:Not to be confused with the city of Salט, Morocco. Saleh, Salih 's an Arabic name meaning Righteous, and in particular the Qur'an mentions a man named Saleh as having been a prophet of Islam. Narrative According to the Qur'an, Saleh was a Semite born nine generations after Noah and the flood; he's described as having been born and raised among the Thamud, a group of people who lived in an area between Palestine and the Hijaz. The Thamud are said to have lived in stone houses carved into m… (More on Saleh)