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Zuleika is a musical with music by Peter Tranchell and book and lyrics by James Ferman. The musical is based on the 1911 novel, Zuleika Dobson, by Max Beerbohm.
Zuleika is the name given to the Biblical Potiphar's wife in Jewish and Muslim tradition, although she is only mentioned as the "wife of Aziz" in the Qu'ran. The word 'Azeez' is the Qur'an's honorific title designated for Potiphar.
Zuleika may refer to:
- Zuleika (given name), a female given name
- Zuleika, heroine in the satirical novel Zuleika Dobson (1911) by Max Beerbohm
- Zuleika (musical), a 1957 musical based on the novel Zuleika Dobson by Max Beerbohm
- Zuleika, heroine in the poem The Bride of Abydos (1813) by Byron
- Zuleika (tradition), the name attributed to the Biblical Potiphar's wife in Jewish and Muslim tradition
- Zuleika (moth), a genus of moth
- Zuleyka Rivera, a Puerto Rican beauty queen
- The Zuleika, a New Zealand sloop which foundered during the Storm of 1897 with the loss of 12 lives
Zuleika is a given name for females. Variants include Zulaica and Zuleica.
The name is of Arabic origin, meaning "fair; brilliant and lovely".
According to medieval legends this was the name of Potiphar's wife in the Bible. She has been the subject of many poems and tales.
It was made famous as Max Beerbohm's comic heroine in his novel " Zuleika Dobson".
Zuleika is an uncommon first name for women and an equally uncommon last name for both men and women. Zuleikha is also feminine given name in Middle East and South Asia.