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: سُلِيمَان ''sulaymān'') is an Arabic name of the

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prophet Solomon meaning "man of peace", derived from the Hebrew name

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. The name Sulayman is a

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of the name Salman (سَلْمان ''salmān''), which both name stems from the male noun-name

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Mononyms or honorific title

* Solomon, in Arabic alphabet سُليمان pronounced Sulayman, king of Israel and a son of David *

Sulayman ibn Abd al-Malik Sulayman ibn Abd al-Malik ( ar, سليمان بن عبد الملك, Sulaymān ibn ʿAbd al-Malik, – 24 September 717) was the seventh Umayyad caliph, ruling from 24 February 715 until his death. He began his career as governor of Palestine, w ...

(674-717), famous Umayyad caliph who ruled from 715 until 717. *

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 ...

, was the famous Umayyad prince and Arab general, the son of the Umayyad Caliph

Hisham 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 ...

(r. 723–743). He is known for his participation in the expeditions against the Byzantines. * Sultan Sulayman I, also known as

Suleiman the Magnificent Suleiman I ( ota, سليمان اول, Süleyman-ı Evvel; tr, I. Süleyman; 6 November 14946 September 1566), commonly known as Suleiman the Magnificent in the West and Suleiman the Lawgiver ( ota, قانونى سلطان سليمان, Ḳ ...

, longest-reigning Great Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, from 1520 to his death in 1566 *

Sulayman ibn al-Hakam Sulayman ibn al-Hakam or Sulayman al-Musta'in bi-llah ( ar, سلیمان المستعین باللہ; died 1016) was the fifth Caliph of Córdoba, ruling from 1009 to 1010, and from 1013 to 1016 in Al-Andalus. In 1009, after Muhammad II ibn H ...

, or Sulayman II or Sulayman al-Musta'in (died 1016), fifth Umayyad ruler of Córdoba, ruling from 1009 to 1010, and from 1013 to 1016 * Sulayman ibn Abdallah ibn Tahir, ninth century Abbasid official from Tahirīd family in the service of the Abbasid Caliphate. * Sulayman of Mali, 14th century Mansa of the

Mali Empire The Mali Empire (Manding: ''Mandé''Ki-Zerbo, Joseph: ''UNESCO General History of Africa, Vol. IV, Abridged Edition: Africa from the Twelfth to the Sixteenth Century'', p. 57. University of California Press, 1997. or Manden; ar, مالي, Māl� ...

. * Sulayman the Merchant (), explorer and trader who wrote on India and China * Sulayman al-Qunduzi, alleged author of Yanabi al-Muwadda *

Rajah Sulayman Rajah Sulayman, sometimes referred to as Sulayman III (Sanskrit: स्ललैअह्, Arabic: سليمان, Abecedario: ''Suláimán'') (1558–1575), was the Rajah of Maynila, a fortified Tagalog Muslim polity on the southern half of th ...

(1558–1575), the last raja or King of Manila. *

Sulayman ibn Wahb Abu Ayyub Sulayman ibn Wahb () (died July/August 885) was a senior official of the Abbasid Caliphate who served several times as vizier. His family, the Banu Wahb, were originally Nestorian Christians from Wasit, and had produced secretaries in ...

(died 885), senior official of the Abbasid Caliphate serving as vizier.

Given name

* Sulayman ibn Abdallah al-Mansur, was the early 9th century governor and politician of Arab

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Caliphate. *Sulayman ibn Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz, was an Umayyad prince, son of Umayyad caliph

Umar II Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz ( ar, عمر بن عبد العزيز, ʿUmar ibn ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz; 2 November 680 – ), commonly known as Umar II (), was the eighth Umayyad caliph. He made various significant contributions and reforms to the society, an ...

(r. 717–720) *Sulayman ibn Yazid ibn Abd al-Malik, was an Umayyad prince, son of Umayyad caliph

Yazid II Yazid ibn Abd al-Malik ( ar, يزيد بن عبد الملك, Yazīd ibn ʿAbd al-Malik; — 28 January 724), also referred to as Yazid II, was the ninth Umayyad caliph, ruling from 9 February 720 until his death in 724. Early life Yazid was b ...

