Abu Ali ibn Marwan al-Kurdi
أبو علي بن مروان الكردي
Abu Ali ibn Marwan ibn Dushk, nephew of Bad al-Kurdi; surviving the battle that killed his uncle he slipped into the Kayfa stronghold claiming his uncle had sent him, seized it and married his uncle's wife, then mastered Diyar Bakr and twice defeated Nasir al-Dawla's sons, taking Mayyafariqin from its shaykh Abu al-Asghar whom he flung from the wall in 380 AH; he married Sa'd al-Dawla ibn Hamdan's daughter, was killed by guile, and his brother Abu Mansur succeeded.
At a glance
- Roles
- Ruler
- Counted among
- Sunni
- Era
- The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era
- Region
- Levant & Iraq · Anatolia
- Review
- Draft Completeness 1/5 · Help complete it
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موجز
أبو علي بن مروان بن دوشك، ابن أخت باد الكردي، ويُنسب إلى الدولة المروانية. 1
يذكر ابن خلدون أنه نجا من معركة قُتل فيها خاله، ولحق بحصن كيفا فاستولى عليه، ثم ملك ما كان لخاله في ديار بكر، وأخذ ميافارقين سنة 380هـ. ثم قُتل بمكيدة وخلفه أخوه أبو منصور. 2
Connections
- Ruler of
- Marwanid dynasty (Kurdish)
- Successor of
- Bad al-Kurdi (Husayn ibn Dushk)
People and things also explored
Sources
- Kitab al-Ibar of Ibn Khaldun
- Kitab al-Ibar of Ibn Khaldun, p. 1104-1105
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