The Encyclopedia Americana (1920)/Abd Allah ibn al Muttalib

ABD ALLAH IBN AL MUTTALIB, ban′-ăl-moot′ä-lėb, father of Mohammed: b. 554, according to Al Kalbi. As Mohammed was born in 571 this would make his father only 17 years old at the time. As stated definitely in the Koran, Mohammed was an orphan shortly after his birth. Aside from these bare facts little of any certainty is known of the father of the Prophet.