Amr Diab, Mohamed Hamaki, etc. He worked with west ...
(born 1979), Egyptian singer and composer
* Hassan Mostafa (born 1979), Egyptian footballer
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Tarek Mostafa
Tarek Mostafa (; born 1 April 1971) is an Egyptian association football, football manager and a retired player.
Career
Mostafa started his career in Division II club Eastern Tobacco, notably played for Zamalek SC for a period of four successful ...
(born 1971), Egyptian footballer
* Walid Mostafa (1972–2025), Egyptian media executive
Moustafa
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Hisham Talaat Moustafa
Hisham Talat Moustafa () (born December 9, 1959) is an Egyptian real estate businessman, and former chairman and current head of the real estate branch of the Talaat Moustafa Group. He had been elected in 2004 to the Shura Council in the Parliam ...
(born 1959), Egyptian businessman
* Ibrahim Moustafa (1904-1968), Egyptian wrestler
* Mouaz Moustafa (born 1986), Syrian-American activist
* Tamer Moustafa (born 1982), Egyptian basketball player
Nawshirwan Mustafa
Nawshirwan Mustafa (22 December 1944 – 19 May 2017) () was an Iraqi Kurdish politician who served as the General Coordinator of the Movement for Change and the leader of the opposition in the Kurdistan Region from 1 April 2009 to his death on ...
(1944-2017), Kurdish politician
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Abu Mustafa
A total of 67 players represented the East Pakistan cricket team in first-class cricket, first-class matches between the team's debut in November 1954 and its final completed match in September 1969. Representing East Pakistan (East Bengal prior ...
(1925–1966), Pakistani cricketer
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Abu Ali Mustafa
Mustafa Ali Zabri (; 14 May 1938 – 27 August 2001), better known by his kunya Abu Ali Mustafa (; ) and also known as Mustafa Alhaj, was a Palestinian militant who served as the General Secretary of the Popular Front for the Liberation of ...
(1938-2001), Palestinian politician
* Allan Mustafa (born 1985), British actor and comedian
* Domenico Mustafà (1829-1912), Italian singer and composer
* Erkan Mustafa (born 1970), British actor
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Fazil Mustafa
Fazil Mustafa, formerly known as Fazil Gazanfaroglu, (, born 15 October 1965) is a deputy of the III, IV, V, and VI convocations of the National Assembly (Azerbaijan), National Assembly of Azerbaijan.
History
Fazil Mustafa was born on 19 O ...
(born 1965), Azerbaijani politician
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Herro Mustafa
Herro Kader Mustafa Garg (; born 1973) is a Kurdish-American diplomat who has served as the United States ambassador to Egypt since November 2023. She served as the United States ambassador to Bulgaria from October 2019 to March 2023.
Early ...
(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". He ...
(born 1974), American actor
* Ismail Isa Mustafa (born 1989), Bulgarian footballer
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Kara Mustafa
Kara Mustafa Pasha (; ; "Mustafa Pasha the Courageous"; 1634/1635 – 25 December 1683) was an Ottoman nobleman, military figure and Grand Vizier, who was a central character in the Ottoman Empire's last attempts at expansion into both Centr ...
(1634/35-1683), Ottoman Albanian military leader and Vizier in the 17th century, led the 1683 siege of Vienna
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Melton Mustafa
Melton "Shakir" Mustafa Sr. (November 23, 1947 – December 28, 2017) was an American jazz musician, music educator, and arranger who played the trumpet and flugelhorn.
Biography
Mustafa, the younger brother of saxophonist Jesse Jones Jr., grew ...
(1947-2017), American jazz musician and educator
* Mohamed Mustafa (born 1996), Sudanese footballer
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Mustafa Mustafa
Mustafa () is one of the names of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, and the name means "chosen, selected, appointed, preferred", used as an Arabic given name and surname. Mustafa is a common name in the Muslim world.
Given name Moustafa
* Moustafa A ...
(born 1955), Greek politician
* Rahma El Siddig Mustafa, Sudanese disability rights activist
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Şehzade Mustafa
Şehzade Mustafa (; – 6 October 1553) was an Ottoman prince, son of sultan Suleiman I and his concubine Mahidevran Hatun. He was Suleiman's oldest survived son, the governor of Manisa from 1533 to 1541 and of Amasya from 1541 to 1553, whe ...
(1515–1553), Turkish ''şehzade'' (prince)
* Shukri Mustafa (1942-1978), Egyptian Islamist
* Shkodran Mustafi (born 1992), German footballer
Mustapha
* Boss Mustapha (born 1956), Nigerian lawyer and politician
* J. F. O. Mustapha (died 1997), Ghanaian physician and academic
* Joseph Mustapha, Sierra Leonean politician and lawyer
* Malik Mustapha (born 2002), American football player
* Riga Mustapha (born 1981), Ghanaian-born Dutch footballer
* Shettima Mustapha (1939-2022), Nigerian academic and politician
Mustafa Prize
The Mustafa Prize is a science and technology award, granted to top researchers and scientists from the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) member states. The prize is granted to scholars of the Islamic world as one of the symbols of scienti ...
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Arabic name
Arabic names have historically been based on a long naming system. Many people from Arabic-speaking and also non-Arab Muslim countries have not had given name, given, middle name, middle, and family names but rather a chain of names. This system ...
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 ...
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Pakistani name
The majority of Pakistani names are derived from Arabic, Persian, and Turkic names. In Pakistan, as in other Muslim countries, the use of family names is not as prominent as in Western countries and most Pakistanis have Arabic, Persian or ...