Rawadid dynasty
Rawwadid, Ravvadid (also Revend or Revendi), or Banū Rawwād (Arabic: بنو روَّاد) (955–1071) was a Sunni Muslim Kurdish dynasty, centered in the northwestern region of Adharbayjan (Azerbaijan) between the late 8th and early 13th centuries.
Rawadid dynasty | |||||||||||
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| 955–1070/1116 | |||||||||||
Rawadids in the 11th and 12th centuries | |||||||||||
| Capital | Tabriz | ||||||||||
| Spoken languages | New Persian (court, literature) Adhari (local) Kurdish (ruling dynasty) | ||||||||||
| Religion | Sunni Islam | ||||||||||
| Government | Emirate | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
• Established | 955 | ||||||||||
• Disestablished | 1070/1116 | ||||||||||
| Area | |||||||||||
• Total | 250.000 km2 (96.526 sq mi) | ||||||||||
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Originally of Azdi Arab descent, the Rawadids ruled Tabriz and northeastern Adharbayjan in the late 8th and early 9th centuries. The family became Kurdicized by the early 10th century and became centered on Tabriz and Maragha. In the second half of the 10th century and much of the 11th century, these Kurdified descendants controlled much of Adharbayjan as well as parts of Armenia.
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