Banu Lakhm
Banu Lakhm (Arabic: بنو لخم) is a large Arab tribe tracing their lineage back to Qahtan, who created an Arab kingdom in Al-Hira, near modern Kufa, Iraq. This kingdom acted as a buffer zone between Arabia and the Persian Empire, preventing Arab tribes from infiltrating Persian lands.
| Banu Lakhm (Arabic: بنو لخم) | |
|---|---|
| Kahlan, Qahtanite | |
 A genealogy of the Banu Lakhm. | |
| Nisba | al-Lakhmi |
| Location | Yemen, Oman, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Jordan and North Africa |
| Descended from | Malik ibn 'Adiyy |
| Branches | Banu Murr |
| Religion | Polytheism, later Islam |
Lineage
The Banu Lakhm, or Lakhmids, are descendants from Malik bin Uday bin Al-Harith bin Murr bin Add bin Zayed bin Yashjub bin Oreb bin Zayed bin Kahlan bin Saba' bin Qahtan bin Hud, a Qahtanite Yemeni Arab tribe.
Famous Lakhmid families, emirates and people
Besides the Lakhmid Kingdom of Hira and its kings, there are other notable Lakhmids:
- Musa ibn Nusayr, the Umayyad general and First governor of Al-Andalus
- Imam Abdul-Rahman bin Amr bin Abdullah bin Safwan Al-Nasri (Abu Zar'a al-Dimashqi)
- Imam Al-Lakhmi, Maliki jurist
- Amr ibn Adi, The first king of the Kingdom of Lakhmids
- Tamim al-Dari, companion of Prophet Muhammad
- The Abbadid family in Al-Andalus
- Abd al-Rahman ibn Katir al-Lahmi, Umayyad governor of Al-Andalus
- Ayyub ibn Habib al-Lakhmi, Umayyad governor of Al-Andalus
- Ibn al-Zaqqaq, Andalusian poet who lived in the 12th century
- Musa ibn Ulayy ibn Rabah al-Lakhmi, scholar and Abbasid governor of egypt
References
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