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Al-Mundhir III ibn al-Nu'man
Al-Mundhir III ibn al-Nu'man was the most powerful king of the Lakhmids of al-Hira, Arab clients of Sasanian Persia, ruling from about 503 to 554. He raided Roman Syria repeatedly and was a major figure in the wars between Persia and Byzantium. He was killed in 554 in battle against the Ghassanid king al-Harith ibn Jabala, Byzantium's chief Arab ally.
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