A mukhtar ( Larabci: مختار‎ "zaɓaɓɓe"; Greek ) shine shugaban ƙauye a cikin garin Levant : "tsohuwar ma'aikata wacce ta koma zamanin mulkin Ottoman". A cewar Amir S. Cheshin, Bill Hutman da Avi Melamed "ƙarnuka ne suka kasance na manyan mutane". Ba a keɓance su ga al'ummomin musulmai ba "inda hatta waɗanda ba Larabawa ba" Kiristocin da yahudawa a cikin larabawan suma suna da mukhtars. " Ya rawaito daga Tore Björgo: "Mukhtar ya kasance, a tsakanin sauran abubuwa, yana da alhakin tara haraji da kuma tabbatar da cewa doka da oda sun kasance a ƙauyensu". Kodjabashi