Saleh or Salih ( ar, صالح, or ) is an

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which means "Pious".

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Salih Salih (; ar, صَالِحٌ, Ṣāliḥ, lit=Pious), also spelled Saleh (), is an Arab prophet mentioned in the Quran who prophesied to the tribe of Thamud in ancient Arabia, before the lifetime of Muhammad. The story of Salih is linked to the ...

, Arabian prophet * Salih ibn Ali (711–769 CE), was the Abbasid general and governor in Syria and Egypt. * ''Salih ibn Harun al-Rashid'', was the son of Abbasid caliph

Harun al-Rashid Abu Ja'far Harun ibn Muhammad al-Mahdi ( ar , أبو جعفر هارون ابن محمد المهدي) or Harun ibn al-Mahdi (; or 766 – 24 March 809), famously known as Harun al-Rashid ( ar, هَارُون الرَشِيد, translit=Hārūn ...

, His mother was Ri'm. *

Saleh Abdul Aziz Al Rajhi Sheikh Saleh Abdul Aziz Al Rajhi (1921 – February 12, 2011) ( ar, الشيخ صالح بن عبد العزيز الراجحي) was a Saudi businessman and philanthropist who founded the Al-Rajhi Bank, the largest Islamic banking instituti ...

, Saudi Arabian businessman *

Saleh Abdelaziz Al-Haddad Saleh Abdelaziz Alhaddad ( ar, صالح عبدالعزيز الحداد; born 7 April 1986) is a Kuwaiti track and field athlete who specialises in the long jump. He holds the Kuwaiti records for the event with bests of indoors and outdoors. H ...

(born 1986), Kuwaiti long jumper *

Salih Ashmawi Salih Ashmawi (1910–1983) was an Egyptian political figure and a member of the Muslim Brotherhood. He held several posts in the group and edited some of its publications such as ''Al Dawa'' and ''Al Nadhir''. Early life and education Ashmawi w ...

(1910–1983), Egyptian politician *

Salih Bozok Salih Bozok (1881 – April 25, 1941) was an officer of the Ottoman Army, later the Turkish Army and a politician of the Republic of Turkey. He was the chief aide-de-camp of Mustafa Kemal (Atatürk), the founder of modern Turkey.Türk Parlamento ...

(1881–1941), Turkish military officer *

Salih Dursun Salih Dursun (born 12 July 1991) is a Turkish footballer who plays as a right back and defensive midfielder for Süper Lig club Fatih Karagümrük. Club career Dursun made his Süper Lig debut on 27 August 2012. Though he wasn't a particularly ...

, Turkish footballer *

Salih Güney Salih Güney (born January 1, 1945) is a Turkish film actor. Biography Salih Güney was born in Adana in 1945. His father was a Circassian.

, Turkish film actor *

Saleh and Daoud Al-Kuwaity Saleh (1908–1986) and Daud (1910–1976) Al-Kuwaity ( ar, صالح و داوود الكويتي) were Kuwait-born Israeli musicians of Iraqi-Iranian ancestry who rose to prominence in the Arab world in the early twentieth century. The ...

, Iraqi musician * Saleh al-Mutlaq, Iraqi politician *

Salih Muslim Muhammad Salih Muslim Muhammad (Kurmanji ku, Salih Muslim Mihemed, ar, صالح مسلم محمد, Ṣāliḥ Muslim Muḥammad) is the co-chairman of the Democratic Union Party (PYD), the main party of the Autonomous Administration of North and East ...

, Rojava politician *

Salih Neftçi Salih Nur Neftçi (14 July 1947 – 15 April 2009) was a leading expert in the fields of financial markets and financial engineering. He served many advisory roles in national and international financial institutions, and was an active researche ...

, Turkish financial economist *

Salih Omurtak Salih Omurtak (1889–23 June 1954) was a Turkish general and the fourth Chief of the General Staff of the Turkish Armed Forces. Biography He was born 1889 in Thessaloniki, in the Salonica Vilayet of the Ottoman Empire (present-day Greece). ...

, Turkish general *

Salih Özcan Salih Özcan (born 11 January 1998) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Bundesliga club Borussia Dortmund. Born in Germany, he plays for the Turkey national team. Club career Born in Germany, Özcan is of Turkish descent ...

, Turkish footballer * Salih Pasha (disambiguation), various Ottoman people *

Salih Sadir Salih Sadir Salih Al-Sadoun ( ar, صالح سدير صالح السعدون; born 21 August 1981) is an Iraqi former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. Previously, Sadir played with Rah Ahan and Paykan in the Persia ...

