Depth
At a glance
- Roles
- Ruler
- Counted among
- Sunni
- Era
- Abbasid Fragmentation · The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era
- Region
- Levant & Iraq · Anatolia
- Review
- Draft Completeness 1/5 · Help complete it
Overview
Bad al-Kurdi, whose name is al-Husayn ibn Dushak, with the kunya Abu Abd Allah, and it is also said Abu Shuja'. Ibn Khaldun says that he was the founder of the kingdom of the Banu Marwan in Diyar Bakr. 1
He took Mosul and Diyar Bakr and disputed them with the Daylam. Then he coveted the kingdom of Mosul and marched on it, and the two sons of Nasir al-Dawla defeated him and he was killed in the battle. His sister's son Abu Ali ibn Marwan succeeded him. 1
Connections
- Predecessor of
- Abu Ali ibn Marwan al-Kurdi
- Ruler of
- Marwanid dynasty (Kurdish)
- Founder of
- Marwanid dynasty (Kurdish)
People and things also explored
Sources
- Kitab al-Ibar of Ibn Khaldun
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Bad al-Kurdi (Husayn ibn Dushk)”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/bad-al-kurdi/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-16.