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Ghassanids

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The Ghassanids were an Arab clan who came to the Levant from Yemen before Islam. Ghassanids were Christians. The Ghassanids were a puppet of the Byzantine Empire during the Byzantine-Sassanid wars during the war they fought against the Lakhmids. The Muslim Caliphate annexed the Ghassanids in the mid 600s AD.[1]

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  1. Bowersock, G. W.; Brown, Peter; Grabar, Oleg (1998). Late Antiquity: A guide to the Postclassical World. Harvard University Press. ISBN 9780674511705. Late Antiquity - Bowersock/Brown/Grabar.