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Bad al-Kurdi (Husayn ibn Dushk)

باد الكردي الحسين بن دوشك

Bad al-Kurdi, named Husayn ibn Dushk, kunyas Abu Abd Allah or Abu Shuja'; founder of Marwanid rule in Diyar Bakr — he seized Mosul and Diyar Bakr, disputing them with the Daylamites, then coveted Mosul itself, marched on it, and was defeated and killed in battle by the two sons of Nasir al-Dawla, his sister's son Abu Ali ibn Marwan succeeding him.

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Sunni
Era
Abbasid Fragmentation · The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era
Region
Levant & Iraq · Anatolia
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باد الكردي، واسمه الحسين بن دوشك، ويكنى أبا عبد الله، وقيل أبا شجاع. يذكر ابن خلدون أنه مؤسس ملك بني مروان بديار بكر. 1

تغلب على الموصل وديار بكر ونازع فيها الديلم. ثم طمع في ملك الموصل فسار إليها، فغلبه ابنا ناصر الدولة وقُتل في المعركة. وخلفه ابن أخته أبو علي بن مروان. 1

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Predecessor of
Abu Ali ibn Marwan al-Kurdi
Ruler of
Marwanid dynasty (Kurdish)
Founder of
Marwanid dynasty (Kurdish)

People and things also explored

Abu Ali ibn Marwan al-Kurdi· Marwanid dynasty (Kurdish)

Sources

  1. Kitab al-Ibar of Ibn Khaldun
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Abu Ali ibn Marwan al-Kurdi

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.