The Lakhmids, Banu Lakhm, Muntherids, are a group of Arab Christians who live in Southern Iraq, and make al-Hirah their capital in 266.

Poets describe it as a Paradise on earth, an Arab Poet describes the city's pleasant climate and beauty "One day in al-Hirah is better than a year of treatment".

The al-Hirah ruins are located three kilometers south of Kufa, on the west bank of the Euphrates.

Their descendants today are the Mandharis, who are a prominent tribe who are considered Sheikhs in Iraq, the United Arab Emirates, and the Sultanate of Oman; the Abbabids, another prominent tribe in Yemen and the southern part of The Sultanate of Oman; and the Na'amanis, another Arab tribe in Oman, all of which belong to either Ibadhi or Sunni Islam.

Some other famous descendants include the powerful Druze Arslan princely family.