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RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Hind bint Utbah

510 - 635

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Hind bint ʿUtba (Arabic: هند بنت عتبة), was an Arab woman who lived in the late 6th and early 7th centuries CE; she was the wife of Abu Sufyan ibn Harb, a powerful man of Mecca, in western Arabia. She was the mother of Mu'awiya I, the founder of the Umayyad dynasty, and of Hanzala. Both Abu Sufyan and Hind originally opposed the Islamic prophet Muhammad, fighting against Muhammad in the Battle of Uhud. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hind bint Utbah has received more than 551,222 page views. Her biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Hind bint Utbah is the 642nd most popular religious figure (down from 641st in 2019), the 83rd most popular biography from Saudi Arabia (down from 76th in 2019) and the 38th most popular Saudi Arabian Religious Figure.

Hind bint Utbah is most famous for being the wife of Abu Sufyan and the mother of Muawiyah. Hind bint Utbah was a powerful woman who used her influence to help her son, Muawiyah, become caliph after the death of Uthman.

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  • 550k

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  • 64.59

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  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.09

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.25

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Hind bint Utbah ranks 642 out of 2,238Before her are Baal Shem Tov, Óscar Romero, Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, Célestin Freinet, Dōgen, and Patriarch Kirill of Moscow. After her are Pancras of Rome, Hans Küng, Pope Leo V, Twosret, Mahavatar Babaji, and Eli.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 510, Hind bint Utbah ranks 1After her are Reccared I, Augustine of Canterbury, and Dorotheus of Gaza. Among people deceased in 635, Hind bint Utbah ranks 2Before her is Emperor Gaozu of Tang.

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In Saudi Arabia

Among people born in Saudi Arabia, Hind bint Utbah ranks 83 out of 251Before her are Muhammad al-Jawad (811), Ruqayyah bint Muhammad (598), Zayd ibn Thabit (615), Ali al-Hadi (829), Muhammad bin Qasim (695), and Talal of Jordan (1909). After her are Zayd ibn Ali (695), Muhammad ibn al-Hanafiyyah (637), Abu Dhar al-Ghifari (600), Abu Ayyub al-Ansari (576), Hashim ibn Abd Manaf (464), and Sa'id bin Zayd (593).

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Saudi Arabia

Among religious figures born in Saudi Arabia, Hind bint Utbah ranks 38Before her are Hasan al-Askari (846), Mus‘ab ibn 'Umair (680), Muhammad al-Jawad (811), Ruqayyah bint Muhammad (598), Zayd ibn Thabit (615), and Ali al-Hadi (829). After her are Zayd ibn Ali (695), Muhammad ibn al-Hanafiyyah (637), Abu Dhar al-Ghifari (600), Hashim ibn Abd Manaf (464), Sa'id bin Zayd (593), and Ibrahim ibn Muhammad (630).