Hisham () is an Arabic male
given name
A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a f ...
which means "
generous".
[''Behind the Name'']
"Given Name Hisham"
Retrieved on 16 February 2016. It is not to be confused with the similar looking, but only slightly related,
Hashim.
People
Given name
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Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik
Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan (; 6 February 743) was the tenth Umayyad caliph, ruling from 724 until his death in 743.
Early life
Hisham was born in Damascus, the administrative capital of the Umayyad Caliphate, in AH 72 (691–692 CE). Hi ...
(691–743), Umayyad caliph (r. 724–743)
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Hisham ibn al-A'as
Hishām ibn al-ʿĀṣ (), is the son of Al-As ibn Wa'il of Banu Sahm and brother of Amr ibn al-As and one of the early companions. It is known that he embraced Islam before Hijrah as can be traced from the saying of Umar, yet his exact year of be ...
(died 635), Arab companion of Muhammad
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Hisham I of Córdoba
Hisham I Al-Reda ibn Abd ar-Rahman () was the second Emir of Cordoba, ruling from 788 to 796 in al-Andalus.
Hisham was born April 26, 757 in Cordoba. He was the first son of Abd al-Rahman I ( r. 756-788) and his wife, Halul, and the younger ...
(757–796), ruler of Cordoba, Al-Andalus
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Hisham II (966–1013), ruler of Cordoba, Al-Andalus
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Hisham III of Córdoba (died 1036), ruler of Cordoba, Al-Andalus
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Hisham Abbas (born 1963), Egyptian singer
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Hisham Barakat (1950–2015), Egyptian prosecutor
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Hisham Hafiz (1931–2006), Saudi Arabian newspaper publisher
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Hisham Jaber (born 1942), Lebanese general
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Hisham Kabbani (1945-2024), Lebanese-American Islamic scholar
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Hisham Nazer (1932–2015), Saudi Arabian politician
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Hisham Al Shaar (born 1958), Syrian politician
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Hisham Sulliman (born 1978), Arab-Israeli actor
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Hisham ibn Urwah (667–772), Muslim scholar
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Hisham Zreiq (born 1968), Palestinian filmmaker and visual artist
Surname and family name
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Ibn Hisham (died 833), Muslim historian
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Maslama ibn Hisham
Maslama ibn Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik (; died ), also known by his ''kunya (Arabic), kunya'' Abu Shakir, was an Umayyad Caliphate, Umayyad prince and commander.
His capture of the southern caverns of Cappadocia and the fortress of Ancyra in 739 ...
(died 750), Umayyad prince
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Mu'awiya ibn Hisham
Mu'awiya ibn Hisham (; () was an Arab general and prince, the son of the Umayyad Caliph Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik (r. 724–743), who distinguished himself in the Arab–Byzantine Wars. His son, Abd al-Rahman ibn Mu'awiya, was the founder of the Emi ...
(died 737), Arab general and prince
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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 c ...
, Arab general
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Yazid al-Afqam (died 744/46), also known as Yazid ibn Hisham, Umayyad prince
See also
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Hesham
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Hicham
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Hisham ud-Din (disambiguation)
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Arabic name
Arabic names have historically been based on a long naming system. Many people from Arabic-speaking and also non-Arab Muslim countries have not had given name, given, middle name, middle, and family names but rather a chain of names. This system ...
References
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Arabic-language masculine given names
Masculine given names