Salim

Salim (also spelled Saleem or Selim or Slim, Arabic: سليم‎‎, properly transliterated as Salīm ) is a given name of Arabic origin meaning "safe"^[1] or "undamaged", related names are Selima, Salima, Saleemah, and Salma.

When transliterated, the name Salem (Arabic: سالم‎‎) can become indistinguishable in English, as the spelling Salim is also used, though with a long a and a short i sounds.

Given name

Saleem

• Master Saleem (born 1980), Indian singer
• Saleem (playwright), Palestinian-American playwright, actor and dancer
• Saleem Elahi (born 1976), former Pakistani cricketer who played in 13 Tests and 48 ODIs from 1995 to 2004
• Saleem Jaffar (born 1962), Pakistani cricketer
• Saleem Malik (born 1963, Former Pakistani cricketer
• Saleem Mohammed (born 1968), English cricketer
• Saleem Rasheed (born 1981), American and Canadian football linebacker who is currently a free agent
• Saleem Raza (born 1964), former cricketer

Salim

• Salim Nuruddin Jahangir (1569–1627), Mughal emperor, also known as Prince Salim
• Salim (poet) (1800–1866), Kurdish poet
• Salim Abanoz (born 1969), Turkish judoka
• Salim Ali (1896–1987), Indian ornithologist
• Salim Arrache (born 1982), Algerian footballer. He is currently an AC Ajaccio in French Ligue 1
• Salim Cissé (born 1992), Guinean footballer who plays for Sporting Clube de Portugal as a forward
• Salim Durani (born 1934), Indian cricketer
• Salim Jreissati (born 1952), Lebanese jurist and politician
• Salim Khan (born 1935), Indian scriptwriter
• Salim Ghouse, film, television and theater actor, theater director and martial artist
• Salim Kerkar (born 1987), French-Algerian footballer, who is currently unattached
• Salim Moin (born 1961), football coach who currently coaches Woodlands Wellington in the S.League
• Salim Ahmed Salim (born 1942), Tanzanian diplomat, who has worked in the international diplomatic arena
• Salim Sdiri (born 1978), French long jumper of Tunisian descent
• Salim Tuama (born 1979), Arab Israeli soccer player. He is a midfielder playing for Hapoel Tel Aviv
• Salim Turky (born 1963), Tanzanian CCM politician and Member of Parliament for Mpendae constituency since 2010

Selim

• Selim I (1465–1520), Ottoman sultan
• Selim II (1524–1574), Ottoman sultan
• Selim III (1761–1808), Ottoman sultan
• Selim I Giray (1631–1704), Crimean khan
• Selim Aga (1826–1875), Sudanese slave
• Selim Al Deen (1949–2008), Bangladeshi playwright and theatre artist
• Selim Benachour (born 1981), Tunisian football player
• Selim Bouadla (born 1988), French-Algerian football player who is currently playing as a midfielder for Debreceni VSC in the Hungarian OTP Bank Liga
• Selim Deringil (born 1951), Turkish academic
• Selim Erdoğan (born 1962), Turkish poet
• Selim Franklin (1814–1884), American pioneer
• Selim Giray (born 1970), Turkish-born American violinist
• Selim Hassan (1887–1961), Egyptian egyptologist
• Selim Lemström (1838–1904), Finnish scientist
• Selim Palmgren (1878–1951), Finnish composer, pianist, conductor
• Selim Sadak (born 1954), Turkish politician
• Selim Sahab (born 1941), Egyptian musician
• Selim Sarper (1899–1968), Turkish diplomat and politician
• Selim Sesler (1957–2014), Turkish clarinet virtuoso of Romani heritage
• Selim Sırrı Tarcan (1874–1957), Turkish educator, sports official and politician
• Selim E. Woodworth (1815–1871), American Navy officer

Surname

• Agus Salim (1884–1954), Indonesian politician
• Ali Saleem (born 1979), Pakistani television host
• Ali Selim, American film director
• Carlos Slim (born 1940), Mexican billionaire of Lebanese descent
• Ezzedine Salim (1943–2004), Iraqi politician
• Mai Selim Hamdam (born 1983), Jordanian singer
• Naziha Salim (1927–2008), Iraqi artist
• Saleh Saleem (born 1953), Israeli politician
• Saleh Selim (1930–2002), Egyptian footballer and actor
• Shakir Mustafa Salim (1919–1985), Iraqi anthropologist
• Sudono Salim (1916–2012), Indonesian millionaire

Places

• Salim, a location mentioned as close to a place John the Baptist baptized in John 3:23
• Saleem Khan, Pakistan
• Salim Pakel, India
• Selim, Yenipazar, Turkey
• An alternate name for Salem, Ma'ale Iron, one of the villages which make up Ma'ale Iron, Israel
• Salim, Nablus, West Bank

Places in Iran

• Salim, Iran (disambiguation), places in Iran
  • Salim Bahram, Iran
  • Salim Beyg, Iran
  • Salim Chaf, Iran
  • Salim Kandi, Iran
  • Salim, Khuzestan, Iran
  • Salim Saghul, Iran
  • Salim Sara, Iran
  • Salim Sarai, Iran
  • Salim Sheykh, Iran
  • Salim, West Azerbaijan, Iran

Other uses

• Bassa Selim, a character in Mozart's opera The Abduction from the Seraglio
• Selim Bradly, a character from the Japanese anime/manga Fullmetal Alchemist and Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood
• Selim (District), Kars, Turkey
• Salim (film), a 2014 Tamil film
• Saleem (film), a 2009 Telugu film
• Selim (horse) (1802–1825), 19th-century Thoroughbred racehorse
• Salim, Nablus, Palestinian village
• Salim Ali Lake
• Salim Khan family, refers to the family of Salim Khan. Multiple members of the family have been actors, film directors, producers and Writer in the Hindi film industry of India
• Saleem Ali (disambiguation)
• Salim Baba, a 2007 American short documentary film directed by Tim Sternberg. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short
• Salim Group, Indonesia's biggest conglomerate with assets including Indofood Sukses Makmur, the world's largest instant noodle producer, and Bogasari, a large flour-milling operation. The group was founded by Sudono Salim
• Selim railway station, a railway station in the town of Selim, Turkey. The station is served by the Eastern Express, operated by the Turkish State Railways from İstanbul to Kars

See also

• Salaam (disambiguation)
• Salem (disambiguation)
• Salem (name), similar name that can become indistinguishable in transliteration as the spelling Salim is also used
• Selim people, an ethnic group of Sudan. They speak Sudanese Arabic. Most members of this ethnic groups are Muslims. The population of this ethnic group is at several 10,000
• Shalim, also transliterated as Salim, is the name of a Canaanite deity
• Š-L-M, the triconsonantal root of many Semitic words, and many of those words are used as names
• Articles with "Salim", "Saleem" or "Selim" in their title
• Salimi (disambiguation)

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