Badh ibn Dustak

Abu ʿAbdullah al-Husayn ibn Dustak al-Harbukhti, Abu Shudjaʿ, or simply Baḍ or Baz (died 991) was a Kurdish tribal leader and one of the most important founders of the Marwanid dynasty through the maternal line.

Appearance Badh is described to have been huge and ugly in appearance.

Early life Baḍ was most likely born near Hizan. Not much is known about his personal life. As an adult, Baḍ was originally the leader of a group of armed men, a warband perhaps. He supposedly inherited his father's domains, which was a Kurdish tribal federation centered around the towns of Sêrt and Bedlîs that formally acted as a vassal to the Hamdanids. He belonged to the Hamîdî (Hevidi) a branch of Çêharbuxtî (Çar Botan) tribe. However his legacy was also claimed by the Hevidi and Dostikî tribe, The name Dostikî referring to Dustak in his name, who are today known as the Doskî tribe in the Badînan region. He had a sister named Fehm and a brother named Abu 'l-Fawaris Hasan. The latter was killed in a battle against the Buyid dynasty in 987-988 CE. Erciş, Ahlat and Bargiri would later be captured as well. The Malabadi Bridge in Silvan, Diyarbakır, and the Batman River (which in turn gave its name to Batman) take their names from Bad, the founder of the Marvanids. Mala Badi means "house of Badh" in Kurdish, and Bad man is the earlier version of it.

Death and legacy Baḍ was killed in battle against the Hamdanids. In the newspaper Kurdistan, he was portrayed as one of the main Kurdish leaders beside Saladin and Bedir Khan Beg.