Mukhtar

For other uses, see Mukhtar (disambiguation).

The muhtar (Arabic: مختار, romanized: mukhtār, lit. 'chosen one'; Greek: μουχτάρης) was a civilian administrator, a type of lesser mayor, in villages and neighbourhoods in the Ottoman Empire. It was adopted into the local administration of Turkey as a village or neighbourhood mayor. It also exists as a honorific for clan elders in Gaza.

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