Jadhima al-Abrash
جذيمة الأبرش
The Arab warden appointed by Ardashir over al-Hira and the desert Arabs of Iraq and the Jazira — the Persian experiment of ruling the nomads through one of their own, which became the Lakhmid system; he died around 268 CE.
At a glance
- Era
- Pre-Islamic Arabia
- Region
- Arabia
- Review
- Draft Completeness 2/5 · Help complete it
Place in the story
Arabian polytheism (transmitted)
Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.
Overview
Jadhima al-Abrash: Ardashir's governor over al-Hira and the desert Arabs — the first model of ruling the Arabs through a man of their own, before the house of Lakhm arose.
Life
In Ardashir's reign, the rule of Jadhima al-Waddah (al-Abrash) extended over al-Hira and all of Rabi'a and Mudar in the Iraqi desert and the Jazira 1.
Ardashir had seen that he could not rule the Arabs directly nor bar them from raiding his realm's marches unless he set over them a man of their own with tribal partisans to back and defend him, using him against the kings of Byzantium — and he kept with him a corps of Persian troops 2. Jadhima's death was around the year 268 CE 1.
For young visitors
Jadhima was an Arab ruler whom Persia appointed to guard its borders from desert raids — he was the first to try this arrangement.
Connections
- Predecessor of
- Amr ibn Adi ibn Nasr al-Lakhmi
- Ruler of
- al-Hira
People and things also explored
Amr ibn Adi ibn Nasr al-Lakhmial-Hiraal-Mundhir ibn Maʾ al-Samaʾal-Nuʾman ibn al-MundhirIyas ibn Qabisa al-TaʾiLakhm (the Manadhira)Abu BurqanThe Second Abyssinian Occupation of Yemen
Sources
- Muhadarat Tarikh al-Umam al-Islamiyya — Muhammad al-Khudari
- al-Raheeq al-Makhtum — Safi al-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Jadhima al-Abrash”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/jadhima-al-abrash/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-12.