Sulayman

Sulayman (Arabic: سُلِيمَان sulaymān) is an Arabic name of the Biblical king and Islamic prophet Solomon meaning 'man of peace', derived from the Hebrew name Shlomo.

The name Sulayman is a diminutive of the name Salman (سَلْمان salmān), both of which stem from the male noun Salaam.

Notable people with the name include:

People with the mononym or honorific title

 * Sulayman ibn Abd al-Malik (674-717), Umayyad caliph who ruled from 715 until 717
 * Sulayman ibn Hisham, Umayyad prince and Arab general, the son of the Umayyad Caliph Hisham (r. 723–743), known for his participation in the expeditions against the Byzantines
 * Suleiman the Magnificent, longest-reigning Great Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, from 1520 to his death in 1566
 * Sulayman ibn al-Hakam, or Sulayman II or Sulayman al-Musta'in (died 1016), fifth Umayyad ruler of Córdoba, ruling from 1009 to 1010, and from 1013 to 1016
 * Sulayman ibn Abdallah ibn Tahir, ninth century Abbasid official from Tahirīd family in the service of the Abbasid Caliphate.
 * Sulayman of Mali, 14th century Mansa of the Mali Empire.
 * Sulaiman al-Tajir ('Sulayman the Merchant', ), explorer and trader who wrote on India and China
 * Sulayman al-Qunduzi, alleged author of Yanabi al-Muwadda
 * Rajah Sulayman (1558–1575), the last raja or King of Manila.
 * Sulayman ibn Wahb (died 885), senior official of the Abbasid Caliphate serving as vizier.

People with the given name

 * Sulayman ibn Abi Ja'far, was the early 9th century governor and politician of Arab Abbasid Caliphate.
 * Sulayman ibn Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz, was an Umayyad prince, son of Umayyad caliph Umar II (r. 717–720)
 * Sulayman ibn Yazid ibn Abd al-Malik, was an Umayyad prince, son of Umayyad caliph Yazid II (r. 720–724)
 * Sulayman ibn Musa al-Hadi, was an Abbasid prince and son of Caliph Al-Hadi.
 * Sulayman Bal (died 1775), 18th-century African leader, warrior, and Islamic scholar, from the Futa Toro region, present-day western Mali
 * Sulayman Marreh (born 1996), Gambian football (soccer) player
 * Sulayman al-Nabulsi (1908–1976), Jordanian politician, Prime Minister of Jordan in 1956–57
 * Sulayman Solong, Darfuri sultan
 * Sulayman Pasha al-Azm (died 1743), governor of Sidon Eyalet (1727–33), Damascus Eyalet (1733–38, 1741–43), and Egypt Eyalet (1739–40) under the Ottoman Empire
 * Sulayman Pasha al-Adil (c. 1760s–1819), also spelled Suleiman or Sulaiman, Ottoman governor of Sidon Eyalet between 1805 and 1819, ruling from his Acre headquarters
 * Sulayman Reis (died 1620), 17th-century Dutch corsair and later Ottoman Captain and Barbary corsair
 * Sulayman Abu Gayeth (born 1965), Kuwaiti regarded as one of Al-Qaeda's spokesmen
 * Sulayman al-Hawwat (1747–1816), Moroccan historian, biographer and poet
 * Sulayman S. Nyang, professor of African Studies at Howard University

People with the surname

 * Hikmat Sulayman (1889–1964), Iraqi politician and prime minister of Iraq (1936 to 1937) at the head of a Party of National Brotherhood government
 * Mohamed Sedki Sulayman (1919–1996), Egyptian politician and Prime Minister of Egypt (1966 to 1967)
 * Tarik Sulayman, also spelled Tarik Soliman, most popular of several names attributed by Kapampangan Historians, to the individual that led the forces of Macabebe against the Spanish forces of Miguel López de Legazpi during the Battle of Bangkusay on June 3, 1571. Also known as Bambalito or Bankau by some historians, while others simply consider him "nameless".
 * Sulayman Al-Bassam (born 1972), Kuwaiti playwright and theatre director
 * Sulayman Keeler, leader of Ahlus Sunnah wal Jamaah, a British Islamist organisation