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.[2] 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.[3] She is also referred to as the First Lady of Dubai.