Suleiman
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Suleiman, Sulayman, Sulaiman, Süleyman, or Solyman is a male Arabic given name that means "Man of Peace".
People known primarily by the given name Suleiman include:
- Suleiman the Magnificent, also Suleiman I (1494-1566)
- Sulayman, transliteration of the Arabic name for Solomon (fl. perhaps c. 1000 BC), a wise leader described in Islamic and Jewish scriptures
[edit] Other rulers in south-west Asia since Islam arose
- Sulayman ibn Abd al-Malik (674 - 717)
- Suleiman II of Córdoba (d.1016)
- Suleyman I of Rûm (d.1086)
- Suleyman I ibn-al-Ghazi, emir of Aleppo (ruled 1118-1121)
- Suleyman II of Aleppo (ruled 1121-1123)
- Süleyman of Great Seljuk (d. 1161)
- Suleiman II of Rum (1196-1204)
- Suleyman Shah (d. 1227 or 1228), grandfather of Osman I, founder of the Ottoman Empire
- Suleiman Khan, Ilkhan of Persia (ruled 1339-1344)
- Suleiman II (1642-1691)
- Suleiman I of Persia (d.1694)
- Suleiman II of Persia (d.1750)
[edit] Rulers in Africa, Europe, and the Pacific Rim
- Suleyman (mansa), mansa of Mali (1341-1360)
- Slimane of Morocco (1792-1822)
- Rajah Sulayman, native king of a part of Philippines
- Sulayman al-Arabi, wali of Barcelona
[edit] See also
- Several Rulers of Damascus with "Sulayman" and "Süleyman" spellings.
- Wikipedia pages beginning with "Suleiman"