Sulayman

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 (سَلْمان salmān), both of which stem from the male noun Salaam.

Notable people with the name include:

People with the mononym or honorific title

• Sulayman ibn Abd al-Malik (674-717), Umayyad caliph
• Sulayman ibn Hisham, Umayyad prince and Arab general
• Suleiman the Magnificent, longest-reigning Great Sultan of the Ottoman Empire
• Sulayman ibn al-Hakam, or Sulayman II or Sulayman al-Musta'in (died 1016), fifth Umayyad ruler of Córdoba
• 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.
• Sulaiman al-Tajir ('Sulayman the Merchant', fl. 850), explorer and trader who wrote on India and China
• Sulayman al-Qunduzi, alleged author of Yanabi al-Muwadda
• Rajah Sulayman (1558–1575), the last raja or King of Manila.
• Sulayman ibn Wahb (died 885), senior official of the Abbasid Caliphate serving as vizier.

People with the given name

• Sulayman ibn Abi Ja'far, early 9th century governor and politician of Arab Abbasid Caliphate.
• Sulayman ibn Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz, was an Umayyad prince, son of Umayyad caliph Umar II (r. 717–720)
• Sulayman ibn Yazid ibn Abd al-Malik, was an Umayyad prince, son of Umayyad caliph Yazid II (r. 720–724)
• Sulayman ibn Musa al-Hadi, was an Abbasid prince and son of Caliph Al-Hadi.
• Sulayman Bal (died 1775), 18th-century African leader, warrior, and Islamic scholar
• 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 (died 1743), Ottoman governor of Sidon Eyalet, Damascus Eyalet, and Egypt Eyalet
• Sulayman Pasha al-Adil (c. 1760s–1819), Ottoman governor of Sidon Eyalet
• Sulayman Reis (died 1620), 17th-century Dutch corsair and later Ottoman Captain and Barbary corsair
• Sulayman Abu Gayeth (born 1965), Kuwaiti, 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

People with the 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
• Mohamed Sedki Sulayman (1919–1996), Egyptian politician and Prime Minister of Egypt (1966 to 1967)
• Tarik Sulayman, individual associated with the Battle of Bangkusay Channel
• Sulayman Al-Bassam (born 1972), Kuwaiti playwright and theatre director
• Sulayman Keeler, leader of Ahlus Sunnah wal Jamaah, a British Islamist organisation

See also

• Suleiman, a name, including a list of variants
• Solomon in Islam
• Sulaymani, Islamic community
• Sulayman Mountain (also known as Taht-I-Suleiman, Sulayman Rock or Sulayman Throne), World Heritage Site in Kyrgyzstan
• Bani Sulayman, village in Yemen
• Khan Sulayman Pasha, large khan (caravanserai) in the Old City of Damascus
• Plaza Rajah Sulayman, public square in Malate, Manila.