"The Ghassanids (Arabic: \u0627\u0644\u063A\u0633\u0627\u0633\u0646\u0629\u200E\u200F; al-Ghas\u0101sinah, also Ban\u016B Ghass\u0101n \"Sons of Ghass\u0101n\") were a group of Arabs descended from the Azd tribes, that emigrated in the early 3rd century from the Southern Arabian Peninsula to the Levant region, where some merged with Greek-speaking Christians' communities, converting to Christianity in the first few Centuries AD while others were already Christians before emigrating north to escape religious prosecution."@en .