The Lakhmids (Arabic: ), Banu Lakhm (Arabic: ), Muntherids (Arabic: ), were a group of Arab Christians who lived in Southern Iraq, and made al-Hirah their capital in 266. Poets described it as a Paradise on earth, an Arab Poet described the city's pleasant climate and beauty "One day in al-Hirah's better than a year of treatment". The al-Hirah ruins are located 3 kilometers south of Kufa, on the west bank of the Euphrates. History The Lakhmid Kingdom was founded by the Lakhum tribe that immig… (More on Lakhmids)