Hisham ( ar, هشام) is an Arabic male

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Hashim Hashim ( ar, هاشم) is a common male Arabic given name. Hashim may also refer to: *Hashim Amir Ali *Hashim (poet) *Hashim Amla *Hashim Thaçi *Hashim Khan * Hashim Qureshi * Mir Hashim Ali Khan *Hashim al-Atassi *Hashim ibn Abd Manaf *Hashim ib ...

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Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik ( ar, هشام بن عبد الملك, Hishām ibn ʿAbd al-Malik; 691 – 6 February 743) was the tenth Umayyad caliph, ruling from 724 until his death in 743. Early life Hisham was born in Damascus, the administra ...

(691–743), Umayyad caliph (r. 724–743) *

Hisham ibn al-A'as Hishām ibn al-ʿĀṣ ( ar, هشام بن العاص), is the son of Al-As ibn Wa'il of Banu Sahm and brother of Amr ibn al-As and one of the early companions. It is known that he embraced Islam before Hijrah as can be traced from the saying of U ...

(died 635), Arab companion of Muhammad *

Hisham I of Córdoba Hisham I Al-Reda ibn Abd ar-Rahman ( ar, هشام بن عبد الرحمن الداخل) was the second Emir of Cordoba, ruling from 788 to 796 in al-Andalus. Hisham was born April 26, 757 in Cordoba. He was the first son of Abd al-Rahman I ...

(757–796), ruler of Cordoba, Al-Andalus *

Hisham II Hisham II or Abu'l-Walid Hisham II al-Mu'ayyad bi-llah (, Abū'l-Walīd Hishām al-Muʾayyad bi-ʾllāh) (son of Al-Hakam II and Subh of Cordoba) was the third Umayyad Caliph of Spain, in Al-Andalus from 976 to 1009, and 1010–13. Reign In 9 ...

(966–1013), ruler of Cordoba, Al-Andalus *

Hisham III of Córdoba Hisham III ( ar, هشام الثالث in full المعتد بالله” هشام بن محمد) was the last Umayyad ruler in the Al-Andalus (Arab Iberia) (1026–1031), and the last person to hold the title Caliph of Córdoba. Hisham III, the ...

(died 1036), ruler of Cordoba, Al-Andalus *

Hisham Abbas Mohammad Hisham Mahmoud Mohammad Abbas ( ar, محمد هشام محمود محمد عباس; born September 13, 1963), commonly known as just Hisham Abbas , is an Egyptian pop singer best known for his hit song " Habibi Dah (Nari Narain)" and hi ...

(born 1963), Egyptian singer *

Hisham Barakat Hisham Muhammad Zaki Barakat ( ''Hišām Muḥammad Zakī Barakāt''; 21 November 1950 – 29 June 2015) was Prosecutor General of Egypt from 2013 to 2015. During his term as state prosecutor, he was responsible for thousands of controversial pro ...

(1950–2015), Egyptian prosecutor *

Hisham Hafiz Hisham Ali Hafiz (28 April 1931 - 26 February 2006) was a Saudi Arabian newspaper publisher and author. He is best known for co-founding '' Arab News'' and his Saudi Research and Publishing Company published 16 newspapers and magazines at the t ...

(1931–2006), Saudi Arabian newspaper publisher *

Hisham Jaber General Hisham M. Jaber (born September 13, 1942) ( ar, اللواء الركن هشام جابر) is a retired Lebanese Major General and political researcher. Early life and education Born in Nabatieh, in South Lebanon, he is the grandson of h ...

(born 1942), Lebanese general *

Hisham Nazer Hisham Nazer (31 August 1932 – 14 November 2015) was the third oil minister of Saudi Arabia after Abdullah Tariki and Ahmed Zaki Yamani, Zaki Yamani which he was named on 24 December 1986. He was also the first Saudi board chairman of Aramco, w ...

(1932–2015), Saudi Arabian politician *

Hisham Al Shaar Hisham Al Shaar (born 1958) is a Syrian judge and politician who served as the justice minister between 2017 and 2020. Biography Al Shaar was born in Damascus )), is an adjective which means "spacious". , motto = , image_ ...

(born 1958), Syrian politician *

Hisham Sulliman Hisham Fadel Sulliman ( ar, هشام فضل سليمان, he, הישאם סלימאן; born in 1978) is an Arab-Israeli actor. He is best known for his role in the Israeli drama film ''Bethlehem'', and as Taufiq Hammed in the Israeli political ...

(born 1978), Arab-Israeli actor *

Hisham ibn Urwah Hishām ibn ʿUrwah ( ar, هشام بن عروة, ) was a prominent narrator of hadith. He was born in Medina in the year 61 A.H. (680 C.E.).Ibn Hajar, Tahdhib, xi, 51: see also Al-Dhahabi, Mīzān al-I'tidāl. His father was Urwah ibn al-Zuba ...

(667–772), Muslim scholar *

Hisham Zreiq Hisham Zreiq ( ar, هشام زريق, he, הישאם זרייק; born 9 February 1968 in Nazareth), also spelled Zrake, is an award-winning Palestinian Christian- Israeli Independent filmmaker, poet, animator and visual artist. He began working ...

(born 1968), Palestinian filmmaker and visual artist

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Ibn Hisham Abū Muḥammad ʿAbd al-Malik ibn Hishām ibn Ayyūb al-Ḥimyarī al-Muʿāfirī al-Baṣrī ( ar, أبو محمد عبدالملك بن هشام ابن أيوب الحميري المعافري البصري; died 7 May 833), or Ibn Hisham, e ...

(died 833), Muslim historian *

Maslama ibn Hisham Maslama ibn Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik ( ar, مسلمة بن هشام بن عبد الملك, Maslama ibn Hishām ibn ʿAbd al-Malik; died ), also known by his '' kunya'' Abu Shakir, was an Umayyad prince and commander. His capture of the souther ...

Mu'awiya ibn Hisham Mu'awiya ibn Hisham (; () was an Arab general and prince, the son of the Umayyad Caliph Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik (r. 723–743), who distinguished himself in the Arab–Byzantine Wars. His son, Abd al-Rahman ibn Mu'awiya, was the founder of the Em ...

Sulayman ibn Hisham Sulaymān ibn Hishām ibn ʿAbd al-Malik (; ) was an Arab general, the son of the Umayyad Caliph Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik (). He is known for his participation in the expeditions against the Byzantine Empire as well as his prominent role in the civ ...

Yazid al-Afqam Yazīd ibn Hishām ibn ʿAbd al-Malik ( ar, يزيد بن هشام بن عبد الملك), commonly known as al-Afqam (), was an Umayyad prince who played military and political roles during the reign of his father, Caliph Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik ...

, also known as Yazid ibn Hisham

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