(r. 720–724) * Sulayman ibn Musa al-Hadi, was an Abbasid prince and son of Caliph

Al-Hadi Abū Muḥammad Mūsā ibn al-Mahdī al-Hādī ( ar, أبو محمد موسى بن المهدي الهادي; 26 April 764 CE 14 September 786 CE) better known by his laqab Al-Hādī (الهادي‎) was the fourth Arab Abbasid caliph who succee ...

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Sulayman Bal Shaykh Sulayman Bal ( ar, شيخ سليمان بال, died 1775) was an 18th-century African leader, warrior, and Islamic scholar, from the Futa Toro region in what is today western Mali. In the 1760s and 1770s, Sulayman Bal founded one of the earl ...

(died 1775), 18th-century African leader, warrior, and Islamic scholar, from the Futa Toro region, present-day western Mali * Sulayman Marreh (born 1996), Gambian football (soccer) player * Sulayman al-Nabulsi (1908–1976), Jordanian politician, Prime Minister of Jordan in 1956–57 * Sulayman Solong, Darfuri sultan *

Sulayman Pasha al-Azm Sulayman Pasha al-Azm ( ar, سليمان باشا العظم; tr, Azmzâde Süleyman Paşa; died August 1743) was the governor of Sidon Eyalet (1727–33), Damascus Eyalet (1733–38, 1741–43), and Egypt Eyalet (1739–40) under the Ottoman Emp ...

(died 1743), governor of Sidon Eyalet (1727–33), Damascus Eyalet (1733–38, 1741–43), and Egypt Eyalet (1739–40) under the Ottoman Empire *

Sulayman Pasha al-Adil Sulayman Pasha al-Adil (c. 1760s – August 1819; given name also spelled ''Suleiman'' or ''Sulaiman'') was the Ottoman governor of Sidon Eyalet between 1805 and 1819, ruling from his Acre headquarters. He also simultaneously served as governor o ...

(c. 1760s–1819), also spelled Suleiman or Sulaiman, Ottoman governor of Sidon Eyalet between 1805 and 1819, ruling from his Acre headquarters *

Sulayman Reis (pirate) Ivan Dirkie de Veenboer (died October 10, 1620 near Cartagena) was a 17th-century Dutch corsair. A privateer during the Eighty Years' War, he later turned to piracy and became an officer under Simon the Dancer. He later converted to Islam, be ...

(died 1620), 17th-century Dutch corsair and later Ottoman Captain and Barbary corsair *

Sulayman Abu Gayeth Sulaiman Abu Ghaith ( ar, سليمان بوغيث; born 14 December 1965) is a Kuwaiti regarded as one of al-Qaeda's spokesmen. He is married to one of Osama bin Laden's daughters. In 2013, Gaith was arrested in Jordan and extradited to the ...

(born 1965), Kuwaiti regarded as one of Al-Qaeda's spokesmen *

Sulayman al-Hawwat Abu al-Rabi Sulayman ibn 'Abd Allah al-Hawwat Shafshawani (; 1747–1816) was a Moroccan historian, biographer and poet.Dwight Fletcher ''Interpreting the Self: Autobiography in the Arabic Literacy Tradition'', University of California Press, 2001 ...

(1747–1816), Moroccan historian, biographer and poet *

Sulayman S. Nyang Dr. Sulayman S. Nyang (1944 - 12 November 2018) was a professor and former chairman of the African Studies Department at Howard University in Washington, D.C. He was a co-principal investigator of the Project MAPS and also a former deputy ambassado ...

, professor of African Studies at Howard University

Middle name

Ali Sulayman al-Assad Ali ibn Sulayman al-Assad (né al-Wahsh ; 1875 – 1963) was a Syrian farmer, tribal leader, and religious authority best known as the father of former Syrian President Hafez al-Assad and grandfather of current Syrian President Bashar al-Assa ...

(1875–1963), leader of the Alawites in Latakia, Syria *

Mohamed Sulayman Tubeec Mohamed Sulayman Tubeec ( so, Maxamed Saleebaan Tubeec), (1941– 11 March 2014) was a Somali singer, songwriter and record producer, called the King of Voice. Personal life Tubeec was born in 1941 in the town of Laaleys near Berbera, situated ...

(1941–2014), Somali singer, songwriter and record producer

Surname

* Hikmat Sulayman (1889–1964), Iraqi politician and prime minister of Iraq (1936 to 1937) at the head of a Party of National Brotherhood government *

Muhammad Sedki Sulayman Mohamed Sedki Sulayman (1919 – 28 March 1996) was an Egyptian politician and Prime Minister of Egypt from 10 September 1966 to 19 June 1967. Between 1962 and 1966, he was the minister supervising the building of the Aswan High Dam. Six-Da ...

