Maslama or Maslamah (
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مَسْلَمة ''maslamah'') is an Arabic male given name and sometimes female, meaning "peace, safety and security from every calamity, disease, evil, misfortune, ordeal, pestilence, damage, harm, disaster, injury, affliction", "conciliate, re-conciliate, peacemaking, compromise", "guiltless, ingenuous, innocent, naive, simple", "compliant, flexible, obedient, god-fearing, submissive (pious), acceptance" and "deliverance, rescue, salvation".
The name Maslama stems from the male noun-name
Salaam.
Maslama or Maslamah can refer to:
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Maslama ibn Mukhallad al-Ansari
Maslama ibn Mukhallad ibn Samit al-Ansari () was one of the companions of the Prophet and active in Egypt in the decades after its conquest by the Muslims.
Biography
He was born in 616 or 620, and participated in the Muslim conquest of Egypt, r ...
(616/620 – 682), companion of Muhammad and governor of Egypt
* Maslama ibn Habib (died 632), better known as
Musaylimah
Musaylima (), d.632, was a claimant of prophethood from the Banu Hanifa tribe. Based from Diriyah in present day Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, he claimed to be a prophet and was an enemy of Islam in 7th-century Arabia. He was a leader of the enemies of ...
, "false Prophet" at the time of Muhammad
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Maslama ibn Abd al-Malik
Maslama ibn Abd al-Malik (, in Greek sources , ''Masalmas''; – 24 December 738) was an Umayyad prince and one of the most prominent Arab generals of the early decades of the 8th century, leading several campaigns against the Byzantine Empire ...
(died 738), Umayyad prince and general against the Byzantines and Khazars
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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 ...
, Umayyad prince, son of Caliph
Hisham
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 ...
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Maslama ibn Yahya al-Bajali, governor of Egypt in 789
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Maslama al-Majriti (died 1007/8), Muslim scholar, astronomer and mathematician from al-Andalus
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