Hind
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Hind was a woman active in Al-Ula during the 860s. Once married to a prosperous merchant, his sudden death forced her to manage her family's business in order to insure a good life for her two sons.[1]
Biography
After her husband passed and was buried, Hind sent her two young sons to stay with relatives, believing herself to not be the company they deserved due to her grief. She visited her husband's grave at AlUla Cemetery, staying there for a prolonged period of time until she was startled by an eagle landing on the gravestone before her. The eagle's owner, Basim ibn Ishaq, apologized for the incident and offered to escort her to her home, which she accepted. While they walked, she spoke about her life and her recent loss, giving him the advice to ask the heavier man who she had seen with him at the cemetery about chest pains and heart flutters, considering that her husband had suffered such ailments often during the previous year.
Upon arriving at the complex that included both her home and her husband's warehouse, Hind saw the robbers' mark painted upon a wall, and turned to Basim, asking that he infiltrate the location and retrieve a small wooden case holding her husband's portrait from the building. He soon returned with the requested item, much to her relief, and, knowing that the robbers usually killed any witnesses, asked him to escort her to Nimlot's Estate, hoping that the merchant would take her in. During their trek, she told Basim all she knew about the robbers and the man she suspected to be their leader, 'Abis. At the estate's entrance, she asked one last favor of Basim, to bring any stolen items retrieved from the robbers to her, so that she could return them to their rightful owners, thinking of it as a way she could oppose the criminals while also being cautious. She then met with Nimlot and explained what had happened, being welcomed under his roof, and she would later send word for her children to join her there.[2]
Basim managed to retrieve a number of stolen items from the robbers' caches and returned them to Hind, who, in turn, gave them back to the people of Al-Ula and gave Basim a talisman as a reward.[3] After Basim dealt with the robbers and despite her grief, Hind began managing her family's trading ventures to secure their future. Due to never hesitating to aid neighbors in need, even when dealing with her own hardships, she became known throughout Al-Ula for her compassion.[1]
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