Umm Salama bint Ya'qub al-Makhzumi

Umm Salama bint Ya'qub
أم سلمة بنت يعقوب المخزومي
Consort of the Abbasid caliph
Tenure750 – 754
Bornc. 718/720
Medina, Umayyad Caliphate
DiedKufa, Anbar or Damascus, Abbasid Caliphate
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Names
Umm Salama bint Ya'qub ibn Salama ibn Abd Allah ibn al-Walid al-Makhzumi
HouseBanu Makhzum (by birth)
Umayyad and Abbasid (by marriage)
FatherYa'qub ibn Salama
ReligionIslam

Umm Salama bint Yaʿqūb al-Makhzūmī (Arabic: أم سلمة بنت يعقوب المخزومي) was the principal wife of first Abbasid caliph al-Saffah, the founder of Abbasid dynasty. Umm Salama was the only woman in the Caliphate's history who had relation through marriage with both Caliphal dynasties; Umayyads and Abbasids.