Suleiman

Suleiman (English pronunciation: /ˈsuːləmɑːn/ or /ˌsuːleɪˈmɑːn/) is the main transliteration of the Arabic سليمان Sulaymān / Silimān. The name means "man of peace" and corresponds to the English name Solomon.

The word may also be transliterated as Sulaiman, Suleman, Soliman, Sulayman, Sulaymaan, Süleyman, Sulejman, Sleiman, Sleman, Soleman, Solyman or Seleman. This disambiguation page focuses on individuals and entities with Suleiman as a predominant transliteration.

Given name

• Suleiman the Magnificent (1494-1566), also known as Suleiman I
• Slimane of Morocco (1792-1822)
• Suleiman I of Persia (d.1694)
• Suleiman II of Persia (d.1750)
• Suleiman II of Córdoba (d.1016)
• Suleyman I of Rûm (d.1086)
• Suleiman II of Rum (1196-1204)
• Hadim Suleiman Pasha (Beylerbey of Rumelia), military commander under the reign of Mehmed II
• Suleiman II (1642-1691)
• Suleyman (mansa), mansa of Mali (1341-1360)
• Suleiman al-Abbas, Syrian politician
• Sulayman al-Arabi, wali of Barcelona
• Süleyman Aktaş, Turkish seriall killer
• Suleiman Arabiyat (1938–2013), Jordanian academic and politician
• Süleyman Başak, Turkish economist
• Süleyman Demirel, Turkish politician
• Suleiman Hafez, Jordanian economist and politician
• Sulayman ibn Abd al-Malik (674 - 717)
• Sulayman the Merchant (fl. 850), explorer and trader who wrote on India and China
• Suleiman Khan, Ilkhan of Persia (ruled 1339-1344)
• Suleiman Mousa (1919 - 2008), Jordanian author and historian
• Süleyman Nazif, Turkish poet
• Süleyman Olgun, Turkish footballer
• Suleiman Pasha (disambiguation), multiple people
• Suleiman ibn Qutulmish (fl. 1077-1086), Seljuq Sultan of Rum
• Suleyman Shah (d. 1227 or 1228), grandfather of Osman I, founder of the Ottoman Empire
• Sulejman Smajić, Bosnian footballer
• Sulejman Tihić, Bosniak politician
• Sulayman Solong, Darfuri sultan
• Sulieman Benn, West Indian cricketer

Surname

• Elia Suleiman, filmmaker and actor
• Hikmat Sulayman, prime minister of Iraq
• Michel Suleiman, president of Lebanon and former commander in chief of that country's armed forces
• Omar Suleiman, vice-president of Egypt
• Rajah Sulayman, Filipino Rajah
• Tarik Sulayman, of Pampanga
• Yasir Suleiman, Palestinian academic

Places

• Sulaiman Mountains
• Suleyman, Azerbaijan
• Sleman, Indonesia

Other uses

• Suleiman the elephant, an elephant named after Suleiman the Magnificent
• Suleyman, a fictional character in the anime series Trinity Blood

See also

• Islamic view of Solomon
• Suleman (disambiguation)
• Sulaiman (disambiguation)
• Süleymanoğlu
• Soliman (disambiguation)
• Solomon (disambiguation)
• Suleimani (disambiguation)
• Wikipedia pages beginning with "Suleiman"