The battle queen Hind al-Hunud met the prophet Mohammed in battle in the 7th Century. The Hind was a member of the Quarish tribe of the kingdom of Kindah, and is described by the chroniclers of the fight as “brandishing a broadsword with great gusto.” After victories, she stood atop heaped enemy corpses and rhapsodized about her martial prowess. When her husband surrendered Mecca to Mohammed against her wishes, she argued for his death as a just reward for his cowardice and treason.
-excerpted from David E Jones “Women Warriors” ISBN# 1-57488-106-X
