Qabus ibn al-Mundhir
Qabus ibn al-Mundhir (Arabic: قابوس ابن المنذر; in Greek sources Καβόσης, Kaboses) was the king of the Lakhmid Arabs from 569 to 573.
| Qabus ibn al-Mundhir | |
|---|---|
| King of the Lakhmid state | |
| Reign | CE 569–573 |
| Predecessor | Amr III |
| Successor | Suhrab (Persian governor) |
| Born | unknown |
| Died | c. 6th century unknown |
| House | Lakhmids |
| Father | Al-Mundhir III |
| Religion | Nestorian Christianity |
His name is an Arabic form of the Persian name "Kavus", adopted under the influence of his Sassanid Persian overlords.[1] He succeeded his brother 'Amr III ibn al-Mundhir (r. 554–569). Not much is known of his reign except that he suffered a heavy defeat at the hands of the rival Byzantine-sponsored Ghassanid tribe under Al-Mundhir III ibn al-Harith in 570. After his death, the Lakhmids were ruled by a Persian governor for a year, until Qabus' brother al-Mundhir IV ibn al-Mundhir (r. 574–580) ascended to the throne.
References
Sources
- Yarshater, Ehsan, ed. (1985–2007). The History of al-Ṭabarī (40 vols). SUNY Series in Near Eastern Studies. Albany, New York: State University of New York Press. ISBN 978-0-7914-7249-1.
- Bosworth, C. Edmund (2000). "Lakhmids". In Yarshater, Ehsan (ed.). Encyclopædia Iranica, Online Edition. Encyclopædia Iranica Foundation.
- Martindale, John R., ed. (1992). The Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire: Volume III, AD 527–641. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 258. ISBN 0-521-20160-8.
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