Al-Nu'man I ibn Imru' al-Qays

Al-Nu'man I ibn Imru' al-Qays, surnamed al-A'war, "the one-eyed", and al-Sa'ih, "the wanderer/ascetic", was the king of the Lakhmid Arabs (reigned ca. 390–418^[1])

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 Sassanid Persian shah Yazdegerd I (r. 399–420) and his son Bahram V (r. 420–438), who spent his childhood years there.^[2]

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.^[1]^[3]^[4] 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–Sassanid War of 421–422.^[1]^[5]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Shahîd (1986), p. 633
^ Bosworth (1999), p. 75
^ for details on Nu'man's visit to Symeon, see Shahîd (1989), pp. 161–164
^ Bosworth (1999), pp. 80–81
^ Bosworth (1999), p. 87

Sources

Bosworth, Clifford Edmund, ed (1999). The History of Al-Ṭabarī, Volume V: The Sāsānids, the Byzantines, the Lakhmids, and Yemen. State University of New York Press. ISBN 978-0-791443552. http://books.google.com/books?id=SdrtpZQphYUC.
Shahîd, Irfan (1986). "Lakhmids". The Encyclopedia of Islam, New Edition, Volume V: Khe–Mahi. Leiden and New York: BRILL. p. 632–634. ISBN 90-04-07819-3.
Shahîd, Irfan (1989). Byzantium and the Arabs in the fifth century. Dumbarton Oaks. ISBN 0-88402-152-1. http://books.google.com/books?id=6oYCfWor5AIC.

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