(1919–1996), Egyptian politician and Prime Minister of Egypt (1966 to 1967) *

Tarik Sulayman Tarik Sulayman, also spelled Tarik Soliman (from Arabic طارق سليمان '' Tāriq Sulaiman''), is the most popular of several names attributed by Kapampangan historians to the individual that led the forces of Macabebe against the Spanish fo ...

, also spelled Tarik Soliman, most popular of several names attributed by Kapampangan Historians, to the individual that led the forces of Macabebe against the Spanish forces of Miguel López de Legazpi during the Battle of Bangkusay on June 3, 1571. Also known as Bambalito or Bankau by some historians, while others simply consider him "nameless". *

Sulayman Al-Bassam Sulayman Al-Bassam, (1 June 1972), is a Kuwaiti playwright A playwright or dramatist is a person who writes plays. Etymology The word "play" is from Middle English pleye, from Old English plæġ, pleġa, plæġa ("play, exercise; sport, ga ...

(born 1972), Kuwaiti playwright and theatre director *

Sulayman Keeler Sulayman Keeler (born Simon Keeler) is a Muslim convert and leader of Ahlus Sunnah wal Jamaah, a British Islamist organisation. He is a former member of Al-Muhajiroun, a banned organisation designated as a terrorist organisation, and led the So ...

, leader of Ahlus Sunnah wal Jamaah, a British Islamist organisation

Other Persons

Abu Sulayman Sijistani Abu Sulayman Muhammad Sijistani, ( fa, ابوسلیمان سجستانی) also called al-Mantiqi (the Logician) (c. 912 – c. 985 CE), named for his origins in Sijistan or Sistan province in present-day Eastern Iran and Southern Afghanistan, becam ...

, also called al-Mantiqi (the Logician) (c. 932 – c. 1000), philosopher of Islamic humanism *

Abu Sulayman al-Utaybi Abu Sulayman al-Utaybi was a Saudi Arabian Islamic militant who is noted as a critic of the leadership of the Islamic State of Iraq. History He was born 1980 in Saudi Arabia. He studied at the prestigious Imam Muhammad ibn Saud Islamic University ...

(died in May 2008 in an American airstrike in Paktia province, Afghanistan), Saudi Arabian Islamic militant, a critic of the leadership of the Islamic State of Iraq *

Abu al-Rabi Sulayman Abu ar-Rabi Sulayman ( abū ar-rabīʿ sulaymān) (March 1289 – 23 November 1310, reigned 28 July 1308 – 23 November 1310) was a Marinid ruler of Morocco. Son or grandson of Abu Yaqub Yusuf and brother of Abu Thabit Amir, whom he succee ...

(1289–1310), Marinid ruler of Morocco (1308 to 1310) *

Ibrahim Sulayman Muhammad Arbaysh Ibrahim Sulayman Muhammad al-Rubaish (July 7, 1979 – April 12, 2015) was a terrorist and a senior leader of Al Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), who was held in extrajudicial detention in the United States's Guantanamo Bay detention camp i ...

or al-Rubaish (1979–2015), Saudi Arabian terrorist and a senior leader of Al Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) * Muna AbuSulayman (born 1973), Arab and Muslim Media personality, a founding Secretary General of the Alwaleed Bin Talal Foundation

Places

Sulayman Mountain The Sulayman Mountain ( ky, Сулайман-Тоо, also known as Sulaiman-Too, Sulayman Rock, or Sulayman Throne) is the only World Heritage Site located entirely in the country of Kyrgyzstan. It is located in the city of Osh and was once a maj ...

(also known as Taht-I-Suleiman, Sulayman Rock or Sulayman Throne), World Heritage Site in Kyrgyzstan *

Bani Sulayman Sanaa ( ar, صَنْعَاء '), also spelled San'a or Sana, is a governorate of Yemen. Its capital is Sanaa, which is also the national capital. However, the city of Sanaa is not part of the governorate but instead forms the separate governora ...

, village in western central Yemen * Khan Sulayman Pasha, large khan in the Old City of Damascus * Plaza Rajah Sulayman, also known as Rajah Sulayman Park, public square in Malate, Manila.