Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A minor provincial official of the Turkish empire.

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  • You imply that waterboarding or IE led to the discovery that Shaikh Mohommad was "muktar" and to the arrest of Padilla.

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  • Zohair Hamdan, a muktar who survived an assassination attempt when he once spoke against Yasir Arafat,

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