Hamdanid dynasty
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The Hamdanid dynasty was a Shia Muslim Arab dynasty that ruled Upper Mesopotamia and Syria. They descended from the ancient Banu Taghlib tribe of Mesopotamia and Arabia.
Hamdanid territory in 955 during the rule of Sayf al-Dawla
Arte Alhambra I
The Marwanid dynasty, also known as the Dustakids, were a Kurdish Sunni Muslim dynasty in the Diyar Bakr region of Upper Mesopotamia, centered on the city of Mayyafariqin.
Hamdanid dynasty
…defeat by the Buyids in 979 notwithstanding, until 990. After this, their area of control in northern Iraq was divided between the Uqaylids and the Marwanids. Ali Sayf al-Dawla 'Sword of the Dynasty' ruled (945–967) northern Syria from Aleppo, and became the most important opponent of the Christian Byzantine…
Merwanid Said, 391 AH (c. 1000 AD), Silvan, Diyarbakır, Turkey
Medieval miniature depicting Marwanid assault on Byzantine Edessa in 1032
Inscription with Nasr al-Dawla's name, 405 AH (c. 1014 AD), Silvan, Diyarbakır, Turkey
Inscription with Nasr al-Dawla's name, 416 AH (c. 1025 AD), Silvan, Diyarbakır, Turkey