Marwanids (Diyar Bakr)

Marwanid dynasty
983/990–1084
CapitalAmid
Spoken languagesKurdish (mother tongue)[1]
Arabic (poetry/numismatics)[1]
Religion
Sunni Islam (official)
GovernmentEmirate
History 
• Established
983/990
• Disestablished
1084
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Buyid dynasty
Hamdanid dynasty
Bagratid Armenia
Seljuk Empire

The Marwanids or Dustakids (983/990-1085, Kurdish: میرنشینی مەڕوانی یان میرنشینی دۆستەکی) were a Kurdish Sunni Muslim dynasty in the Diyar Bakr region of Upper Mesopotamia (present day northern Iraq/southeastern Turkey) and Armenia, centered on the city of Amid (Diyarbakır).

  1. ^ a b Öpengin 2021, p. 612.

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