Al-Hira (Arabic: الحيرة, romanized: al-Ḥīra Middle Persian: Hērt ) was an ancient city in Mesopotamia located south of what is now Kufa in south-central...

The mountain houses the grotto or cave of Hira (Arabic: غَار حِرَاء, romanized: Ghar-i-Hira, lit. 'Cave of Hira'), which holds tremendous significance for...

vicinity of al-Hira, a predominantly Arab market town and the Sasanian administrative center for the middle Euphrates valley. Al-Hira's capture was the...

Arabia, and belonged to the tribe Banu Thaqif. Al-Muthanna, commander of the Muslim Arabs in al-Hira, had asked Abu Bakr and later Caliph Umar for reinforcements...

Al-Mundhir of Hira can refer to any of four Lakhmid rulers of al-Hira: al-Mundhir I ibn al-Nu'man (r. 418–462) al-Mundhir II ibn al-Mundhir (r. 490–497)...

or ʿEbād (Arabic: عِباد) were a Christian Arab group within the city of al-Ḥīra (Ḥirtā) during Late Antiquity and the early Middle Ages, when the city...

conquest of Persia as the Sasanians were defeated in the Battle of Hira by Khalid ibn al-Walid.[clarification needed] At that point, the city was abandoned...

(r. 399–420), Bahram was at an early age sent to the Lahkmid court in al-Hira, where he was raised under the tutelage of the Lakhmid kings. After the...

Hurmuzān (a former officer in the Sasanian army) and a Christian man from al-Hira (Iraq). However, according to later legends that were first recorded in...

of Al-Hira. He was a son of Al-Nu'man III ibn al-Mundhir and succeeded the Persian governor Azadbeh, hence temporarily restoring the rule of Al-Hira to...

histories, al-Nu'man ibn al-Mundhir's reign "was the most memorable after that of his grandfather, al-Mundhir III". The Lakhmid capital of al-Hira continued...

tribes that had once converted to Nestorian Christianity and lived in al-Hira. They were known for their high-literacy and multilingualism being fluent...

reign of the Sasanian king Kavad I (r. 498–531), al-Harith captured the Lakhmid capital of al-Hira in Iraq. His rule there was short-lived, but during...

the Bedouin dialects of Najd, probably in connection with the court of al-Ḥīra. During the first Islamic century, the majority of Arabic poets and Arabic-writing...

from the Banu Bakr, as well as their struggles with the Lakhmid kings of al-Hira in Iraq (Lower Mesopotamia). The tribe embraced Miaphysite Christianity...

Tarafa, not wanting to break the royal seal, went ahead to Al-Hira for his execution, while Al-Mutalammis instead ignored the letter and threw it away,...

May 633, the capital city of Iraq, Al-Hirah, fell to the Muslims after the Battle of Hira. Thereafter, the Siege of Al-Anbar during June–July 633 resulted...

Christianity, including the Nabataeans, Lakhmids, Salihids, Tanukhids, ʿIbādī of al-Hira, and the Ghassanids. In modern times, Arab Christians have played important...

Hurmuzān (Umar's Persian military adviser), and Jufayna, a Christian man from al-Hira (Iraq) who had been taken to Medina to serve as a private tutor to a family...

Azadbeh, was an Iranian nobleman, who served as the Sasanian marzban of al-Hira in the period 617-633. Azadbeh was born in Hamadan in the province of Media...

politics, and builders of palaces in al-Hira. Lakhmid history in the 6th century was marked by the long reign of king al-Mundhir III (r. 503–554), who helped...

al-Ta'i (Arabic: إياس بن قبيصة الطائي) was governor of al-Hirah, the capital of the Lakhmid kingdom, from 613 to 618CE. He was the son of Qabisah al-Ta'i...

medieval castle constructed by the Arab Lakhmids near their capital of al-Hira. The castle is mentioned in both Arabic and Persian sources, albeit it...

bishop of al-Hira. Aws was the one who brought the family of Uday ibn Zayd to al-Hira. Aws was killed by the Lakhmid nobleman Juhjuban ibn Atik al-Lakhmi...

is a rock-fill embankment dam located on Wadi Al-Hira, 14 km (9 mi) northeast of Gharyan in the Jabal al Gharbi District of Libya. Completed in 1982, the...

Tanukh (Βασιλεὺς Θανουηνῶν) centered initially in the ancient city of Al-Hira. The ancient Tanukh tribal confederation was largely taken over by several...

central Arabia came under the control of the Lakhmid kings of al-Hira during the reign of al-Mundhir III. The Mudar dominated Mecca after driving out the...

troops confronted and skirmished at each other around al-Hira. The conflict between Ibn Umar and al-Nadr was abruptly ended by the Kharijite revolt which...

families that became connected with Christianity in al-Hira. Beeston, A.F.L.; Shahîd, Irfan (2012). "al-ḤĪRA". In P. Bearman; Th. Bianquis; C.E. Bosworth; E...

governor's palace (Dar al-Imāra). It featured a roofed colonnade and re-used columns from the nearby former Lakhmid capital of al-Hira and from former churches...