Sallamah Umm Abdallah ( ar, سلمة أم عبد الله) was the main ancestor of the

Abbasid dynasty The Abbasid dynasty or Abbasids ( ar, بنو العباس, Banu al-ʿAbbās) were an Arab dynasty that ruled the Abbasid Caliphate between 750 and 1258. They were from the Qurayshi Hashimid clan of Banu Abbas, descended from Abbas ibn Abd al-M ...

. She was the wife of Muhammad al-Imam, and the mother of Abdallah, who became the second Abbasid caliph as

al-Mansur Abū Jaʿfar ʿAbd Allāh ibn Muḥammad al-Manṣūr (; ar, أبو جعفر عبد الله بن محمد المنصور‎; 95 AH – 158 AH/714 CE – 6 October 775 CE) usually known simply as by his laqab Al-Manṣūr (المنصور) w ...

. Sallamah was the wife of Muhammad ibn Ali. She was from

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. She married Muhammad in 713/714. She was the Ancestor of

Abbasids The Abbasid Caliphate ( or ; ar, الْخِلَافَةُ الْعَبَّاسِيَّة, ') was the third caliphate to succeed the Islamic prophet Muhammad. It was founded by a dynasty descended from Muhammad's uncle, Abbas ibn Abdul-Muttalib ...

. 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

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's '' History of the Caliphs'', Al-Mansur lived 95 AH – 158 AH (714 AD – 6 October 775 AD). Abdallah was born at the home of the Abbasid family in

Humeima Humayma ( ar, الحميمة, al-Humayma) also spelled Humeima and Humaima, is the modern name of ancient Hawara.Humeima
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(modern-day

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) after their emigration from the

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in 714 (95 AH). Al-Mansur's mother is reported to be a

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slave. Sallamah was possibly captured during Conquest of the Maghreb by Umayyads and was later brought by Muhammad. Her Husband, Muhammad ibn Ali ibn Abdallah was the son of

Ali ibn Abd Allah ibn al-Abbas ʿAlī ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn al-ʿAbbās ibn ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib ( ar, علي بن عبد الله بن العباس بن عبد المطلب) (ca. 661–ca. 736) was an ancestor of the Abbasids. He was a grandson of al-Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib ...

and great-grandson of al-‘Abbas ibn ‘Abd al-Muttalib, the uncle of the Islamic prophet,

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. He was born in

Humeima Humayma ( ar, الحميمة, al-Humayma) also spelled Humeima and Humaima, is the modern name of ancient Hawara.Humeima
at n ...

, he was the father of the two first 'Abbâsid caliphs, As-Saffah and

Al-Mansur Abū Jaʿfar ʿAbd Allāh ibn Muḥammad al-Manṣūr (; ar, أبو جعفر عبد الله بن محمد المنصور‎; 95 AH – 158 AH/714 CE – 6 October 775 CE) usually known simply as by his laqab Al-Manṣūr (المنصور) w ...

, and as such was the progenitor of the

. Nadim (al-), ed, Dodge, B., "Al-Fihrist," pp. 222, 378, 1051. Sallamah died in 740s shortly after her husband died.

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al-Masudi Al-Mas'udi ( ar, أَبُو ٱلْحَسَن عَلِيّ ٱبْن ٱلْحُسَيْن ٱبْن عَلِيّ ٱلْمَسْعُودِيّ, '; –956) was an Arab historian, geographer and traveler. He is sometimes referred to as the "Herodotus ...

. ''The Meadows of Gold, The Abbasids''. transl. Paul Lunde and Caroline Stone, Kegan Paul, London and New York, 1989. *

. '' History of the Caliphs''. {{DEFAULTSORT:Sallamah Umm Abdallah 8th-century births 8th-century deaths 8th-century women from the Abbasid Caliphate 8th-century people from the Umayyad Caliphate Mothers of Abbasid caliphs

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