Amr ibn Adi ibn Nasr al-Lakhmi

عمرو بن عدي اللخمي

The first Lakhmid king of al-Hira, appointed after Jadhima al-Abrash’s death in the reign of Shapur son of Ardashir; from him the Lakhmid kings succeeded each other until Khosrow replaced them with Persian governors.

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Pre-Islamic Arabia
Region
Arabia
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    Arabian polytheism (transmitted)

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    Summary

    Amr ibn Adi ibn Nasr al-Lakhmi was the first of the Lakhmid kings over al-Hira. He governed it after the death of Jadhima, in the reign of Kisra Sabur ibn Ardashir 1 2.

    His house

    Nasr ibn Rabi'a, his grandfather, was the father of the Mundhir kings of al-Hira among the Lakhm, from the clans of Kahlan that migrated from Yemen 3. Lakhmid kings then succeeded one another over al-Hira until the time of Qubadh ibn Firuz 1. See the Lakhmid kingdom of al-Hira.

    For young visitors

    Amr ibn Adi was the first king of the house of Lakhm in al-Hira. From his line, the Arab kings who ruled for Persia succeeded one another for centuries.

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    Ruler of
    al-Hira
    Member of
    Lakhm (the Manadhira)
    Successor of
    Jadhima al-Abrash

    People and things also explored

    al-Mundhir al-Ma'rur· al-Mundhir ibn Maʾ al-Samaʾ· al-Nuʾman ibn al-Mundhir· عمرو بن هند· Jadhima al-Abrash· al-Hira· Jadhima's death and al-Zabba's fall· Iyas ibn Qabisa al-Taʾi

    Sources

    1. al-Raheeq al-Makhtum — Safi al-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri , p. 26
    2. Muhadarat Tarikh al-Umam al-Islamiyya — Muhammad al-Khudari , 1/29-32
    3. al-Raheeq al-Makhtum — Safi al-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri , p. 17
    • Muruj al-Dhahab — al-Masʼudi
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    islam.museum contributors. “Amr ibn Adi ibn Nasr al-Lakhmi”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/amr-ibn-adi/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-25.

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    al-Mundhir al-Ma'rur

    The last Lakhmid king of al-Hira: in 632 the kingship returned to the house of Lakhm in al-Mundhir called al-Ma'rur, whose rule lasted no more than eight months before Khalid ibn al-Walid arrived with the Muslim armies, in al-Raheeq al-Makhtum's account after al-Khudari.