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2 unusual facts about Suleiman


Fédération Nationale du Scoutisme Marocain

The Scout emblem of the Fédération Nationale du Scoutisme Marocain, as well as those of most federation members, incorporates the seal of Suleiman of the flag of Morocco.

Slimani

Slimani is an Arabic family name based on the given name Suleiman (Solomon).


Abdulkadir Kebire

Sheikh Ibrahim Sultan, Haji Suleiman Ahmed, Sheikh Abdulkadir Kebire and others were among the founders and decision makers of the party.

Abdulrahman Suleiman

At the 2005 Asian Athletics Championships he completed a Qatari 1–2 in the 1500 m with Majed Saeed Sultan and Suleiman's runner-up time of 1:44.73 was a new personal best.

Dan Suleiman

After the return to democracy in 1999 with the Nigerian Fourth Republic, Suleiman became chairman of the Middle Belt Forum (MBF), a socio-political group representing the people of the Middle Belt of Nigeria.

Deir al-Balah Camp

On 22 November 2003, 24-year old resident of the camp, Muhammad Suleiman Khalil Sarsur, was killed by Israeli security forces while attempting to infiltrate the Netzarim settlement.

El Al Flight 253 attack

The two terrorists were 19-year-old Naheb H. Suleiman, born in Tripoli, Libya, of Palestinian parents; and 25-year-old Mahmoud Mohammad Issa Mohammad, born in 1943 in Palestine (now Israel).

Fadwa Soliman

Fadwa Soliman or Fadwa Suleiman (Arabic فدوى سليمان) is a Syrian actress of an Alawite descent who also became known for leading a sunni-majority protest against the Bashar al-Assad's government in Homs.

François de Sagon

He published in 1544 Apologye en défense pour le Roy, a text defending the actions of Francis I in the Franco-Ottoman alliance, by drawing parallels with the Parable of the Good Samaritan in the Bible, in which Francis is compared to the wounded man, the Emperor to the thieves, and Suleiman to the Good Samaritan providing help to Francis.

Jean Cavenac de la Vigne

In June, the armada sacked Sorrento and took 3,000 captives, but otherwise did little, and was delayed from joining a French fleet in Corsica, possibly due to the failure of the commander Dragut to honour Suleiman's orders.

In 1558, Suleiman finally communicated through de la Vigne his agreement to help Henry II, and he started to prepare an armada.

Kleist Sykes

He met Dr. James Aggrey, Ghanaian teacher, who inspired Sykes to form the Tanganyika African Association (AA) in 1929, along with friends including Mzee bin Sudi, Cecil Matola, Suleiman Mjisu and Raikes Kusi.

Muhammad Suleiman

In an 2009 article regarding the destruction of Al Kibar, Der Spiegel gives a detailed description of Suleiman's murder as having taken place by rifle shots from a passing yacht and implies that it was linked to his involvement in Al Kibar and his upcoming visit to Tehran.

Mukhtar Magauin

In 1997, he became the winner of the International Prize for the Turkic speaking writers and culture workers and he received the prize from Suleiman Demirel, the Turkish President at that time.

National Museum of Somalia

It was built at the request of the Sultan of Zanzibar, Barghash ibn Sa'id as a residence for the Governor of Mogadishu, Suleiman bin Hamed after he received permission from the Somali Sultan Ahmed Yusuf of the Geledi Sultanate.

Ottoman–Habsburg wars

In the face of this threat, the Austrians abandoned a siege of Gran, a fortress that had fallen in Suleiman's career and then lost Raab.

Pargalı Ibrahim Pasha

Although he married Suleiman's sister, Hatice Sultan, and was as such a bridegroom (Damat) to the Ottoman dynasty, this title is not frequently used by historians in association with him, possibly in order not to confuse him with other grand viziers who were namesakes (Damat Ibrahim Pasha and Nevşehirli Damat Ibrahim Pasha).

Paul Salopek

Salopek was detained in Darfur, Sudan by Sudanese government officials on August 6, 2006, along with his Sudanese interpreter Daoud Hari (aka "Suleiman Abakar Moussa") and Chadian driver Abdulraham Anu (aka "Ali"), while on a freelance assignment for National Geographic magazine.

Saib Tabrizi

Saib was especially well known for his Persian panegyric poetry during the reigns of Persian Emperors Safi, Abbas II and Suleiman.

Suleiman I of Persia

Suleiman made no attempt to exploit the weakness of Safavid Persia's traditional rival, the Ottoman Empire, after the Ottomans suffered a serious defeat at the Battle of Vienna in 1683.

The Shadow of the Vulture

The story is set around the Battle of Mohács and the later Siege of Vienna (1529), with Suleiman the Magnificent's attack into Europe.

It uses the career of sultan Suleiman the Magnificent (also known as Sultan Suleiman I), the aftermath of the Battle of Mohács (1526) and the later Siege of Vienna of 1529 as a backdrop for imaginary characters and events.

Vatroslav Mimica

In the 1960s Mimica moved away from animation (his last animated film was 1971 film The Firemen (Vatrogasci)) and turned to directing feature films, starting with the 1961 Yugoslav-Italian film Suleiman the Conqueror (Italian: Solimano il conquistatore) starring Edmund Purdom and Giorgia Moll.


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