Lakhmids

ancient Arab monarchy

Al-Hira ( Middle Persian: Hērt ) was an ancient city and a major metropolis located in Mesopotamia, in what is now south-central Iraq. It was the capital city of the Lakhmid kingdom, the major Arab client kingdom of the Sasanian Empire in pre-Islamic times, between the fourth and the seventh centuries. In Islamic times, it remained inhabited until the tenth century.

ancient fortress built in Iraq

Arab poet (550-600)

Islamic Sahaba

Hind bint al-Nuʿmān (), also known as al-Ḥurqah, was a pre-Islamic Arab poet. There is some historiographical debate, going back to the Middle Ages, over precisely what her names were, with corresponding debates over whether some of the bearers of these names were different people or not. An example of a poet-princess, she has been read as a key figure in pre-Islamic poetry. ==Biography== Hind was the daughter of al-Nu'man III ibn al-Mundhir, the last Lakhmid king of al-Hira () and an Eastern Christian Arab mother. According to the Ḥarb Banī Shaybān maʻa Kisrà Ānūshirwān, Khosrow II, emperor o

thumb|Persian miniature illustrating the construction of Khawarnaq Khawarnaq was a medieval, pre-Islamic Arab castle built by the Lakhmids near their capital al-Hira. It is celebrated in the Arabic-Islamic literature and poetry as one of the "Thirty Wonders of the World". It is described in both Arabic and Persian sources, but "it seems quite impossible to distinguish clearly between historical facts and legendary accounts".

large Arab tribe tracing their lineage back to Qahtan

thumb | right | alt=Ruins of an ancient stone building | Al-Aqiser Church Al-Aqiser () is an archeological site in Ayn al-Tamr near Karbala in Iraq with what has been described as the Oldest eastern Christian Church. Until recently it was used by Assyrians of the Chaldean Catholic Church. The site is currently suffering neglect and erosion.

Arab tribe

eleventh Lakhmid king (503–505)