Al-Mundhir IV ibn al-Mundhir
| Al-Mundhir IV ibn al-Mundhir | |
|---|---|
| Reign | 575–580 |
| Predecessor | Suhrab |
| Successor | al-Nu'man III ibn al-Mundhir |
| Wives | Salma bint al-Sa'igh, Mariya bint al-Harith ibn Julhum, unnamed others |
| Issue | al-Nu'man III, al-Aswad, unnamed others |
| Father | al-Mundhir III ibn al-Nu'man |
Al-Mundhir IV ibn al-Mundhir (
Lakhmid Arabs
in 575–580.
The son of
Persian governor, Suhrab, was appointed and ruled Hirah for a year, until Zayd ibn Hammad (father of the poet Adi ibn Zayd) persuaded the people to accept Mundhir as their king.[1]
The events of his reign are mostly obscure, except for the sack and razing of Hirah by the Ghassanids under al-Mundhir III ibn al-Harith.[1] He was succeeded by his son al-Nu'man III ibn al-Mundhir (r. 580–602),[1] the last Lakhmid king of Hirah.
Two of his wives are known by name: Salma bint al-Sa'igh, the mother of his heir al-Nu'man, a Jew captured during a raid on Fadak; and the Christian Mariya bint al-Harith ibn Julhum from the tribe of Taym al-Ribab, mother of a son named al-Aswad.[1] Mundhir had twelve or thirteen sons, but only al-Nu'man and al-Aswad are known by name.[1]
References
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- ISBN 978-0-7914-4355-2.
- ISBN 978-90-04-08112-3.
- Michael Whitby, ed. (2000). The ecclesiastical history of Evagrius Scholasticus (PDF). Liverpool University Press. p. 292. ISBN 0-85323-605-4. Archived from the original(PDF) on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-11-03.