Amr ibn Imru al-Qays

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Amr ibn Imru al-Qays
King of the Lakhmid state
ReignCE 328–363
PredecessorImru al-Qays I ibn Amr
SuccessorAws ibn Qallam
Died363
IssueImru' al-Qays II ibn 'Amr
HouseLakhmids
FatherImru al-Qays I ibn Amr
ReligionNestorian Church

Amr ibn Imru al-Qays ibn Amr (Arabic: عمرو بن امرؤ القيس, romanized: ʿAmr ibn Imruʾ al-Qays ibn ʿAmr), commonly known as Amr II, was the third king of the Lakhmid Kingdom of al-Hirah, ruling from 328 to 363. A son of the famed Imru al-Qays I who had defected to the Roman Empire, he returned to Sasanian allegiance.

His mother was Mariya al-Barriyah, a sister of the Ghassanid king Tha'laba ibn 'Amr. 'Amr was very active in the wars of his Sassanid Persian overlords against the Romans, and was even nicknamed "warmonger" for the wars he engaged in. In 337 AD the Persian shah Shapur II harassed the Roman borders and commissioned the Arabs to attack and invade as well.[1]

References

  1. ^ Sykes, History of Persia, Vol. I, p.413
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