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

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Solomon Solomon (; , ),, ; ar, سُلَيْمَان, ', , ; el, Σολομών, ; la, Salomon also called Jedidiah (Hebrew language, Hebrew: , Modern Hebrew, Modern: , Tiberian Hebrew, Tiberian: ''Yăḏīḏăyāh'', "beloved of Yahweh, Yah"), ...

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

Shlomo Shlomo (, Polish: Szlomo, Szlama, Szlamek, Szloma), meaning "peaceable", is a common Hebrew male given name. The following individuals are often referred to only by the name Shlomo: * Solomon, king of ancient Israel, according to various religio ...

. The name Sulayman is a

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

Salaam As-salamu alaykum ( ar, ٱلسَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ, , ), also ''Salamun Alaykum'' is a greeting in Arabic that means 'Peace be upon you'. The (, meaning 'peace') has become a religious salutation for Muslims worldwide when greet ...

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Mononyms or honorific title

, 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, wh ...

(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 administrat ...

(r. 723–743). He is known for his participation in the expeditions against the Byzantines. *

Sultan Sulayman I 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� ...

, 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 Hi ...

, 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 Sulayman ibn Abdallah ibn Tahir ( ar, سليمان بن عبد الله بن طاهر) was a ninth century Tahirid official in the service of the Abbasid Caliphate. He was the last Tahirid governor of Tabaristan, ruling there until he was expelled ...

, ninth century Abbasid official from Tahirīd family in the service of the Abbasid Caliphate. *

Sulayman of Mali Mansa Sulayman ( ar, منسا سليمان, Mansā Sulaymān; ) was mansa of the Mali Empire during the middle of the 14th century. He was the brother of Mansa Musa and succeeded Musa's son Magha as mansa. As mansa, Sulayman continued the diplo ...

, 14th century

Mansa Mansa may refer to: Places In India * Mansa, Gujarat, a town in northern Gujarat, Western India; the capital of: ** Mansa, Gujarat Assembly constituency ** Mansa State, a princely state under the Mahi Kantha Agency in India * Mansa district, ...

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 ...

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Sulayman the Merchant Sulayman (Arabic: سُلِيمَان ''sulaymān'') is an Arabic name of the Biblical king and Islamic prophet Solomon meaning "man of peace", derived from the Hebrew name Shlomo. The name Sulayman is a diminutive of the name Salman (سَلْما ...

(), explorer and trader who wrote on India and China *

Sulayman al-Qunduzi Sulayman (Arabic: سُلِيمَان ''sulaymān'') is an Arabic name of the Biblical king and Islamic prophet Solomon meaning "man of peace", derived from the Hebrew name Shlomo. The name Sulayman is a diminutive of the name Salman (سَلْما ...

, 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 t ...

(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

Abbasid The Abbasid Caliphate ( or ; ar, الْخِلَافَةُ الْعَبَّاسِيَّة, ') was the third caliphate to succeed the Islamic prophet Muhammad. It was founded by a dynasty descended from Muhammad's uncle, Abbas ibn Abdul-Muttalib ...

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, and ...

(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 Sulayman Marreh (born 15 January 1996) is a Gambian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder and centre-back for Belgian First Division A club Gent and the Gambia national team. Club career Born in Banjul, Marreh made his sen ...

(born 1996), Gambian football (soccer) player * Sulayman al-Nabulsi (1908–1976), Jordanian politician, Prime Minister of Jordan in 1956–57 *

Sulayman Solong Sulayman Solong () (c. 1550 – c. 1637) Hill 1967, p. 350 was the first historical sultan of Darfur. Ofcansky 1992, "The Fur" According to several sources, he ruled the Sultanate of Darfur from 1596 to 1637. MacMichael 1967, p. 7 However, because ...

, Darfuri sultan * Sulayman Pasha al-Azm (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) (died 1620), 17th-century Dutch corsair and later Ottoman Captain and Barbary corsair * Sulayman Abu Gayeth (born 1965), Kuwaiti regarded as one of Al-Qaeda's spokesmen * Sulayman al-Hawwat (1747–1816), Moroccan historian, biographer and poet * Sulayman S. Nyang, 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-As ...

(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 (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 f ...

, 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 and theatre director, and founder of Zaoum theatre company (London 1996-2001) and its Arabic arm Sulayman Al-Bassam Theatre Kuwait (2002). From The Royal Shakespeare Company in the UK ...

(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 (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 succeeded ...

(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 in ...

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, village in western central Yemen *

Khan Sulayman Pasha Khan Sulayman Pasha ( ar, خَان سُلَيْمَان بَاشَا, Khān Sulaymān Bāşā) is a large khan in the Old City of Damascus.Plaza Rajah Sulayman Plaza Rajah Sulayman, also known as Rajah Sulayman Park, is a public square in Malate, Manila. It is bounded by Roxas Boulevard to the west, San Andres Street to the south, and Remedios Street to the north. The plaza is considered the center of Ma ...

, also known as Rajah Sulayman Park, public square in Malate, Manila.