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قتل عمرو بن هند مضرط الحجارة

قتل عمرو بن هند مضرط الحجارة

c. 550 CE

al-Hira

Amr ibn Kulthum's killing of Amr ibn Hind 'Mudarrat al-Hijara', king of al-Hira: seeking a man whose mother would scorn to serve his own, the king contrived that Hind should order Layla bint Muhalhil to pass her a dish; Layla's cry 'wa-dhalah, O Taghlib!' reached her son, who seized the king's own hanging sword and struck off his head 1.

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Pre-Islamic Arabia
Region
Arabia
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540550560 c.
Pre-Islamic Arabia

Overview

Amr ibn Kulthum al-Taghlibi killed the king of al-Hira, Amr ibn Hind, known by the nickname Mudrit al-Hijara. 2

The account

Ibn al-Athir reports that Ibn Hind asked his companions: "Do you know of any Arab who would refuse to let his mother serve my mother?" They said: Amr ibn Kulthum, whose mother was Layla daughter of Muhalhil. He invited him to visit, and ordered that his mother visit Hind, his own mother. 2

Hind asked Layla to hand her a dish. Layla said: "Let the one who has the need rise for her need." Hind insisted, and Layla cried out: "Woe to our humiliation, O Banu Taghlib!" Her son heard her, took the sword of Ibn Hind hanging in the tent, and struck his head with it, killing him. Then Taghlib plundered his wealth and horses. 2

Note

The date is approximate; its basis is that the event took place in Ibn Hind's reign over al-Hira before Islam. The report rests on a single source. It needs an additional source.

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عمرو بن كلثوم· عمرو بن هند
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al-Hira

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عمرو بن هند· al-Hira· Abu Ubayd's Dispatch to Iraq· The Devising and Spread of Arabic Script· The Peace of al-Hira· حرب الحارث الأعرج على بني تغلب· Lakhm (the Manadhira)· Banu Taghlib ibn Wa'il

Sources

  1. al-Kamil fi'l-Tarikh of Ibn al-Athir, p. 409
  2. al-Kamil fi'l-Tarikh of Ibn al-Athir, p.409
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islam.museum contributors. “قتل عمرو بن هند مضرط الحجارة”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/amr-ibn-hind-killing/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.

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عمرو بن هند

Amr ibn Hind al-Lakhmi, king of al-Hira, surnamed Mudarrat al-Hijara for the fierceness of his rule — his mother Hind a daughter of the Kinda house; he sent his Taghlibi uncles' own war-band against them, and died by his own sword when Amr ibn Kulthum heard his mother Layla's cry of insult in the royal tent.