Note 118 — Chapter X · CAMPAIGN OF KHALID IN IRAC. A.H. XII. A.D. 633.
Reading edition
For the history of Hîra up to this time, see Life of Mahomet, vol. i. introd. chap. iii. The Lakhmite dynasty sprang from the southern branch of the Arabs, and, both on this account and for the reasons stated in the text, their influence did not penetrate deeply into the peninsula.