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 Al-Hirah ( ar, الحيرة, translit=al-Ḥīra Middle Persian: ''Hērt'' ) was an ancient city in Mesopotamia located south of what is now Kufa in south-central Iraq Iraq,; ku, عێراق, translit=Êraq officially the Republic of I ...

, 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 (r. 399–420) and his son Bahram V (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 Simeon Stylites or Symeon the Stylite syc, ܫܡܥܘܢ ܕܐܣܛܘܢܐ ', Koine Greek ', ar, سمعان العمودي ' (c. 390 – 2 September 459) was a Syrian Christian ascetic, who achieved notability by living 37 years on a smal ...

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 The Roman–Sasanian war of 421–422 was a conflict between the Eastern Roman Empire and the Sasanians. The ''casus belli'' was the persecution of Christians by the Sassanid king Bahram V, which had come as a response to attacks by Christians ag ...

.Bosworth (1999), p. 87

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