Hind bint Maktoum Al Maktoum

Hind bint Maktoum Al Maktoum
Hind bint Maktoum Al Maktoum
Born	12 February 1962 (age 62)
Spouse	Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum (m. 1979)
Issue	See list
House	Al Maktoum
Father	Maktoum bin Juma Al Maktoum
Mother	Shaikha bint Saeed bin Maktoum Al Maktoum

Sheikha Hind bint Maktoum bin Juma Al Maktoum (Arabic: الشيخة هند بنت مكتوم بن جمعة آل مكتوم; born 12 February 1962) is an Emirati royal who is the senior wife and consort of Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the ruler of Dubai.^[1] They were married on 26 April 1979. She is the mother of 12 of her husband's thirty children, including his heir apparent, Hamdan bin Mohammed Al Maktoum, the Crown Prince of Dubai.^[2]^[3]

Family

Sheikha Hind is the paternal granddaughter of Sheikh 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.^[4]

Her mother, Sheikha Shaikha bint Saeed bin Maktoum Al Maktoum (who died on 28 January 2017), was the daughter of Emir Saeed II of Dubai, making Sheikha Hind a first cousin of her husband through her mother as well as second cousin of her husband through her father.^[5]

Marriage

In 1979, Hind bint Maktoum married her cousin, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid. Their wedding was Dubai's first major public event. Elaborate arrangements were made to celebrate the event. 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.^[6] Her photograph has never been shown publicly.^[7]^[8]

Being the Sheikh's senior wife and consort, Sheikha Hind is the ruling family's chief matriarch and resides with her family in the Zabeel Palace (Ruler's Palace) in Dubai. He is divorced from the rest of the wives. Sheikha Hind oversees the upbringing of her children and the orphans she has adopted.^[7]

Children

Sheikha Hind has 12 children:^[9]^[10]

Name	Lifespan	Notes
Hessa bint Mohammed Al Maktoum	6 November 1980 (1980-11-06) (age 44)	Sheikh Saeed bin Dalmouk bin Juma Al Maktoum (m. 2008)
Rashid bin Mohammed Al Maktoum	12 November 1981 – 19 September 2015 (2015-09-20) (aged 33)	Died of a cardiac arrest, aged 33.
Hamdan bin Mohammed Al Maktoum	14 November 1982 (1982-11-14) (age 42)	Crown Prince of Dubai, Deputy Prime Minister of UAE, Defense Minister of UAE Sheikha Sheikha bint Saeed bin Thani bin Juma Al Maktoum (m. 2019)
Maktoum bin Mohammed Al Maktoum	24 November 1983 (1983-11-24) (age 40)	Deputy ruler of Dubai, Deputy Prime Minister of UAE, Finance Minister of UAE Sheikha Maryam bint Butti bin Maktoum bin Juma Al Maktaum (m. 2019)
Ahmed bin Mohammed Al Maktoum	7 February 1987 (1987-02-07) (age 37)	Deputy ruler of Dubai, Head of the UAE olympic committee Sheikha Madiyah bint Dalmouk bin Juma Al Maktoum (m. 2019)
Saeed bin Mohammed Al Maktoum	20 March 1988 (1988-03-20) (age 36)
Latifa bint Mohammed Al Maktoum	30 March 1989 (1989-03-30) (age 35)	Mohammed bin Hamad bin Mohammed Al Sharqi (m. 2009) , Crown Prince of Fujairah
Maryam bint Mohammed Al Maktoum	11 January 1992 (1992-01-11) (age 32)	Sheikh Khaled bin Mohammed bin Hamdan Al Nahyan (m. 2019) ^[11]
Shaikha bint Mohammed Al Maktoum	20 December 1992 (1992-12-20) (age 31)	Nasser bin Hamad Al Khalifa (m. 2009)
Futaim bint Mohammed Al Maktoum	22 July 1994 (1994-07-22) (age 30)
Salamah bint Mohammed Al Maktoum	8 August 1999 (1999-08-08) (age 25)
Shamma bint Mohammed Al Maktoum	13 November 2000 (2000-11-13) (age 24)

Sheikha Hind Women's Sport Tournament

The tournament was launched on 17 December 2012, at the Dubai World Trade Centre, and was organized by the Women's Sport Committee of the Dubai Sports Council, under the patronage of Sheikha Hind, and the guidance of her son, Sheikh Hamdan, the Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman of Dubai Sports Council (DSC). The sports tournament is meant to encourage women to come out and actively participate in fitness and sports activities.^[12]

Charity work and donations

In January 2013, Sheikha Hind donated three planes to airlift the United Arab Emirates national football team’s fans from Manama in Bahrain to Dubai following UAE's 1-0 victory over Kuwait in the semi-final of the 21st Arabian Gulf Cup.^[13]

In June 2013, The Mohammed bin Rashid Charity and Humanitarian Establishment distributed 4100 smart cards of Ramadan Ration by donation of Sheikha Hind bint Maktoum in its charitable programmes for the Holy Month of Ramadan, aiming at distributing basic foodstuff to the needy and poor families in the emirate of Dubai and northern areas. Ibrahim Boumelha, Vice Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Foundation, expressed his gratitude and thanks to Sheikha Hind for her moral and material support for various charitable projects, undertaken by the Foundation for the benefit of the citizens and residents expatriates, particularly during Ramadan.^[14]