Umm Sulaim () is a subject of
Baladiyah al-Shumaisi and a historical neighborhood within the erstwhile
old city walls in southern
Riyadh
Riyadh (, ar, الرياض, 'ar-Riyāḍ, lit.: 'The Gardens' Najdi pronunciation: ), formerly known as Hajr al-Yamamah, is the capital and largest city of Saudi Arabia. It is also the capital of the Riyadh Province and the centre of the R ...
,
Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia, officially the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), is a country in Western Asia. It covers the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula, and has a land area of about , making it the fifth-largest country in Asia, the second-largest in the A ...
. Spread across 90 hectares,
it shares borders with al-Wisham neighborhood to the north, ash-Shumaysi neighborhood to south and
ad-Dirah neighborhood to the east. It is named after
Umm Sulaym bint Milhan __NOTOC__
Al-Rumayṣāʾ bint Milḥān ( ar, الرميصاء بنت ملحان; died 650 CE; 28 AH), popularly known by her kunya as Umm Sulaym, was one of the earliest women converts to Islam in Yathrib (now Medina). Umm Sulaym was first mar ...
, one of the earliest female converts to
Islam
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.
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Neighbourhoods in Riyadh