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Al-Mundhir III ibn al-Nu'man, king of the…

August 554 CE Middle East

Al-Mundhir III ibn al-Nu'man, king of the Lakhmids, is killed in battle with the Ghassanids in 554.

His eldest son, 'Amr III ibn al-Mundhir, succeeds him.

He is also often called 'Amr ibn Hind after his mother, Hind bint al-Harith b. Amr b. Hujr Akil al-Murar al-Kindi.

He had been appointed a governor of Anah by his father, who also sent him to the Yemeni borders where, in 552, he had clashed with the forces of Abraha with little success.