Salama, Jaffa

Salamah سلمة Selmeh
The mosque in Salamah, now in Kfar Shalem
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)
Salamah Location within Mandatory Palestine
Coordinates: 32°02′57″N 34°48′18″E / 32.04917°N 34.80500°E / 32.04917; 34.80500
Palestine grid	131/161
Geopolitical entity	Mandatory Palestine
Subdistrict	Jaffa
Date of depopulation	25 April 1948[2]
Area
• Total	6,782 dunams (6.782 km2 or 2.619 sq mi)
Population  (1945)
• Total	6,730[1]
Cause(s) of depopulation	Military assault by Yishuv forces
Current Localities	Tel Aviv

Salamah (Arabic: سلمة) was a Palestinian Arab village, located five kilometers east of Jaffa, that was depopulated in the lead-up to the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. The town contains the supposed grave of Salama Abu Hashim, a companion of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. His tomb, two village schools, and ten houses from among the over 800 houses that had made up the village, are all that remain of the structures of the former village today.^[3][4]