Depth
At a glance
- Roles
- emir
- Era
- Pre-Islamic Arabia
- Region
- Levant & Iraq
- Review
- Draft Completeness 1/5 · Help complete it
Overview
His affairs
He raided the Banu Taghlib after Amr ibn Kulthum returned his threat, and he was defeated, and his brother was killed. 2
Al-Samaw'al ibn Adiya wrote to him to bring Imru' al-Qays ibn Hujr to Caesar, asking his help for vengeance for his father. 3
See also al-Harith ibn Abi Shumr. The data treat the two as separate entries, and this needs review.
Connections
People and things also explored
al-Mundhir ibn Maʾ al-Samaʾ· The War of al-Harith al-A'raj on Banu Taghlib· Ghassan· Christianity in Arabia before Islam· The letter of the king of Ghassan to Ka'b ibn Malik· al-Azd· Banu Taghlib ibn Wa'il· عمرو بن كلثوم
Sources
- al-Kamil fi'l-Tarikh of Ibn al-Athir , p. 385, 403
- al-Kamil fi'l-Tarikh of Ibn al-Athir , p.385
- al-Kamil fi'l-Tarikh of Ibn al-Athir , p.403
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “al-Harith ibn Abi Shamir al-Ghassani”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/al-harith-ibn-abi-shamir/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-23.