Salama, Jaffa
Salama
سلمة Selmeh | |
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Salama Abu Hashim's shrine, Salama | |
1870s map
1940s map
modern map
1940s with modern overlay map
A series of historical maps of the area around Salama, Jaffa (click the buttons) | |
Salama Location within Mandatory Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 32°02′57″N 34°48′18″E / 32.04917°N 34.80500°E | |
| Palestine grid | 131/161 |
| Geopolitical entity | Mandatory Palestine |
| Subdistrict | Jaffa |
| Date of depopulation | 25 April 1948 |
| Area | |
• Total | 6,782 dunams (6.782 km2; 2.619 sq mi) |
| Population (1945) | |
• Total | 6,730 |
| Cause(s) of depopulation | Military assault by Yishuv forces |
| Current Localities | Tel Aviv |
Salamah (Arabic: سلمة) was a Palestinian Arab town located five kilometers east of Jaffa, that was depopulated in the lead-up to the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. The town contained the reputed grave of Salama Abu Hashim, a companion of the prophet Muhammad. His tomb, two schools, and several houses are among the few surviving structures of the former settlement.