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Qahtan (disambiguation)

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Qahtan (or Kahtan) (in Arabic قحطان) and Qahtani (Kahtani) (in Arabic قحطاني) or with the definit article al- as Al-Qahtani (Al-Kahtani) (in Arabic القحطاني) meaning coming from Qahtan may refer to:

  • Qahtan (tribe), an Arab tribal confederation in Saudi Arabia
  • Al Qahtan,a village in Saudi Arabia, located in the northern part of Al-Namas governorate
  • Qahtanite or Qahtani, Arabs who originate from the southern region of the Arabian Peninsula, especially from Yemen
  • Qahtaniyah, Iraq, an Iraqi town about 100 km (62 mi) from Mosul and a few miles south of Sinjar

People

Given name

Middle name

Surname

Qahtan

Al-Qahtani

Surname derived from the Qahtanite, Qahtani or Qahtan people from Arabia

Al-Kahtani

  • Muhammad Jafar Jamal al-Kahtani, citizen of Saudi Arabia who was a captive held in extrajudicial detention in the United States' Bagram Theater Internment Facility

See also