RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Hind bint Utbah

510 - 635

Hind bint Utbah

Hind bint Utba ibn Rabi'a (Arabic: هند بنت عتبة بن ربيعة, romanized: Hind bint ʿUtba ibn Rabīʿa) was an Arab commander, the wife of Abu Sufyan ibn Harb and the mother of Mu'awiya I. Hind fought against the early Muslims and the prophet Muhammad until converting to Islam herself in 630 after the conquest of Mecca. She is highly praised by Sunni Muslim sources for her military role at the Battle of the Yarmuk under caliph Umar ibn Khattab. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hind bint Utbah is the 642nd most popular religious figure (down from 543rd in 2019), the 84th most popular biography from Saudi Arabia (down from 80th in 2019) and the 37th 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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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Hind bint Utbah ranks 642 out of 3,187. Before her are Jean-Baptiste de La Salle, Seraphim of Sarov, Apollos, Thomas Becket, Billy Graham, and Columbanus. After her are Angela Merici, Pope Adrian IV, Gamaliel, Umm Kulthum bint Ali, Junayd of Baghdad, and Henry Molaison.

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Jean-Baptiste de La Salle
1651 - 1719
HPI: 71.69
Rank: 636
Seraphim of Sarov
1754 - 1833
HPI: 71.65
Rank: 637
Apollos
100 - 100
HPI: 71.64
Rank: 638
Thomas Becket
1119 - 1170
HPI: 71.64
Rank: 639
Billy Graham
1918 - 2018
HPI: 71.62
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Columbanus
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HPI: 71.59
Rank: 641
Hind bint Utbah
510 - 635
HPI: 71.59
Rank: 642
Angela Merici
1474 - 1540
HPI: 71.57
Rank: 643
Pope Adrian IV
1100 - 1159
HPI: 71.56
Rank: 644
Gamaliel
100 BC - 63
HPI: 71.56
Rank: 645
Umm Kulthum bint Ali
630 - Present
HPI: 71.56
Rank: 646
Junayd of Baghdad
830 - 910
HPI: 71.53
Rank: 647
Henry Molaison
1926 - 2008
HPI: 71.53
Rank: 648

Contemporaries

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

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Hind bint Utbah
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
510 - 635
HPI: 71.59
Rank: 1
Reccared I
POLITICIAN
510 - 601
HPI: 69.89
Rank: 2
Augustine of Canterbury
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
510 - 604
HPI: 69.53
Rank: 3
Dorotheus of Gaza
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
510 - 620
HPI: 64.93
Rank: 4
Emperor Xiaoming of Northern Wei
POLITICIAN
510 - 528
HPI: 58.95
Rank: 5