Muhammad ibn Husayn al-Rawadi was the founder of the

Rawadid dynasty Rawwadid, Ravvadid (also Revend or Revendi), or Banū Rawwād () (900–1071) was a Sunni Muslim Kurdish dynasty, centered in the northwestern region of Adharbayjan (Azerbaijan) between the late 8th and early 13th centuries. Originally of Ar ...

, ruling parts of

Armenia Armenia, officially the Republic of Armenia, is a landlocked country in the Armenian Highlands of West Asia. It is a part of the Caucasus region and is bordered by Turkey to the west, Georgia (country), Georgia to the north and Azerbaijan to ...

and

Azarbaijan Azerbaijan or Azarbaijan (, , ), also known as Iranian Azerbaijan, is a historical region in northwestern Iran that borders Iraq and Turkey to the west and Armenia, Azerbaijan, and the Azerbaijani exclave of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republ ...

in the mid 10th-century. He was succeeded by his son Abu'l-Hayja Husayn I between 953–956.

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Azarbaijan and its surroundings during the Iranian Intermezzo

Muhammad ibn Husayn al-Rawadi's family was originally of

Arab Arabs (, , ; , , ) are an ethnic group mainly inhabiting the Arab world in West Asia and North Africa. A significant Arab diaspora is present in various parts of the world. Arabs have been in the Fertile Crescent for thousands of years ...

origin, ruling north-eastern

and the city of

Tabriz Tabriz (; ) is a city in the Central District (Tabriz County), Central District of Tabriz County, in the East Azerbaijan province, East Azerbaijan province of northwestern Iran. It serves as capital of the province, the county, and the distric ...

as vassals of the

Abbasid Caliphate The Abbasid Caliphate or Abbasid Empire (; ) was the third caliphate to succeed the Islamic prophet Muhammad. It was founded by a dynasty descended from Muhammad's uncle, Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib (566–653 CE), from whom the dynasty takes ...

in the late 8th and early 9th centuries. Like other Arab settlers in Azarbaijan, they most likely started to blend in with the local

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population to some extent in the 9th-century. By the mid 10th-century they had been fully Kurdicized as a result of intermarriage with local

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families, giving themselves common Kurdish names such as Mamlan. The Ottoman historian Münejjim Bashi (d. 1702), who based his work on the now lost 12th century ''Ta'rikh al-Bab wa'l-Abwab'', considers Muhammad ibn Husayn the first ruler of the Kurdicized Rawadids, and adds that he ruled some districts in

. Since the fall of the Sajid governors of Azarbaijan in 929, the region had fallen out of caliphal control. A power struggle took place soon afterwards, which eventually resulted in the conquest of Azarbaijan, as well as eastern

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by the

Daylamite The Daylamites or Dailamites (Middle Persian: ''Daylamīgān''; ''Deylamiyān'') were an Iranian people inhabiting the Daylam—the mountainous regions of northern Iran on the southwest coast of the Caspian Sea, now comprising the southeastern ...

Sallarid dynasty The Sallarid dynasty (), (also known as the Musafirids or Langarids) was a Muslim dynasty of Daylami origin, which ruled in Tarom, Samiran, Daylam, Gilan and subsequently Azerbaijan, Arran, and some districts in Eastern Armenia in the 2nd half o ...

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. In 948, the Sallarid ruler

Marzuban ibn Muhammad Marzuban ibn Muhammad (died 957) was the Sallarid ruler of Azerbaijan (941/42–957). He was the son of Muhammad bin Musafir, the ruler of Tarum. Takeover of Azerbaijan In 941 Marzuban and his brother Wahsudan ibn Muhammad, with the tacit ap ...

() was defeated and captured by the

Buyids The Buyid dynasty or Buyid Empire was a Zaydi and later Twelver Shi'a dynasty of Daylamite origin. Founded by Imad al-Dawla, they mainly ruled over central and southern Iran and Iraq from 934 to 1062. Coupled with the rise of other Iranian dyna ...

during a battle near the town of

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. During his imprisonment between 948–953, Muhammad ibn Husayn took advantage of the absence of his suzerain, and seized some parts of Azarbaijan, most likely

Ahar Ahar () is a city in the Central District of Ahar County, East Azerbaijan province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district. Ahar was the capital of Karadag Khanate in 18th and 19th centuries. History Ahar is one ...

and Varzuqan. Regardless, Muhammad ibn Husayn's son and successor Abu'l-Hayja Husayn I paid tribute to Marzuban in 955/6, which indicates that Rawadids continued to acknowledge the Sallarids as their suzerain. Abu'l-Hayja Husayn I had seemingly succeeded his father between 953–956.

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