, Iraqi footballer *

Salih Uçan Salih Uçan (, born 6 January 1994) is a Turkish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Beşiktaş. Club career Fenerbahçe Fenerbahçe signed Uçan for €1.4 million on 6 June 2012, for a five-year contract worth €220,000 per ...

, Turkish footballer *

Salih Hudayar Salih Hudayar ( ug, سالىھ خۇدايار; born 21 May 1993) is a Uyghur American politician known for advocating for East Turkistan independence. He founded the East Turkistan National Awakening Movement and has since been leading the mov ...

,Uyghur prime-minister of government

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* Abdul Azis Saleh * Abdul Rahman Saleh, Indonesian aviator and physician * Adam Saleh, American YouTube personality * Ahmad Ali Abdullah Saleh, Yemeni military commander * Ali Abdullah Saleh, former President of Yemen * Allah-Yar Saleh, Iranian politician * Amrullah Saleh, former Vice President and 16th de jure president of Afghanistan *

Anas Khalid Al Saleh Anas Khalid Al Saleh (; born on 11 January 1972), also known as AKS, is a Kuwaiti politician who has been serving as deputy prime minister and minister of interior and cabinet affairs, He also served as minister of finance from January 2014 to D ...

(born 1972), Kuwaiti politician * Barham Salih, president (2018) of Iraq *

Farhan Saleh Farhan Farhan (born 24 October 1996) is a Bahraini swimmer. He competed in the men's 50 metre freestyle event at the 2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics ( pt, Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially the Games of the XXXI Ol ...

, Lebanese writer and militant *

Hashim Saleh Hashim Saleh Mohammed Al-Balushi ( ar, هاشم صالح محمد البلوشي; born 15 October 1981), commonly known as Hashim Saleh, is an Omani footballer. Club career Hashim has been wearing the number 9 jersey for clubs like Al-Nasr S.C ...

, Omani footballer *

Jahanshah Saleh Jahanshah Saleh (1905–1995) was an Iranian physician. He served as health minister and as an obstetrician of Queen Farah Diba, spouse of Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. Early life and education Saleh was born in Kashan in 1905. He obtained a deg ...

, Iranian physician *

Muhammad Salih Muhammad Salih (born 20 December 1949) is an Uzbek political opposition leader and writer. He was the opposition candidate in the 1991 Uzbek presidential election, the first and only time an Uzbek president has faced a serious challenger in an e ...

, 18th-century Bengali Islamic scholar * Raden Saleh, Indonesian painter *

Robert Saleh Robert Saleh (born January 31, 1979) is an American football coach who is the head coach for the New York Jets of the National Football League (NFL). A defensive coach for much of his 20-year coaching career, Saleh has served as an assistant co ...

, American, NFL football coach *

Sania Saleh Sania Saleh (1935–1985; Arabic: سنية صالح) was a Syrian writer and poet, who wrote and published several poetry collections. Some of her poetry has been translated into English by Marilyn Hacker. Biography Sania Saleh was born in the ci ...

(1935–1985), Syrian poet *

Tayeb Salih Tayeb Salih ( ar, الطيب صالح, aṭ-Ṭayyib Ṣāliḥ; 12 July 1929 – 18 February 2009) was a Sudanese writer, cultural journalist for the BBC Arabic programme as well as for Arabic journals, and a staff member of UNESCO. He is best k ...

, Sudanese author

Fictional characters

* Saleh, powerful and wise mage from Fire Emblem: Sacred Stones * Salih Koçovalı, alternate name for Vartolu Sadettin in the Turkish television program

Çukur ''Çukur'' () is a Turkish psychological thriller television series directed by Sinan Öztürk, and written by Gökhan Horzum and Damla Serim. It premiered on 23 October 2017 and concluded on 7 June 2021 with a total of 131 episodes (four seasons ...

*Saleh, major antagonist in

Tales of Rebirth is a Japanese action role-playing game published for the PlayStation 2. It is the sixth main entry of Namco's '' Tales'' series of video games. The game was developed by Namco Tales Studio and published by Namco Games. The game was released for ...

* Salleh, a minor character in the Malasyan cartoon

Upin & Ipin ''Upin & Ipin'' ( Jawi: اوڤين دان ايڤين) is a Malaysian animated television series produced by Les' Copaque Production. The series features the life and adventures of the eponymous bald twin brothers in a fictional Malaysia. Origin ...

*Fatima Saleh, suspect in

Criminal Minds ''Criminal Minds'' is an American police procedural crime drama television series created and produced by Jeff Davis (writer), Jeff Davis. The series premiered on CBS on September 22, 2005, and originally concluded on February 19, 2020; it was r ...

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