Muhammad ibn Husayn al-Rawadi

Muhammad ibn Husayn al-Rawadi was the founder of the Rawadid dynasty, ruling parts of Armenia and Azarbaijan in the mid 10th-century.

The Ottoman historian Münejjim Bashi (d. 1702), who based his work on the now lost 12th century Ta'rikh al-Bab wa'l-Abwab, considers Muhammad ibn Husayn the first ruler of the Kurdicized Rawadids, and adds that he ruled some districts in Armenia.

[2] A power struggle took place soon afterwards, which eventually resulted in the conquest of Azarbaijan, as well as eastern Transcaucasia by the Daylamite Sallarid dynasty of Tarom.

[3] In 948, the Sallarid ruler Marzuban ibn Muhammad (r. 941/2–957) was defeated and captured by the Buyids during a battle near the town of Qazvin.

During his imprisonment between 948–953, Muhammad ibn Husayn took advantage of the absence of his suzerain, and seized some parts of Azarbaijan, most likely Ahar and Varzuqan.