Salama Explained

Salama or Salamah may refer to:

People

Given name

• Umm Salama (circa 596–680), wife of Muhammad
• Salama Abu Hashim, one of the companions of Muhammad
• Umm Salama bint Ya'qub al-Makhzumi, Arab nobility and principal wife of Arab caliph al-Saffah (r. 750–754).
• Salamah ibn al-Akwa (died c. 757 or 781), one of the companions of Muhammad
• Salamah ibn Dinar al-Madani (died c. 757 or 781), Persian Muslim ascetic, jurist and narrator of hadith
• Salama bint Said, later Emily Ruete (1844–1924), daughter of Sultan Sayyid Said of Zanzibar and Oman
• Salama Moussa (1887–1958), notable Egyptian journalist and reformer
• Salama al-Khufaji, member of the Interim Iraq Governing Council (2003–2004)

Royalty

• Aba Salama or Frumentius (died c. 360), bishop of Aksum
• Salama II (Aksum) or Minas of Aksum (6th century), bishop of Aksum
• Sallamah Umm Abdallah (714–775), mother of Abbasīd caliph al-Mansur
• Abuna Salama II (r. 1348–1388)
• Abuna Salama III (r. 1841–1867)
• Salama bint Hamdan Al Nahyan, Emirati royal

Surname

• Amine Salama (born 2000), French footballer
• Fathy Salama (born 1969), Egyptian musician
• Hasan Salama (1913–1948), commander of the Palestinian Holy War Army
• Hannu Salama (born 1936), Finnish author
• Kareem Salama (2006–pres.), American country singer of Egyptian descent
• Mohamed Salamah (1899–1982), Egyptian Quran reciter
• Mohamed Yousri Salama (1974–2013), Egyptian politician
• Peter Salama (1968–2020), Australian epidemiologist

Places

• Salama, Jaffa, a depopulated Palestinian Arab village
• Salamah, Saudi Arabia
• Salamah, Syria
• Salamá, Guatemala
• Salamá, Olancho, Honduras
• Sallama, Israel
• Dayr Abu Salama, a depopulated Palestinian village
• Dor Salamah (Sabah), Yemen

Transportation

• Al Salamah, a motor yacht
• Fulk al Salamah (ship), Omani transport ship
• Fulk Al Salamah (2016 yacht)

Other uses

• Salama (company), common name for Islamic Arab Insurance Company, in Dubai
• Salama (roller coaster), at Linnanmäki Park, Finland
• Salama, a character in Amagi Brilliant Park
• Salamah College, in Chester Hill, New South Wales, Australia

See also

• Salameh (disambiguation)
• Salami (disambiguation)
• Salamé, a surname
• Banu Salama, a family that governed the regions of Huesca and Barbitanya (Barbastro) in the Upper March of Al-Andalus c. 780-800