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Hind bint Utbah

Wife of Abu Sufyan · Writers · Lived 576 to 635 · aged 59

Hind bint Utba ibn Rabi'a was an opponent-turned female companion of prophet Muhammad. She was the mother of the first Umayyad caliph Mu'awiya I (r. 661-680). Hind fought against the early Muslims and the prophet Muhammad until converting to Islam herself in 630 after the conquest of Mecca.

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She is highly praised by Sunni Muslim sources for her military role at the Battle of the Yarmuk under caliph Umar ibn Khattab.

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Writers
Type
Writer / Author
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Deceased
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Lived 576 to 635 · aged 59