Salim (also spelled Saleem or Selim, Arabic: سليم) is an Arabic given name meaning safe,[1] related names are Selima, Salima, Saleemah, and Salma. It may refer to:
[edit] Given name
- Selim I (1465–1520), Ottoman sultan
- Selim II (1524–1574), Ottoman sultan
- Selim III (1761–1808), Ottoman sultan
- Salîm (1800–1866), Kurdish Poet
- Saleem (playwright), a Palestinian-American playwright, actor and dancer
- Master Saleem (b. 1980), Indian singer
- Selim Aga (1826–1875), Sudanese slave
- Salim Ali (1896-1987), Indian ornithologist
- Selim Benachour (b. 1981), Tunisian football player
- Selim Deringil (b. 1951), Turkish academic
- Salim Durani (b. 1934), Indian cricketer
- Selim Erdoğan (b. 1962), Turkish poet
- Selim Franklin (1814–1884), American pioneer
- Selim Hassan (1887-1961), Egyptian Egyptologist
- Salim Khan (b. 1935), Indian scriptwriter
- Saleem Jaffar (b. 1962), Pakistani cricketer
- Saleem Mohammed (b. 1968), English cricketer
- Selim Palmgren (1878–1951), Finnish composer, pianist, conductor
- Selim Sadak (b. 1954), Turkish politician
- Saleem Sadiq (1929-1999), Pakistani sports promoter
- Selim Sahab (b. 1941), Egyptian musician
- Selim Sarper (1899-1968), Turkish politician
- Selim E. Woodworth (1815–1871), American United States Navy officer
[edit] Surname
- Agus Salim (1884–1954), Indonesian politician
- Ali Saleem (b. 1979), Pakistani television host
- Ali Selim, American film director
- Ezzedine Salim (1943-2004), Iraqi politician
- Mai Selim Hamdam (b. 1983), Jordanian singer
- Naziha Salim (1927-2008), Iraqi artist
- Omar Saleem (b. 1980), Pakistani race car driver and television host
- Saleh Saleem (b. 1953), Israeli politician
- Saleh Selim (b. 1930-2002), Egyptian footballer and actor
- Shakir Mustafa Salim (1919–1985), an Iraqi anthropologist
- Sudono Salim (b. 1916), Indonesian millionaire
- Jahangir (1569-1627), Mughal emperor, also known as Prince Salim
[edit] Other uses
- Selim Pasha, a character in Mozart's opera The Abduction from the Seraglio
- Salim Bradely aka Pride from the Japanese anime Fullmetal Alchemist and Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood
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