Muslim (name)
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Muslim (Arabic: {{Lang|ar|مُسْلِم}} {{Lang|ar-latn|muslim}}), also transliterated as Moslem or Müslüm (Turkish), is an Arabic male given name meaning 'pure, clear, immaculate, clean, taintless, straight, absolute', 'devout, god-fearing, pious, complaisant, obedient, submissive', 'virtuous, chaste, modest, blameless, innocent'.
It is also the proper name for the followers of the religion Islam and solely a Muslim name.
The name Muslim is a diminutive of the name Aslam ({{Lang|ar|أَسْلَم}} {{Lang|ar-latn|aslam}}), which both names stems from the male noun-name Salaam.
It may refer to:
Given name
=Historical figures=
- Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj Nishapuri, d. 875 CE, hadith scholar
- Muslim ibn Aqil, Islamic figure, son of Aqil ibn Abi Talib and a member of the clan of Bani Hashim, thus, he is a cousin of Hussain ibn Ali
- Muslim ibn Shihab, Ibn Shihab al-Zuhri, Islamic figure, a central figure among the early collectors of sīra—biographies of the Islamic prophet, Muhammad and hadith literature
- Muslim ibn Uqba, (pre-622–683) was a general of the Umayyad Caliphate during the reigns of caliphs Mu'awiya I and his son and successor Yazid I
- Muslim ibn Sa'id al-Kilabi, was governor of Khurasan for the Umayyad Caliphate in 723–724
- Muslim ibn Quraysh, d. 1085 CE, Uqaylid king (emir) of Mosul and Aleppo during 1061–1085. Considered the last strong Arab ruler of Upper Mesopotamia before the takeover of Turkic nomads
=Contemporary figures=
- Moslem Bahadori (1927–2024), Iranian medical scientist
- Moslem Eskandar-Filabi (born 1954), Iranian wrestler
- Moslem Al Freej (born 1988), Saudi footballer
- Moslem Firoozabadi, Iranian footballer
- Moslem Malakouti (1924–2014), Grand Ayatollah, Iranian Shiite cleric, Marja
- Moslem Mesigar (born 1984), Iranian beach soccer player
- Moslem Mojademi, Iranian footballer
- Moslem Niadoost (born 1990), Iranian middle-distance runner
- Moslem Oladghobad (born 1995), Iranian futsal player
- Moslem Rostamiha (born 1992), Iranian futsal player
- Moslem Uddin Ahmad, Bangladeshi politician
- Muslim Agaýew (born 1974), Turkmenistani professional football
- Muslim Ahmad (born 1989), Malaysian footballer
- Muslim Arogundade (born 1926), Nigerian athlete
- Muslim Daliyev (born 1964), Russian footballer and football coach
- Muslim Guiamaden (born 1963), Filipino politician. He is affiliated with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front and is currently serving as the second Wa'lī of Bangsamoro.
- Muslim Magomayev (composer) (1885–1937), Azerbaijani composer and conductor
- Muslim Magomayev (musician) (1942–2008), dubbed the "King of Songs" and the "Soviet Sinatra", Soviet Azerbajiani baritone operatic pop singer
- Muslim Mubarak (born 1985), Iraqi footballer
- Muslim Salikhov, Russian martial artist
- Muslim Sattarov (born 1965), Uzbekistani ice dancer
- Muslim Yar (born 1999), German cricketer
- Müslüm Aydoğan (born 1989), Turkish footballer
- Müslüm Can (born 1975), Turkish footballer
- Müslüm Doğan (born 1959), Turkish politician
- Müslüm Gürses (1953–2013), Turkish folk singer
- Müslüm Yelken (born 1988), Turkish footballer
Surname
- Ahmed Abou Moslem (born 1981), Egyptian footballer
- Azmi Muslim (born 1986), Malaysian footballer
See also
- Müslüm, Polatlı, village in the District of Polatlı, Ankara Province, Turkey
- Muğancıq Müslüm, village and municipality in the Sharur Rayon of Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan
- Christian (given name)
- Muslim (disambiguation)
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