Muqtadir
| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Language(s) | Arabic |
| Origin | |
| Language(s) | Arabic |
| Word/name | Names of God in Islam |
| Meaning | Dominant, Determiner |
| Region of origin | 7th-century Arabian Peninsula Bengal |
Muqtadir or Muktadir (Arabic: مقتدر) is a male Arabic Muslim given name. It is built from the Arabic word Muqtadir. The name means "Dominant" or "Determiner", al-Muqtadir being one of the names of God in the Qur'an, which give rise to the Muslim theophoric names.[1][2] It is mainly used by Abbasids and Bengalis.
Notable people with the name include:
- al-Muqtadir (895–932), 18th Abbasid caliph
- Umm al-Muqtadir (died 933), Abbasid queen mother
- Ishaq ibn al-Muqtadir (910s–988), Abbasid prince
- Ahmad al-Muqtadir (died 1081), Ruler of Taifa Zaragoza
- Mohammad Abdul Muktadir (1940–1971), Bangladeshi geologist
- Abdul Muqtadir Choudhury (born 1941), Assam Bengali politician
- Dr. A. K. Mohammad Abdul Muqtadir, Bangladeshi ophthalmologist and freedom fighter
- R. A. Mohammad Obaidul Muktadir Chowdhury (born 1955), Bangladeshi government minister
- Ruhul Amin Mohammad Golam Muktadir (died 2020), 5th Director General of Bangladesh Rifles
- Muqtadir Nimji (born 1999), Kenyan squash player
See also
[edit]- Müqtədir, Azerbaijan