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Instructions · What links here · Rawwad b. Muthanna (talk: + · bio) · (log) · Copyvios report · reFill · Citation Bot · (Search: Google, Wikipedia) · Submitted 37 days ago by Ozan33Ankara (talk: D · +) · Last edited 36 days ago by Diannaa

Rawwad ibn al-Muthanna al-Azdi, (also spelled Rawwad Mussana Arabic: رَوَّاد بن المُثَنَّى الأزدي ) was an Arab military leader and governor in the 8th century, under the Abbasid service. He was known for his role in the conquest of Azerbaijan and his subsequent governance of the region.^[1]

Biography

At the start of the Abbasid period, Rawwad b. Muthanna held a fief that included Tabriz. He is believed to have lived during the reign of the ʿAbbasid caliph Abu Jaʿfar al-Manṣur (754-75). During this time, Yazid b. Ḥāṭem Mohallabi, the Abbasid governor of Azerbaijan, relocated Yemeni tribesmen from Basra to .zerbaijan Among these tribesmen, Rawwad settled near Tabriz and gained control over lands stretching as far as the town of Bad (modern Qarajadaq), northeast of Ahar.

Baladuri and Ibn al-Faqih credit Rawwad and his son Wajna with the construction work in Tabriz, including its fortifications. Yaqut also mentions the building efforts in Tabriz but incorrectly links Rawwad to the time of al-Mutawakkil, likely due to the fact that some of the city's structures were also attributed to that Abbasid caliph.

Legacy

Rawwad ibn al-Muthanna al-Azdi is considered the progenitor of the Rawwadid dynasty. After taking control of a fief that included Tabriz at the start of the Abbasid period, he established a strong presence in the region.^[1]^[2]^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b Fisher, William Bayne; Boyle, J. A. (1968). The Cambridge History of Iran. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-06936-6. of Azdi Arab origin , but by the 4th / 10th century they were accounted Kurdish . At the opening of the ' Abbasid period Rawwad b . Muthannā had held a fief which included Tabriz . Over the course of the next two centuries his descendants
^ Fisher, William Bayne; Boyle, J. A. (1968). The Cambridge History of Iran. Cambridge University Press. p. 32. ISBN 978-0-521-06936-6. the local poet Qatran ( d . c . 465/1072 ) still praised them for their Arab ancestry .
^ Foundation, Encyclopaedia Iranica. "Welcome to Encyclopaedia Iranica". iranicaonline.org. Retrieved 2025-02-03. The first attested family member is Rawwād b. Moṯannā Azdi, who is said to have lived in the time of the ʿAbbasid caliph (see ʿABBASID CALIPHATE) Abu Jaʿfar al-Manṣur (r. 136-58/754-75).

[:0-1] Fisher, William Bayne; Boyle, J. A. (1968). The Cambridge History of Iran. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-06936-6. of Azdi Arab origin , but by the 4th / 10th century they were accounted Kurdish . At the opening of the ' Abbasid period Rawwad b . Muthannā had held a fief which included Tabriz . Over the course of the next two centuries his descendants

[2] Fisher, William Bayne; Boyle, J. A. (1968). The Cambridge History of Iran. Cambridge University Press. p. 32. ISBN 978-0-521-06936-6. the local poet Qatran ( d . c . 465/1072 ) still praised them for their Arab ancestry .

[3] Foundation, Encyclopaedia Iranica. "Welcome to Encyclopaedia Iranica". iranicaonline.org. Retrieved 2025-02-03. The first attested family member is Rawwād b. Moṯannā Azdi, who is said to have lived in the time of the ʿAbbasid caliph (see ʿABBASID CALIPHATE) Abu Jaʿfar al-Manṣur (r. 136-58/754-75).

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