Sallamah Umm Abdallah

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.

[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).

[3] Sallamah was possibly captured during Conquest of the Maghreb by Umayyads and was later brought by 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.

Genealogical tree of the Abbasid dynasty . In green, the Abbasid caliphs. In yellow, the Caliphs of Mamluk Cairo. Muhammad is included (in caps) to show the kinship of the Abbasids with him. Sallamah was the common ancestor of Abbasid caliphs and she was the ancestor of entire Abbasid dynasty