@article{2020,title={Founder of Mervânî State Bâd b. Dostık},abstractNode={According to historical records, Bâd b. Dostık showed himself for the first time in Hamdanid- Byzantine border in 976-977 and captured Malazgirt and plundered Muş. When Mosul Hamdanids were defeated in their war with the Buwahhids ruler Adududdevle in 978, the cities in the Diyâr-ı Bekr Region, where the Hamdanids were dominant, fell into the hands of Buwayhids. Carrying out ghaza activities and holding some cities in his hands in the north of the Diyar-i Bekr on the territory of the Armenian Principalities under the auspices of the Byzantine Empire, Bâd b. Dostık, went to the presence of Adududdevle in Mosul through the Buwahhid vizier but could not get what he wanted. Adududdevle did not like the attitude of Bâd and demanded that he be arrested, but Bâd managed to escape. From this date until the death of Adududdevle in 983, Bâd attacked the cities of Diyâr-ı Bekr, which were in the hands of Buwayhids by agreeing with Byzantium. Knowing the opportunity of the death of Adududdevle, Bâd advanced to Mosul by taking over the Buwayhids lands. He went to Baghdad and wanted to eliminate Buwayhids but was defeated in his war with them. Buwayhids went to an agreement with Bâd whom they defeated but could not eliminate. Due to the authority gap created by the death of the governor of Mosul in 377 (987-988), Bâd wanted to dominate the region, but he was killed on the battlefield. The activities of Bâd here prepared an environment for the formation of Uqaylid and Numayrid states. This state, which has been standing for more than a century, carried out important development activities in the region where it was founded and some of these works have survived to the present day. The establishment of Marwanids was effective in altering the religious and ethnic structure of the region. In this study, activities of Bâd b. Dostık, the founder of the Marwanid state which left significant traces on the stage of history, will be investigated comprehensively.},author={Arafat YAZ},year={2020},journal={Turkish Studies - Historical Analysis}}