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Mujtaba (Arabic: اَلْـمُـجْـتَـبَى, romanized: al-Mujtabā) is an Arabic given name meaning 'the Chosen'. It is an honorific title for the Islamic prophet Muhammad and his grandson Hasan.

Given name

• Mujtaba tajamul (born 2004),
• Mujtaba Ali (1904–1974), Bengali poet
• Mujtaba Faiz (born 1982), Afghan footballer
• Mujtaba al-Shirazi (born 1943), Iraqi Shia cleric
• Mujtaba Sayed Jaafar (born 1981), Qatari footballer

Surname

• Asif Mujtaba (born 1967), Pakistani cricketer
• Kazi Mujtaba (born 1908), Pakistani politician
• Gholam Mujtaba (born 1955), Pakistani American politician

References

1. الأربلي، كشف الغمة،ج 2 ص 296.
2. Madelung, Wilferd (1997). The Succession to Muhammad: A Study of the Early Caliphate. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-64696-0.
3. al-Qurashi, Baqir Shareef (2006). Al-Shahin, Abdullah (ed.). The life of Imam al-Hasan al-Mujtaba. Translated by Jasim al-Rasheed (first ed.). Qum: Ansariyan Publications. p. 59.
4. Momen, Moojan (1985). An Introduction to Shi'i Islam. Yale University Press. p. 26. ISBN 978-0-300-03531-5.

• Given names
• Surnames
• Arabic-language surnames