Ancient Medieval Modern Rawwadid, Ravvadid (also Revend or Revendi), or Banū Rawwād (Arabic: بنو رَوّاد) (900–1071)[4] was a Sunni Muslim Kurdish[1][5] dynasty, centered in the northwestern region of Adharbayjan (Azerbaijan) between the late 8th and early 13th centuries.

[1] Several scholars (Bosworth, Kasravi, W. Madelung, D.McDowall) claim that the origin of the Rawadid dynasty was connected to the name of the tribal leader Rawad ibn Muthanna (ca.

[8] The majority scholars hold that Rawadids were originally of Azdi Arab ancestry, arriving in the region in the mid 8th century, but they had become Kurdicized by the late 10th century (Kasravi, Bosworth, W. Madelung, J. Boris) and began to use Kurdish forms like Mamlan for Muhammad and Ahmadil for Ahmad as their names.

According to Ahmad Kasravi, sixty panegyric qasidas of the poet Qatran Tabrizi (11th century) dedicated to Wahsudan have been preserved.

According to Ibn Athir, Wahsudan formed a marriage alliance with the first group of Oghuz Turks reached Adharbayjan to act against his enemies.

After they looted Maragha, Wahsudan and his nephew Abu’l-Hayjā put aside their problems and joined forces against the Ghuzz Turks.

[19] A devastating earthquake in 1042-1043 destroyed much of Tabriz, its walls, houses, markets, and much of the Ravvadis' palace.

Joscelin made a peace treaty with him during the siege of Tell Bashir (in present-day southern Turkey, south-east of Gaziantep).