al-Nu'man ibn Imri' al-Qays

النعمان بن امرئ القيس

al-Nu'man ibn Imri' al-Qays ibn al-Shaqiqa bint Abi Rabi'a ibn Duhl ibn Shayban, king of al-Hira; in al-Baladhuri he built al-Khawarnaq for Bahram Jur ibn Yazdgard — who was in his ward when he left his kingdom and wandered, as Adi ibn Zayd al-Ibadi's verse records.

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Pre-Islamic Arabia
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Levant & Iraq
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Al-Nu'man ibn Imri al-Qays ibn al-Shaqiqa, daughter of Abu Rabi'a ibn Dhuhl ibn Shayban, king of al-Hira. 1

Al-Khawarnaq

Al-Baladhuri says that he built al-Khawarnaq for Bahram Gur son of Yazdgerd. Bahram Gur was in his chamber when he left his kingdom and went wandering. Adi ibn Zayd al-Ibadi mentioned it in his poetry. 1

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  • The only source is al-Baladhuri's "Futuh al-Buldan", p. 404; the data give no dates, and it needs an additional source.

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Sources

  1. Futuh al-Buldan — al-Baladhuri (Mu'assasat al-Ma'arif edition) , p. 404
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al-Khawarnaq

An old Persian palace at al-Hira; in al-Baladhuri built by al-Nu'man ibn Imri' al-Qays — son of al-Shaqiqa bint Abi Rabi'a ibn Duhl ibn Shayban — for Bahram Jur ibn Yazdgard ibn Bahram ibn Sabur Dhu al-Aktaf, Bahram Jur being in this Nu'man's charge when he left his kingdom and wandered, as Adi ibn Zayd al-Ibadi mentions in his verse; when the blessed dawla rose al-Khawarnaq was granted to Ibrahim ibn Salama, one of the Khurasan da'is — grandfather of Abd al-Rahman ibn Ishaq the qadi of Madinat al-Salam under al-Ma'mun and al-Mu'tasim — and Ibrahim raised al-Khawarnaq's dome in Abu al-Abbas's reign, it not existing before.