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Talha or Talha, son of Obaidullah (Arabic: طلحة بن عبيدالله) (died 656) was one of the first eight persons to embrace Islam and a devoted disciple and companion of Muhammad, best known for his roles in the Battle of Uhud and the Battle of the Camel.
Talha ibn Ubaydullah was a cousin of Abu Bakr. 'Amr bin Ka'b was the great grandfather of both of them. , so all of them were from the Banu Taym clan .
Talha's Mother As-Sa'bah bint Abdullah bin Abbad bin Malik, the sister of Al-'Ala' bin Al-Hadrami accepted Islam. Among his wives was Umm Kulthum bint Abi Bakr and Su'da bint 'Awf Al-Murriyyah. He had sons two of which were named Imran and Musa and two sons named Zakariyyah and Yusuf who died in infancy. Subayhah and Aishah who were from among the daughters of Talha and would notably receive 10,000 to 30,000 dirham every year from their father.Umm Ishaq bint Talhah has also been mentioned as a daughter of Talha
He was also extremely rich and known to be full of munificence (generous). According to al-Masudi, he made 1,000 dinars a day from his business ventures in Iraq, and his income from the region of ash-Sharah was more than that. He also owned lots of real estate in Medina, and had many servants.