The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire · Character
Henda
Also known as Hind
- Minor
- First seen · Book 1 · Ch. 227
A woman whose presence among the ceremonial matrons suggests both religious devotion and the fierce loyalty of tribal warfare.
- Gender
- female
- Age
- Adult
- First appears
- Book 1 · Ch. 227
- Books
- 1
Henda, also known as Hind, was the wife of Abu Sophian who participated in the Battle of Ohud. With fifteen other matrons of Mecca, she incessantly sounded timbrels to animate the troops and magnify the greatness of Hobal, later participating in the ritual tasting of Hamza's entrails.
Description
A Meccan woman among a ceremonial group of fifteen matrons, wearing traditional Arabian dress and carrying timbrels, her presence suggesting both religious fervor and the intensity of tribal warfare.
Story so far
BOOK 1The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire / Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes)
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