Imru al-Qays ibn Amr

Imru' al-Qays ibn 'Amr (

South Arabian inscriptions with that one. In those same inscriptions his name is mentioned along with Shammar Yahri'sh, the Himyarite king.^{[citation needed}

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The epitaph, the Namara inscription, is one of the earliest examples of Arabic.

References

^ Geschichte der Perser und Araber zur Zeit der Sasaniden, Theodor Nöldeke. p. 47.
^ Byzantium and the Arabs in the Fourth Century, Irfan Shahid. pp. 33–34. Imru'al-qays christianity (may have been) orthodox, heretical or of the manichaean type [...] Perhaps Imru' al-Qays' Christianity was of the manichaean type, completely unacceptable to those in Byzantium. His father 'Amr was the protector of Manichaeism in Hira, that followed the crucifixion of Mani, the coptic papyri have shown.
^ Byzantium and the Arabs in the Fourth Century, Irfan Shahîd. p. 32. Allthough Imru' al-Qays was considered christian by al-Kalbi, there is not a single christian formula or symbol in the (Namarah) inscription.

Preceded by 'Amr ibn Adi	Lakhmid King 295-328	Succeeded by 'Amr ibn Imru' al-Qays

[1] Geschichte der Perser und Araber zur Zeit der Sasaniden, Theodor Nöldeke. p. 47.

[2] Byzantium and the Arabs in the Fourth Century, Irfan Shahid. pp. 33–34. Imru'al-qays christianity (may have been) orthodox, heretical or of the manichaean type [...] Perhaps Imru' al-Qays' Christianity was of the manichaean type, completely unacceptable to those in Byzantium. His father 'Amr was the protector of Manichaeism in Hira, that followed the crucifixion of Mani, the coptic papyri have shown.

[3] Byzantium and the Arabs in the Fourth Century, Irfan Shahîd. p. 32. Allthough Imru' al-Qays was considered christian by al-Kalbi, there is not a single christian formula or symbol in the (Namarah) inscription.