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Al-Hira (Arabic: الحيرة, romanized: al-Ḥīra [1] Middle Persian: Hērt [2]) was an ancient city in Mesopotamia located south of what is now Kufa in south-central Iraq.
The Lakhmid Kingdom (Arabic: اللخميون, romanized: al-Lakhmiyyūn), also referred to in Arabic as al-Manādhirah (المناذرة, romanized as: al-Manādhira) or Banu Lakhm (بنو لخم, romanized as: Banū Lakhm) was an Arab kingdom in Southern Iraq and Eastern Arabia, with al-Hirah as their capital, from the late 3rd century to 602 ...
The historical site of al-Hîra is located to the east of al-Najaf and to the south of al-Kûfa in south-central Iraq. It covers some 25 square kilometres on the easternmost end of a rocky bluff stretching in northwest-southeast direction.
The Battle of Hira (Arabic: معركة الحيرة) was fought between the Sasanian Empire and the Rashidun Caliphate in 633. It was one of the early battles of the Muslim conquest of Persia, and the loss of the frontier city on the Euphrates River opened the way to the Sasanian capital at Ctesiphon on the Tigris River.
- May 633 A.D
- Rashidun Caliphate victory. [ 1]
- Al-Hirah, Iraq
When the troops led by Khālid b. Walid reached al-Hira during the Islamic conquest of Iraq, there was no longer a Lakhmid kingdom in existence.
- Isabel Toral-Niehoff
Dec 10, 2018 · The following study concentrates on one of these hotspots, namely the Naṣrid principality in Iraq, an Arab petty state around the city of al-Ḥīrah in southern Iraq, whose dominion reached as far as al-Anbār, Dūmat al-Jandal and ʿAyn al-Tamr, and which played a crucial role in functioning as a transitional and translational zone between ...
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Al-Hira (Arabic: الحيرة, romanized: al-Ḥīra [1] Middle Persian: Hērt [2]) was an ancient city in Mesopotamia located south of what is now Kufa in south-central Iraq.
