Hind bint Maktoum bin Juma Al Maktoum
| Hind bint Maktoum bin Juma Al Maktoum | |
|---|---|
| First Lady of Dubai | |
| Born | 12 February 1962 |
| Spouse | Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum (m. 1979) |
| Issue | Sheikha Hessa (b. 1980) Sheikh Rashid (b. 1981; d. 2015) Sheikh Hamdan, Crown Prince of Dubai (b. 1982) Sheikh Maktoum (b. 1983) Sheikh Ahmed (b. 1987) Sheikh Saeed (b. 1988) Sheikha Latifa (b. 1985) Sheikha Maryam (b. 1992) Sheikha Shaikha (b. 1992) Sheikha Futaim (b. 1994) Sheikha Salamah (b.1999) Sheikha Shamma (b. 2001) |
| House |
House of Al-Falasi House of Maktoum |
| Father | Sheikh Maktoum bin Juma Al Maktoum |
| Mother | Sheikha Shaikha bint Saeed bin Maktoum Al Maktoum |
| Religion | Sunni Islam |
Sheikha Hind bint Maktoum bin Juma Al Maktoum (Arabic: الشيخة هند بنت مكتوم بن ُجمعة ال مكتوم; born 12 February 1962) is the senior wife and consort of Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, ruler of Dubai.
They were married on 26 April 1979. She is the mother of her husband's heir-apparent, Hamdan bin Mohammed Al Maktoum, the Crown Prince of Dubai. She is also referred to as the First Lady of Dubai.
Sheikha Hind is not a public figure and tends to keep a low profile in society because she follows the traditions and cultures of the UAE (i.e. not interacting with men).
Sheikha Hind is the granddaughter of Juma bin Maktoum Al Maktoum, brother of Emir Saeed II of Dubai, grandfather of the current Sheikh. She is also the niece of Sheikh Ahmad Bin Juma Al Maktoum who died in 2009.
Her mother Sheikha Shaikha bint Saeed bin Maktoum Al Maktoum (who died on 28 January 2017) is the daughter of Emir Saeed II of Dubai, making Sheikha Hind a first cousin to her husband through her mother as well as second cousin of her husband through her father.
In 1979, at the age of 17, Hind Bint Maktoum married her first cousin, Sheikh Mohammed Rashid, who was 13 or 14 years older than her. Their wedding was Dubai's first major public event. Elaborate arrangements were made to celebrate the event, the wedding was a lavish one that one could easily have mistaken it for a national festival rather than a nuptial. A 20,000 seater stadium was built to host the wedding which featured displays of horse and camel riding, and an aerobatics display by the Dubai Air Force. The total cost of the wedding celebrations was estimated to be around $100 million. After her marriage, Sheikha Hind, remained a traditional Arab wife and faithfully follows the Islamic purdah system by never accompanying her husband to his race meetings and is rarely seen in other public events. Even her photograph has never been shown publicly.
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