Talha ibn Ubayd-Allah (d.656) was a companion of Muhammad, best known for his role in the Battle of Uhud and the Battle of the Camel. Biography Family 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 . Among his wives was a Syrian Jew He was also extremely rich. 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 on Talhah)