Talhah or Talha is an Arabic masculine
given name, meaning "fruitful tree from heaven".
Talha is the name of a well-known
sahabi
The Companions of the Prophet ( ar, اَلصَّحَابَةُ; ''aṣ-ṣaḥāba'' meaning "the companions", from the verb meaning "accompany", "keep company with", "associate with") were the disciples and followers of Muhammad who saw or m ...
(companion) of the
Islamic prophet Muhammad,
Talha ibn Obaidullah. He is renowned for saving Muhammad's face from an arrow by holding his hand in the way.
People with this name
; Notable people with this name:
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Talhah
Ṭalḥa ibn ʿUbayd Allāh al-Taymī ( ar, طَلْحَة بن عُبَيْد اللّه التَّيمي, ) was a Companion of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. In Sunni Islam, he is mostly known for being among ('the ten to whom Paradise was ...
, (died 656) famous
companion
Companion may refer to:
Relationships Currently
* Any of several interpersonal relationships such as friend or acquaintance
* A domestic partner, akin to a spouse
* Sober companion, an addiction treatment coach
* Companion (caregiving), a caregive ...
of Muhammad.
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Talha ibn Hasan, son of
Al-Hasan and his wife
Umm Ishaq.
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Talha ibn Abd Allah al-Khuza'i
Abū Muḥammad Ṭalḥa ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn Khalaf al-Khuzāʿī, better known as Talha al-Talahat (literally "Talha of the Talhas"), was a military commander of the Umayyad Caliphate and governor of Sistan in the 680s. The nickname Talha al-Ta ...
, (died 684–685) Umayyad military commander.
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Talha ibn Jaʽfar al-Mutawakkil, (29 November 843 – 2 June 891) was the son of Abbasid caliph
Al-Mutawakkil
Abū al-Faḍl Jaʿfar ibn Muḥammad al-Muʿtaṣim bi-ʾllāh ( ar, جعفر بن محمد المعتصم بالله; March 822 – 11 December 861), better known by his regnal name Al-Mutawakkil ʿalā Allāh (, "He who relies on God") was ...
.
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Talha Jubair
Talha Jubair ( bn, তালহা জুবায়ের) (born 10 December 1985) is a Bangladeshi cricketer. He played in seven Test matches and six One Day International
A One Day International (ODI) is a form of limited overs cricke ...
, Bangladeshi cricketer.
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Talha
Ṭalḥa ibn ʿUbayd Allāh al-Taymī ( ar, طَلْحَة بن عُبَيْد اللّه التَّيمي, ) was a Companion of the Islamic prophet Muhammad
Muhammad ( ar, مُحَمَّد; 570 – 8 June 632 CE) was an Arab r ...
, a Malaysian actor
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Talhah Yunus
Talhah Yunus (born 21 October 1996) is a Pakistani rapper, filmmaker and musician. He graduated from the National College of Arts in filmmaking. He is a part of the hip hop duo Young Stunners along with Talha Anjum, having the music producer J ...
, Pakistani songwriter, rapper, filmmaker and musician.
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Talha Anjum, Pakistani songwriter, rapper and musician.
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Talha Mosque
Talha Mosque or Qubbat Talha ( ar, قبة طلحة, Qubbat Ṭalḥah), one of the oldest mosques in Sana'a (Yemen), was built by order of the Ottoman Wali Hadji Mehmed Pasha from 1619 to 1620, during the first Ottoman occupation. The minaret wa ...
11th-century mosque in
Yemen
Yemen (; ar, ٱلْيَمَن, al-Yaman), officially the Republic of Yemen,, ) is a country in Western Asia. It is situated on the southern end of the Arabian Peninsula, and borders Saudi Arabia to the north and Oman to the northeast an ...
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See also
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Arabic name
Arabic language names have historically been based on a long naming system. Many people from the Arabic-speaking and also Muslim countries have not had given/middle/ family names but rather a chain of names. This system remains in use throughout ...
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Talha ibn Ubaydullah
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Arabic masculine given names
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