Hind bt. al-Khuss - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE - مرکز و کتابخانه مطالعات اسلامی به زبان های اروپایی

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" Hind bt. al-Khuss - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE "
Müller, Kathrin

Document Type	:	AL
Language of Document	:	English
Record Number	:	1061903
Doc. NO	:	ALei2300
Main Entry	:	Müller, Kathrin
Title & Author	:	Hind bt. al-Khuss - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE\ Müller, Kathrin
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE
Note	:	(524 words)
Abstract	:	Hind bt. al-Khuss al-Iyādiyya (usually Bint al-Khuss or Ibnat al-Khuss) is said to have lived in pre-Islamic Arabia. Her laqab (nickname) was al-Zarqāʾ, a possible confusion with Zarqāʾ al-Yamāma, another woman of ancient Arabia. Hind was famous for her eloquent replies—in prose, rhyming prose (sajʿ) , or verse—to questions from mostly anonymous persons who asked her about weather phenomena, pasture lands, animals, plants, the characters of men and women, marriage, and other subjects. Her answers are incorporated in short anecdotes transmitted mainly
Subject	:	Islam.
electronic file name	:	ALei2300.pdf