Hind bt. al-Khuss al-Iyādiyya (usually Bint al-Khuss or Ibnat al-Khuss) is said to have lived in pre-Islamic Arabia. Her laqab (nickname) was al-Zarqāʾ, a possible confusion with Zarqāʾ al-Yamāma, another woman of ancient Arabia. Hind was famous for her eloquent replies-in prose, rhyming prose (sajʿ) , or verse-to questions from mostly anonymous persons who asked her about weather phenomena, pasture lands, animals, plants, the characters of men and women, marriage, and other subjects. Her answers are incorporated in short anecdotes transmitted mainly