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Murat (name)

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Murat is a French surname and Turkish male given name, derived from the Arabic Murad. Its Arabic meaning can be translated roughly into "wanted",[1] "desired", "wished for", "yearned", or "goal".

It may refer to:

Given name

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Ottoman nobility

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  • Murad I (1326–1389), Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1359 to 1389
  • Murad II (1404–1451), Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1421 to 1451
  • Murad III (1546–1595), Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1574 to 1595
  • Murad IV (1612–1640), Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1623 to 1640
  • Murad V (1840–1904), Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 30 May to 31 August 1876

Surname

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Leslau, Wolf (1990). "Introduction". Arabic Loanwords in Ethiopian Semitic. Otto Harrassowitz Verlag. p. XIII. ISBN 9783447030007. Retrieved 15 September 2017 – via Google Books.