The Lakhmids: Persia’s Arab Allies Before Islam

The Lakhmids ruled from al-Hira in Iraq for nearly three centuries and served as important Arab allies of the Sasanian Persian Empire. Their kingdom stood on the frontier between Persia, Byzantium, and the Arabian tribes, while al-Hira became an important center of Arab, Persian, and Christian cultural exchange. The dynasty ended in 602 CE when Khosrow II removed its last ruler, al-Nu'man III.

This video is based on scholarship including Encyclopaedia Iranica and modern studies of al-Hira and the Lakhmids.

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