Qahtan (or Kahtan) (Arabic: قحطان) and Qahtani (Kahtani) (Arabic: قحطاني) or with the definite article al- as Al-Qahtani (Al-Kahtani) (Arabic: القحطاني) meaning coming from Qahtan may refer to:
- Qahtan (tribe), an Arab tribal confederation in Saudi Arabia
- Qahtanite or Qahtani, Arabs who originate from the southern region of the Arabian Peninsula, especially from Yemen
Places
edit- Al Qahtan, a village in Saudi Arabia, located in the northern part of Al-Namas governorate
- Al-Qahtaniyah, Raqqa Governorate, a town in Raqqa Governorate in northern Syria
- Al-Qahtaniyah, al-Hasakah Governorate, a town in al-Hasakah Governorate in northeastern Syria
- Qahtaniyah, Iraq, an Iraqi town about 100 km (62 mi) from Mosul and a few miles south of Sinjar
People
editGiven name
edit- Qahtan al-Attar (born 1950), Iraqi singer
- Qahtan Chathir Drain, Iraqi national footballer
- Qahtan Muhammad al-Shaabi (1920–1981) South Yemeni politician, the first President of the People's Republic of South Yemen
Middle name
edit- Najeeb Qahtan Al-Sha'abi (born 1953), Yemeni politician
Surname
editQahtan
edit- Abdul Qader Qahtan (born 1952), Yemeni jurist
- Riya Qahtan, Iraqi Kurdish politician
Al-Qahtani
editSurname derived from the Qahtanite, Qahtani or Qahtan people from Arabia
- Abu Maria al-Qahtani (Maysar Ali Musa Abdullah al-Juburi 1976–2024) Iraqi Islamic militant fighting in the Syrian Civil War and a former commander and Shura Council member in Jabhat al-Nusra
- Abdullah Hamid Mohammed Al-Qahtani, Guantanamo detainee
- Abdul Atif Al-Qahtani, Saudi javelin thrower
- Attiya Al-Qahtani (born 1953), Saudi middle-distance runner
- Abdulrahman Al-Qahtani (born 1983), Saudi Arabian footballer
- Haji Bakr Al-Qahtani (born 1964), Saudi Arabian sprinter
- Iman al-Qahtani, Saudi journalist and activist
- Jabir Hasan Muhamed Al Qahtani, Guantanamo detainee
- Jabran al-Qahtani, Guantanamo detainee
- Khaled Al-Qahtani (born 1985), Kuwaiti footballer
- Majed Al-Qahtani (born 1990), Saudi footballer
- Mohammed al-Qahtani (disambiguation), many people with the name including
- Mohammed al-Qahtani (Mohammed Mani Ahmad al-Qahtani), Guantanamo detainee, "20th hijacker"
- Mohammad Fahad al-Qahtani, co-founder of a Saudi Arabian human rights organisation
- Mohammed Saleh Al Qahtani, Board Member of the Boy Scouts of Bahrain
- Mohammed Abdullah Al Qahtani, World Champion of Public Speaking 2015
- Osama bin Laden, "bin Laden" is a patronymic, not a hereditary surname. According to one of his sons, Omar, the hereditary surname of Osama bin Laden was āl-Qaḥṭānī, but Osama's father, Mohammed bin Laden, never officially registered the name.
- Saud al-Qahtani, a Saudi Arabian consultant and former royal court advisor, allegedly involved in the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi
- Sultan Jubran Sultan al-Qahtani, known as Zubayr Al-Rimi (1974–2003), a militant in al-Qaeda's Saudi wing
- Talal Al Qahtani (born 1987), Qatari footballer
- Yasser Al-Qahtani, Saudi Arabian footballer
Al-Kahtani
edit- 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
edit- al-Qahtani (disambiguation)
- Al-Qahtaniyah (disambiguation)
- Bani Qahtan Castle, castle in the Syrian Coastal Mountains near Lattakia