Mustafa

For other uses, see Mustafa (disambiguation).

Mustafa
Pronunciation	Arabic: [ˈmusˤtˤɑfaː], [musˤˈtˤɑfaː] Egyptian Arabic: [mosˈtˤɑfɑ] English: /mʉˈstɑːfə/, Turkish: [musˈtafa]
Gender	Male
Origin
Word/Name	Arabic
Meaning	Chosen One
Other names
Alternative spelling	Mostafa, Mostapha, Moustafa, Moustapha, Mustapha

Mustafa is the primary transliteration of the Arabic given name, Arabic: مصطفى‎ Muṣṭafā‎. The name is an epithet of Muhammad that means, Chosen One. It is a very common male given name, throughout the Muslim world.

Given name

Mostafa

• Mostafa Abdellaoue, Norwegian football forward of Moroccan descent
• Mostafa Sid Ahmed, Sudanese singer
• Mostafa Amin, Egyptian writer
• Mostafa Arab, Iranian footballer
• Mostafa Azizi, Iranian screenwriter
• Mostafa Chamran, Iranian scientist
• Mostafa Mohaghegh Damad, Iranian Shia cleric
• Mostafa Kamal (Bir Sreshtho), sepoy in the Bangladesh Army during the Liberation War
• Mostafa Kavakebian, Iranian reformist politician
• Mostafa Malekian, Iranian philosopher
• Mostafa Mastoor, Iranian writer
• Mostafa Moeen, Iranian politician
• Mostafa Mokri, Iranian footballer
• Mostafa Mohammad-Najjar, Interior minister of Iran
• Mostafa Salehi Nejad, Iranian footballer
• Mostafa Pour-Mohammadi, Iranian politician
• Mostafa Ronaghi, Iranian biologist
• Mostafa El-Sayed, Egyptian-American chemical physicist
• Mostafa Tajzadeh, Iranian politician
• Mostafa Kamal Tolba, Egyptian scientist
• Mostafa Zamani, Iranian actor

Mostapha

• Mostapha al-Turk, Lebanese-born English mixed martial arts fighter and submission wrestler
• El Mostapha Sahel, Moroccan politician

Moustafa

• Moustafa Amar, Egyptian musician and actor
• Moustafa Bayoumi, American writer
• Moustafa Chousein-Oglou, English actor
• Moustafa Farroukh, Lebanese painter
• Moustafa Reyadh, Egyptian football player
• Moustafa Shakosh, Syrian football player
• Moustafa Ahmed Shebto, Qatari athlete

Moustapha

• Moustapha Akkad, Syrian American film producer
• Moustapha Alassane, African filmmaker
• Moustapha Agnidé, Beninese football player
• Moustapha Niasse, Senegalese politician and diplomat
• Abdul Moustapha Ouedraogo, Ivorian football striker
• Moustapha Bayal Sall, Senegalese football midfielder
• Moustapha Salifou, Togolese football midfielder

Mustafa

• Mustafa I, Mustafa II, Mustafa III and Mustafa IV, Sultans of the Ottoman Empire
• Mustafa Abubakar (born 1949), Indonesian politician
• Mustafa Adrisi, vice-president of Uganda from 1978 to 1979
• Mustafa Altıoklar, Turkish film director
• Mustafa Akaydın, Turkish politician
• Mustafa Arslanović, Bosnian footballer
• Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founder of modern Turkey
• Mustafa Aydin, Turkish academic
• Mustafa Barzani, Kurdish nationalist
• Mustafa Çağrıcı, Turkish civil servant
• Mustafa Cevahir, Turkish footballer
• Mustafa Chokaev, nationalist from Turkestan
• Mustafa Denizli, Turkish football coach
• Mustafa Duruer, Turkish footballer
• Mustafa Hadid, Afghan footballer
• Mustafa Hassan, Iraqi footballer
• Mustafa al-Hawsawi, Saudi financer of the September 11 attacks
• Mustafa Hukić, Bosnian footballer
• Mustafa Abdul Jalil (born 1952), Libyan politician
• Ghulam Mustafa Khan, renowned research scholar
• Mustafa Kamal (mayor) (born 1971), District City Nazim (Mayor) of Karachi
• Mustafa Kamal (judge), Chief Justice of Bangladesh
• Mustafa Karim, Iraqi footballer
• Mustafa Kocabey, Turkish footballer
• Mustafa Kučuković, German footballer
• Ghulam Mustafa Jatoi, Pakistani Statesman
• Mustafa Mahmud, Egyptian scientist
• Mustafa Majid, Bangladeshi writer
• Mustafa Malayekah, Saudi Arabian footballer
• Mustafa Nadarević, Bosnian actor
• Mustafa Özkan, Turkish footballer
• Mustafa Fazl Pasha, Egyptian prince
• Lala Kara Mustafa Pasha, Ottoman Albanian general and statesman
• Mustafa Pektemek, Turkish footballer
• Mustafa Qureshi, Pakistani actor
• Mustafa Rahi, Pakistani poet
• Mustafa Sandal, Europe-known Turkish singer-composer
• Mustafa Sarp, Turkish footballer
• Mustafa Shahabi, Syrian agronomist
• Mustafa Shaikh, Indian cricketer
• Mustafa Yumlu, Turkish footballer
• Mustafa Zahid, Pakistani singer
• Mustafa Zaidi, Pakistani poet

Mustafah

• Mustafah Muhammad, American footballer

Mustapha

• Mustapha Aga, Ottoman Empire ambassador to the Swedish Court
• Mustapha Chadili, Moroccan football goalkeeper
• Mustapha Dahleb, Algerian footballer
• Mustapha Douglas, Ghanaian footballer
• Mustapha Hadji, Moroccan footballer
• Mustapha Kartali, Islamist guerrilla leader
• Mustapha Labsi, Algerian arrested on terrorism charges
• Mustapha Larfaoui, Algerian athlete
• Mustapha Sama, Sierra Leonean soccer player

Surname

Mostafa

• Amr Mostafa, Egyptian singer and composer
• Ahmed Mostafa, Egyptian footballer
• Hassan Mostafa, Egyptian footballer
• Tarek Mostafa, Egyptian footballer

Moustafa

• Hisham Talaat Moustafa, Egyptian businessman
• Ibrahim Moustafa, Egyptian wrestler
• Tamer Moustafa, Egyptian basketball player

Moustapha

• Baba Moustapha, Chadian playwright
• Hamadou Moustapha, Cameroonian politician

Mustafa

• Nawshirwan Mustafa, Kurdish politician
• Abu Ali Mustafa, Palestinian politician
• Domenico Mustafà, Italian singer and composer
• Erkan Mustafa, British actor
• Herro Mustafa, American diplomat
• Isaiah Mustafa, American actor
• Ismail Isa Mustafa, Bulgarian footballer
• Kara Mustafa, Ottoman military leader and Vizier in the 17th century, led the siege of Vienna
• Mustafa Mustafa, Greek politician
• Şehzade Mustafa, Turkish prince
• Shukri Mustafa, Egyptian Islamist

Mustapha

• Joseph Mustapha, Sierra Leonean politician and lawyer
• Riga Mustapha, Ghanaian-born Dutch footballer
• Shettima Mustapha, Nigerian academic and politician

Other uses

• See Mustafa (disambiguation)

See also

• Arabic name
• Turkish name

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