Dayr Hind
دير هند
The monastery al-Nu'man ibn al-Mundhir built for his daughter Hind's devotion; she took a year to cross the farsakh from her father's palace, camping in pavilions for sport, and Bashir ibn Farwan cut her a canal from the Euphrates that ran until the monastery fell; five hundred gold and silver lamps hung in its sanctuary, and there unfolded the famous tale of al-Nu'man, Adi ibn Zayd and the wife of Hakam ibn Amr al-Lakhmi 1.
At a glance
- Era
- Pre-Islamic Arabia
- Region
- Levant & Iraq
- Review
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Overview
The Monastery of Hind was built by al-Nu'man ibn al-Mundhir for his daughter Hind, so that she could worship in it. 1
Al-Umari's description
Hind went out to it from her father's palace and stayed a year on the way, camping in leisure and hunting, a distance of about a farsakh. Bishr ibn Farwan dug a canal from the Euphrates, which kept flowing until the monastery fell into ruin. 1
Al-Nu'man prayed in it and drew near to God there, and he hung five hundred lamps of gold and silver in its sanctuary. It was there that the well-known story took place between al-Nu'man, Adi ibn Zayd and the wife of Hukm ibn Amr al-Lakhmi. 1
Sources
- Masalik al-absar fi mamalik al-amsar — al-Umari (1924 printing), p. 322-323
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islam.museum contributors. “Dayr Hind”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/building/dayr-hind/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.