Sallamah Umm Abdallah

This article is about the mother of Abbasid caliph Abu Ja'far al-Mansur (r. 754–775). For Companion of Prophet Muhammad, see Salamah ibn al-Akwa. For people and places with Salama name, see Salama.
Sallamah
سلمة
Born
Tunisia/Jordan
DiedHumeima
Burial placeHumeima
Other namesUmm Abdallah
أم عبدالله
Known forAncestor of Abbasid dynasty
SpouseMuhammad ibn Ali
ChildrenAbu Ja'far Abdallah
RelativesAbu al-‘Abbās Abdallah (step-son)
Ja'far (grandson)
al-Mahdi (grandson)
FamilyBanu Abbas, Banu Hashim (by marriage)

Sallamah Umm Abdallah (Arabic: سلمة أم عبد الله) was the main ancestor of the Abbasid dynasty. She was the wife of Muhammad al-Imam, and the mother of Abdallah, who became the second Abbasid caliph as al-Mansur.

Sallamah was the wife of Muhammad ibn Ali. She was from Kairouan in Tunisia. She married Muhammad in 713/714. She was the Ancestor of Abbasids. She was related to All Abbasid caliphs, except Al-Saffah who was her step son. It is a dispute whether she was Muhammad's legal wife or just a concubine, however According to Al-Suyuti's History of the Caliphs, Al-Mansur lived 95 AH – 158 AH (714 AD – 6 October 775 AD).[1] Abdallah was born at the home of the Abbasid family in Humeima (modern-day Jordan) after their emigration from the Hejaz in 714 (95 AH).[2] Al-Mansur's mother is reported to be a Berber slave.[3] Sallamah was possibly captured during Conquest of the Maghreb by Umayyads and was later brought by Muhammad.

Her Husband, Muhammad ibn Ali ibn Abdallah[4] was the son of Ali ibn Abd Allah ibn al-Abbas and great-grandson of al-‘Abbas ibn ‘Abd al-Muttalib, the uncle of the Islamic prophet, Muhammad. He was born in Humeima in Jordan,[5] he was the father of the two first 'Abbâsid caliphs, As-Saffah and Al-Mansur, and as such was the progenitor of the Abbasid dynasty.[6][7][8] Sallamah died in 740s shortly after her husband died.

  1. ^ Al-Souyouti, Tarikh Al-Kholafa'a (The History of Caliphs)
  2. ^ Hawting, G.R. "Al Mansur: Abbasid Caliph". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
  3. ^ Najībābādī, Akbar Shāh K̲h̲ān (2001). History of Islam (Vol 2). Darussalam. p. 287. ISBN 9789960892887.
  4. ^ Khallikân (Ibn), II, 593, quotes Al-Tabari, "Tarikh".
  5. ^ "Humayma - Discover Islamic Art - Virtual Museum".
  6. ^ Hitti, "History of the Arabs", p.289.
  7. ^ Khallikan (Ibn), "Wafayât al A'yân wa-Anbâ' Abnâ' al-Zamân", II, 592-4.
  8. ^ Nadim (al-), ed, Dodge, B., "Al-Fihrist," pp. 222, 378, 1051.