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 Bedouin 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.
Lakhmid Settlements
Their kingdom in Al-Hira was ruled by the Banu Nasr (The House of Nasr).
Famous Lakhmid families, emirates and people
Besides the Lakhmid Kingdom of Hira and its kings, there are other notable Lakhmids:
- Musa Bin Nusair, the Ummayad general and administrator of Andalus
- Imam Abdul-Rahman bin Amr bin Abdullah bin Safwan Al-nasri (Abu Zar'a al-Dimashqi)
- Imam Al-Lakhmi
- Banu Ubad, the lords of Sevilla and Bani Bahr.
- The Naa'mna family in Jordan, Israel, the West Bank and Egypt
- The Abbadid family in Al-Andalus
- Gamal Abdel Nasser was from Banu Mur, of the Banu Lakhm.[1]
Most Druze in Jabal al-duruz in Lebanon claim descent from Lakhm. Perhaps the most famous among them is the Lebanese historian and writer Emir Shakib Arslan. Lakhmids also exist in great numbers in Iraq, Yemen, and Oman.
References
- "President Gamal Abdel Nasser, Biography". www.nasser.org. Retrieved 2018-08-12.