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== Lakhmids ==
The Lakhmids were a Southern Arabian tribe of [[Christians]] who emigrated in the [[3rd Century]] C.E to Southern [[Iraq]] founding the ancient city of [[Al-Hira]], which was centered 3km from modern day [[Kufa]]. The Lakhmids were mercilessly conquered by the [[Sassanid Empire]] in 330, hereafter retained as [[feudal]] proxies in a manner similar to the [[Ghassanids]] on the [[Roman]] frontier.Lakhmid Christianity differed from the Ghassanid form in that the Lackmids had accepted the [[Nestorian]] argument in [[Christology]], the dual nature of Christ. The [[Zoroastrian]] [[Persians]] allowed the Lakhmids freedom to practice Christianity, however in [[political]] matters they were much less free than their Ghassanid counterparts. After their defeat at the [[Battle of Hira]] in 633, at the hands of the [[Arab]] armies of [[Abu Bakr]], they became subsumed into the [[Umma]].