| Banu Lakhm (Arabic: بنو لخم) | |
|---|---|
| Kahlan, Qahtanite | |
| Nisba | Al-Lakhmī |
| Location | Lower Mesopotamia (4th–7th centuries) Southern Syria and Palestine (4th–9th centuries) |
| Descended from | Malik ibn 'Adiyy |
| Religion | Polytheism, later Islam |
The Banu Lakhm (Arabic: بنو لخم, romanized: Banū Lakhm) was an Arab clan within the Kahlan tribe who were the ruling family of the Lakhmid Kingdom (or Nasrid), which ruled as the Sasanian Empire's vassal kings in the buffer zone with the nomadic Arab tribes of northern and eastern Arabia.