Sulayman
Sulayman 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, 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, Umayyad caliph
- Sulayman ibn Hisham, Umayyad prince and Arab general
- Suleiman the Magnificent, longest-reigning Great Sultan of the Ottoman Empire
- Sulayman ibn al-Hakam, or Sulayman II or Sulayman al-Musta'in, fifth Umayyad ruler of Córdoba
- 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, explorer and trader who wrote on India and China
- Sulayman al-Qunduzi, alleged author of Yanabi al-Muwadda
- Rajah Sulayman, the last raja or King of Manila.
- Sulayman ibn Wahb, senior official of the Abbasid Caliphate serving as vizier.
People with the given name
- Sulayman ibn Abi Ja'far, 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
- Sulayman ibn Yazid ibn Abd al-Malik, was an Umayyad prince, son of Umayyad caliph Yazid II
- Sulayman ibn Musa al-Hadi, was an Abbasid prince and son of Caliph Al-Hadi.
- Sulayman Bal, 18th-century African leader, warrior, and Islamic scholar
- Sulayman Marreh, Gambian football player
- Sulayman al-Nabulsi, Jordanian politician, Prime Minister of Jordan in 1956–57
- Sulayman Solong, Darfuri sultan
- Sulayman Pasha al-Azm, Ottoman governor of Sidon Eyalet, Damascus Eyalet, and Egypt Eyalet
- Sulayman Pasha al-Adil, Ottoman governor of Sidon Eyalet
- Sulayman Reis, 17th-century Dutch corsair and later Ottoman Captain and Barbary corsair
- Sulayman Abu Gayeth, Kuwaiti, one of Al-Qaeda's spokesmen
- Sulayman al-Hawwat, Moroccan historian, biographer and poet
- Sulayman S. Nyang, professor of African Studies at Howard University
People with the surname
- Hikmat Sulayman, Iraqi politician and prime minister of Iraq at the head of a Party of National Brotherhood government
- Mohamed Sedki Sulayman, Egyptian politician and Prime Minister of Egypt
- Tarik Sulayman, individual associated with the Battle of Bangkusay Channel
- Sulayman Al-Bassam, Kuwaiti playwright and theatre director
- Sulayman Keeler, leader of Ahlus Sunnah wal Jamaah, a British Islamist organisation