Last name المرتضى (المرتضى 
) , around the globe, is quite a rare family name. The last name المرتضى is habitual in Western Asia, particularly Yemen, where it is quite a rare surname, Iraq, and Jordan. Also, المرتضى is the forename as well as the last name.
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| المرتضى | Yemen, Iraq, Sudan, Jordan, Egypt |
| الشريف المرتضى Islamic Shiite scholar, 965-1044, IQ (b. 966) |
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المرتضى المحطوري Yemeni university teacher (1954-2015), YE (b. 1954) |
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| عبد الكريم هاشم المرتضى Yemeni writer (1945-2013), YE (b. 1945) |
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