al-Mundhir ibn Imru' al-Qays

المنذر بن امرئ القيس

Al-Mundhir ibn Imru' al-Qays, the Lakhmid king of al-Hira — the man of the first day of Awara, who swore to slaughter Bakr ibn Wa'il until their blood reached the hill's foot and burned their women 1.

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Pre-Islamic Arabia
Region
Arabia · Levant & Iraq
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Al-Mundhir ibn Imri al-Qays al-Lakhmi, king of al-Hira, lord of the first day of Awara. Ibn al-Athir relates that he swore to slaughter the Banu Bakr ibn Wa'il on the summit of the mountain until the blood reached the lowland. He slaughtered their captives and burned their women with fire. 2

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Kinda
Parent of
عمرو بن المنذر المحرق
Participated in
The First Day of Awara

People and things also explored

سلمة بن الحارث الكندي· Al-Ash'ath ibn Qays comes with the delegation of Kinda· The Second Day of Awara· Bakr ibn Wa'il· Kahlan· Akil al-Murar of Kinda· al-Ash'ath ibn Qays· al-Harith ibn Amr al-Kindi

Sources

  1. al-Kamil fi'l-Tarikh of Ibn al-Athir , p. 412
  2. al-Kamil fi'l-Tarikh of Ibn al-Athir , p.412
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سلمة بن الحارث الكندي

Salama ibn al-Harith al-Kindi, youngest of al-Harith's sons: set over Taghlib, expelled by them, then taken as king by Bakr ibn Wa'il — the adoption al-Mundhir ibn Imru' al-Qays answered with the first day of Awara; at al-Kullab he led Taghlib and the sana'i' to victory over his brother Shurahbil.