The Lakhmid Kingdom of al-Hira
مملكة الحيرة (المناذرة)
c. 268 CE – 632 CE · 11 AH† †
† Hijri date derived by computation from the Gregorian/Julian date; it may differ from the transmitted date by a day or two.
The Arab client kingdom at al-Hira on Persia’s border: from Amr ibn Adi under Shapur until the last Lakhmid al-Mundhir (al-Maʾrur) in 632, serving the Sasanians as a buffer against Arab raiders and Rome’s own Arab clients.
At a glance
- Era
- Pre-Islamic Arabia
- Region
- Levant & Iraq
- Review
- Draft Completeness 1/5 · Help complete it
In time
Overview
The kingdom of al-Hira (the Manadhira): Lakhm's house, Persia's wardens over Iraq's Arabs and the desert — from Amr ibn Adi to the last al-Nu'man, 632 CE.
In the sira presentation
Al-Mubarakpuri devotes a chapter to government and rule among the Arabs before Islam, dividing the peninsula's rulers into non-independent crowned kings (Yemen's kings, the Ghassanid house and al-Hira's kings) and independent tribal chiefs 1.
People and things also explored
The Second Abyssinian Occupation of YemenThe Battle of Dhu QarThe Conquest of KhaybarThe Battle of the Trench (al-Ahzab)The Conquest of Mecca (Fath Makka)The death of Abdullah ibn Ubayy and the Prophet's prayer over himThe Expedition of Banu al-Mustaliq (al-Muraysi')The expedition of Usama ibn Zayd
Sources
- al-Raheeq al-Makhtum — Safi al-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri
- Muhadarat Tarikh al-Umam al-Islamiyya — Muhammad al-Khudari
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “The Lakhmid Kingdom of al-Hira”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/polity/lakhmid-kingdom/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-12.