Emir Talal Arslan is a Lebanese politician, Political Leader of the Druze sect. He is the chief of the Arslan family, who claim to be descendants of the Lakhmids.
Talal Arslan, May 2019
The Lakhmid dynasty, referred to in Arabic as al-Manādhirah or Banu Lakhm, was an Arab kingdom in Southern Iraq and Eastern Arabia, with al-Hirah as their capital, from the late 3rd century to 602 AD/CE. They were generally but intermittently the allies and clients of the Sasanian Empire, and participant in the Roman–Persian Wars. While the term "Lakhmids" has also been applied to the ruling dynasty, more recent scholarship prefers to refer to the latter as the Naṣrids.
The ruins of a building in al-Hira, the Lakhmids' capital city,
A Persian manuscript from the 15th century describing the constructing of al-Khornaq Castle in al-Hirah.