Imru' al-Qays ibn 'Amr
Imru' al-Qays ibn 'Amr the second Lakhmid king, his mother is "Maria bint 'Amr" the sister of Ka'b al-Azdi, he was the first Lakhmid king to convert to Christianity, al-Tabari states that: "he ruled for the Persians all the land of the Arabs in Iraq, Hejaz and Mesopotamia", Imru' al-Qays is called in his epitaph inscription:"The king of all Arabs who owned the crown" and the same title (king of all Arabs) was the title of the kings of Hatra. and the same inscription mention that Imru' al-Qays reached as far as Najran and besieged it from the king Shammar Yahri'sh, some scholars have identified "Imru' al-Qays ibn 'Amr" in some South Arabian inscriptions with that one, these inscriptions mentions his along with Shammar Yahri'sh the Himyarite king.
The epitaph, the Namara inscription, is one of the earliest examples of Arabic language.
| Preceded by 'Amr ibn Adi |
Lakhmid King 295-328 |
Succeeded by 'Amr ibn Imru' al-Qays |