Definition of "muqtar"

I encouraged people to speak with their muqtars (informal mayors of small villages or city districts) and mayors about petitioning the Provincial Government for a portion of the funds for their dilapidated community.

2008, Caleb S. Cage, Gregory M. Tomlin, “Revisionistas: An Interlude”, in The Gods of Diyala: Transfer of Command in Iraq (Texas A&M University Military History Series; 118), College Station, Tex.: Texas A&M University Press, part 4 (Good Things, Bad People, and the Pictures to Prove It), page 158

Ahmed Jasso, the leader of the village (also known as the Muqtar) told everyone that living under ISIS would not be much different from the way life had been under Saddam Hussein.

2018, Ville Männistö, I Found Myself in Iraq, [Kolkata, West Bengal]: Living Word Publications, published 2020, page 92