Abu Shuja Badh ibn Dustak

Abu Shuja Badh ibn Dustak was the first Marwanid emir of the Marwanid Emirate.

Reign
In 983 he used the event of the Buyid Adud al-Dawal's death to seize control of Silvan. He would reign until 990 and in that time conquered Diyarbakir and urban centers north of Van. He also used the opportunity of a Eastern Roman rebellion to raid the extremities of the empire. He died in 990 and was succeeded by his nephew Abu Ali Al-Hasan ibn Marwan.