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Al-Nu'man I ibn Imru' al-Qays ( ar, النعمان بن امرؤ القيس), surnamed al-A'war (, "the one-eyed") and al-Sa'ih (, "the wanderer/ascetic"), was the king of the Lakhmid Arabs (reigned ca. 390–418Shahîd (1986), p. 633).
Nu'man was the son of Imru' al-Qays II ibn 'Amr and followed his father on the throne. He is best known for his construction of two magnificent palaces, the Khawarnaq and Sadir, near his capital al-Hirah, which were accounted by contemporary Arab lore among the wonders of the world. The Khawarnaq was built as a resort for his overlord, the
Al-Nu'man I ibn Imru' al-Qays ( ar, النعمان بن امرؤ القيس), surnamed al-A'war (, "the one-eyed") and al-Sa'ih (, "the wanderer/ascetic"), was the king of the Lakhmid Arabs (reigned ca. 390–418Shahîd (1986), p. 633).
Nu'man was the son of Imru' al-Qays II ibn 'Amr and followed his father on the throne. He is best known for his construction of two magnificent palaces, the Khawarnaq and Sadir, near his capital al-Hirah, which were accounted by contemporary Arab lore among the wonders of the world. The Khawarnaq was built as a resort for his overlord, the Sasanian Persia
The Sasanian () or Sassanid Empire, officially known as the Empire of Iranians (, ) and also referred to by historians as the Neo-Persian Empire, was the last Iranian empire before the early Muslim conquests of the 7th-8th centuries AD. Named ...
n shah Yazdegerd I
Yazdegerd I (also spelled Yazdgerd and Yazdgird; pal, 𐭩𐭦𐭣𐭪𐭥𐭲𐭩) was the Sasanian King of Kings () of Iran from 399 to 420. A son of Shapur III (), he succeeded his brother Bahram IV () after the latter's assassination.
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(r. 399–420) and his son Bahram V
Bahram V (also spelled Wahram V or Warahran V; pal, 𐭥𐭫𐭧𐭫𐭠𐭭), also known as Bahram Gor (New Persian: , "Bahram the onager") was the Sasanian King of Kings ('' shahanshah'') from 420 to 438.
The son of the incumbent Sasanian sh ...
(r. 420–438), who spent his childhood years there.
According to later Arab tradition, he renounced his throne and became an ascetic, after a reign of 29 years. He is also reputed to have visited the Christian hermit Symeon the Stylite between 413 and 420. He was succeeded by his son al-Mundhir I (r. 418–452), who played an important role by assisting Bahram V in claiming his throne after Yazdegerd's death and by his actions in the Roman–Sasanian War of 421–422.Bosworth (1999), p. 87
See also
* Sinnimar, architect for the palace KhawarnaqReferences
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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Numan 01 ibn Imru al-Qays 5th-century monarchs in the Middle East 418 deaths Lakhmid kings Year of birth unknown 4th-century Arabs 5th-century Arabs Vassal rulers of the Sasanian Empire Arabs from the Sasanian Empire Arab Christians in Mesopotamia