Suleyman or Süleyman is a variant of
Suleiman
Suleiman (Arabic language, Arabic: سُلِيمَان ''sulaymān''; or dictionary.reference.comsuleiman/ref>) is the Arabic name of the Quranic king and Islam, Islamic prophet Solomon (name), Solomon meaning "man of peace", derived from the Heb ...
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Arabic name
Arabic language names have historically been based on a long naming system. Many people from the Arabic-speaking and also Muslim countries have not had given/ middle/family names but rather a chain of names. This system remains in use throughout ...
). It means "man of peace". Notable people with the name include:
Suleyman
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Suleyman I of Rûm or
Suleiman ibn Qutulmish (d. 1086), founder of an independent Seljuq Turkish state in Anatolia
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Suleyman (mansa), mansa of Mali (1341–1360)
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Sulayman al-Arabi, wali of Barcelona
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Suleyman Shah (d. 1227 or 1228), grandfather of Osman I, founder of the Ottoman Empire
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Chimene Suleyman, 21st-century UK-born US-based writer
Süleyman
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Süleyman Aktaş, Turkish serial killer
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Süleyman Atlı (born 1994), Turkish freestyle sport wrestler
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Süleyman Başak, Turkish economist
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Süleyman Demirel
Süleyman Sami Demirel (; 1 November 1924 – 17 June 2015) was a Turkish people, Turkish politician, engineer, and statesman who served as the List of Presidents of Turkey, 9th President of Turkey from 1993 to 2000. He previously served as the ...
, Turkish politician
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Süleyman Fehim Süleyman Fehim Efendi (1789–1846) was a teacher and poet of Persian language, Persian in the Ottoman Empire.
Biography
Of Ottoman Turks, Turkish origin, he flourished in the first half of the 19th century. Information regarding his youth and edu ...
, Ottoman teacher and poet
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Süleyman Nazif, Turkish poet
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Süleyman Nuri
Süleyman Nuri (1895–1966) was an Ottoman Turkish communist politician and a cofounder of the Communist Party headed by Mustafa Subhi. He was the first justice minister of the Soviet Armenia.
Early life and education
Nuri was born in 1895 into ...
(1895–1966), Ottoman Russian communist politician
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Suleiman
Suleiman (Arabic language, Arabic: سُلِيمَان ''sulaymān''; or dictionary.reference.comsuleiman/ref>) is the Arabic name of the Quranic king and Islam, Islamic prophet Solomon (name), Solomon meaning "man of peace", derived from the Heb ...
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