Some other famous descendants include the powerful Druze Arslan princely family.
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From this position he attacked the coastal cities of Iran (Persia) - which at that time was in civil war, due to a dispute as to the succession - even raiding the birthplace of the Sassanid kings, the province of Pars (Fars).
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The current leader of the Arslan family since 1989 is Emir Talal Arslan whose father was the Lebanese independence hero, and Lebanese minister of defense for over 30 years: Emir Majid Arslan.
Lakhmids |
In that period the Ghassānids, Lakhmids and Kindites were all Kahlānī and Qaḥṭānī vassal kingdoms appointed by the Byzantines, Persians and Ḥimyarites to protect their borders and imperial interests from the raids of the then-rising threat of the 'Adnānī tribes.