Ghassanids conquer Lakhmids & take over entire arabian peninsula..plausible?

I find pre-islmic arabia fascinating. I'm interested in a timeline with a pro-roman arabian orthodox christian kingdom. How plausible is it for the ghassanids to conquer the lakhmids & spread south into the interior defeating the interior tribes & eventually conquer the entire peninsula. How much would the sassanids get in the way?
 
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I'd say it depends on what period of time you're talking about. The likelihood of either the Lakhmids or the Ghassanids conquering all of Arabia drops hard the closer you get to Muhammad's birth. The webs of tribal alliances have already formed into powerful confederations between the settled Arabs like the Quraysh clans (who provided infantry and capital) and the nomadic Bedouin groups like the Hawazin (who provided high-quality cavalry and experienced scouts) when Prophet Muhammad bursts on to the scene. The only reason, imo, that Muhammad/Abu Bakr were able to pull off unification was that Islam had already played merry hell with tribal loyalties and alliances. Even with Islam softening things up, the Muslims were almost obliterated repeatedly by Quraysh calling in their tribal allies; I don't think the Lakhmids or Ghassanids would stand much of a chance.
 
The question is would Constantinople allow it?

Or maybe the opposite could happen - the Lakhmids conquering the Ghassanids, etc.

yeah i was toying with that having the lakhmids unite with the tanukhid since they were both nestorian & then conquering the ghassanids, but i kinda would prefer the empire to be monophysite.
 
I'd say it depends on what period of time you're talking about. The likelihood of either the Lakhmids or the Ghassanids conquering all of Arabia drops hard the closer you get to Muhammad's birth. The webs of tribal alliances have already formed into powerful confederations between the settled Arabs like the Quraysh clans (who provided infantry and capital) and the nomadic Bedouin groups like the Hawazin (who provided high-quality cavalry and experienced scouts) when Prophet Muhammad bursts on to the scene. The only reason, imo, that Muhammad/Abu Bakr were able to pull off unification was that Islam had already played merry hell with tribal loyalties and alliances. Even with Islam softening things up, the Muslims were almost obliterated repeatedly by Quraysh calling in their tribal allies; I don't think the Lakhmids or Ghassanids would stand much of a chance.

I was thinking between 320-400 A.D. after rome goes christian.
 
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