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Aws ibn Qallam

Aws ibn Qallam

Fourth king of al-Hirah, reigning between the years 363-368

Aws ibn Qallam ibn Batina ibn Jumayhir al-Lihyani (Arabic: أوس بن قلام بن بطينة بن جميهر اللحياني) was the fourth king of al-Hirah, he reigned in 363–368, interrupting the succession of the city's Lakhmid rulers.

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He was the scion of a noble Christian Arab family. One of his relatives built a church,[1] and one of his descendants was Jabir ibn Sham'on, the bishop of al-Hira. Aws was the one who brought the family of Uday ibn Zayd to al-Hira. Aws was killed by the Lakhmid nobleman Juhjuban ibn Atik al-Lakhmi during the latter's revolt.

References

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    Rothstein, Die Dynastie der Lahmiden in al-Hira. Berlin, 1899. p. 64
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