Sulaiman is an English transliteration of the

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 ...

'peaceful' and corresponds to the

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name שְׁלֹמֹה‎ ''Shlomoh'' and the English

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(/ˈsɒləmən/) .

was the scriptural figure who was king of what was then the

United Kingdom of Israel The Kingdom of Israel (Hebrew: מַמְלֶכֶת יִשְׂרָאֵל‎, ''Mamleḵeṯ Yīśrāʾēl'') was an Israelite kingdom that may have existed in the Southern Levant. According to the Deuteronomistic history in the Hebrew Bible, ...

(c. 970–931 BCE) and is revered as a major prophet by

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. Notable people with the name include:

People with the given name Sulaiman

* Ebrahim Sulaiman Sait (1922–2005), Indian politician * Ismail Sulaiman Al-Ajmi (born 1984), Omani footballer * Sulaiman (Brunei) (15th century), fourth sultan of Brunei *

Sulaiman Abu Ghaith Sulaiman Jassem Sulaiman Ali Abu Ghaith (; born 14 December 1965) is a Kuwaiti regarded as one of al-Qaeda's spokesmen. He is marriage in Islam, married to one of Osama bin Laden's daughters. In 2013, Gaith was arrested in Jordan and extradite ...

(born circa 1965), Al-Qaida's official spokesman * Sulaiman Abdul Aziz Al Rajhi (born 1920), Saudi Arabian businessman * Sulaiman Abdul Rahman Taib (21st century), Malaysian politician * Sulaiman al-Barouni (1872–1940), ruler of Tripolitania * Sulaiman Al-Fahim (21st century), United Arab Emirati businessman * Sulaiman Areeb (died 1972), Urdu poet * Sulaiman Awath Sulaiman Bin Ageel Al Nahdi (21st century), Yemeni extrajudicial prisoner of the United States * Sulaiman Daud (1933–2010), Malaysian politician * Sulaiman Hamad Al Gosaibi (21st century), Saudi Arabian businessman * Sulaiman Ismail (21st century), American football wide receiver * Sulaiman Merchant (born 1970), Indian music composer * Sulaiman of Banjar (1761–1825), 16th Sultan of Banjar * Sulaiman S. Olayan (1918–2002), Saudi Arabian businessman * Sulaiman Tejan-Jalloh (21st century), Sierra Leonean politician and ambassador * Sultan Sulaiman (1863–1938), fourth Sultan of Selangor * Syed Sulaiman Nadvi (1884–1953), Pakistani historian and biographer * Wael Sulaiman Al-Habashi (born 1964), Kuwaiti footballer * Sulaiman, Prince of Xining (died 1351), Mongol prince * Sulaiman bin Hashim (1983–2001), Singaporean murder victim and football player

People with the surname Sulaiman

* José Sulaimán (1931–2014), Mexican boxing official * Mahmud Sulaiman (20th century), Malaysian general officer * Malik Sulaiman (born 1969), Malaysian yachtsman * Shah Muhammad Sulaiman (born 1886), Indian judge and scientist * Omar Bin Sulaiman (21st century), Governor of the Dubai International Financial Centre * Sultan al-Hasan ibn Sulaiman (14th century), sultan of the island of Kilwa Kisiwani * Sunar Sulaiman (born 1979), Indonesian footballer

People with the given name Sulaiman

People with the surname Sulaiman

See also