Diyar Bakr (Arabic: دِيَارُ بَكرٍ, romanized: Diyār Bakr, lit. 'abode of Bakr') is the medieval Arabic name of the northernmost of the three provinces...

مەڕوانی یان میرنشینی دۆستەکی) were a Kurdish Sunni Muslim dynasty in the Diyar Bakr region of Upper Mesopotamia (present day northern Iraq/southeastern Turkey)...

That's where the region of Diyar Bakr, and later the city of Diyarbakır in southern Turkey take their names from; Banu Bakr. The tribe is distinct from...

as Diyar Bakr (Arabic: ديار بكر, romanized: Diyār Bakr, lit. 'the abode of [the tribe of] Bakr'), in reference to the territory of the Banu Bakr tribe...

provinces of al-Jazira (Upper Mesopotamia), the other two being Diyar Bakr and Diyar Rabi'a. According to the medieval geographer al-Baladhuri, all three...

provinces of the Jazira (Upper Mesopotamia), the other two being Diyar Bakr and Diyar Mudar. According to the medieval geographer al-Baladhuri, all three...

was a Mongol emir and governor of Diyar Bakr. He was appointed by Öljaitü as viceroy. His descendants held Diyar Bakr in their hands following the dissolution...

Picture from Maqamat 43 "Encounter at Al-Bakriya" [1]. "Al-Bakriya" = Diyar Bakr, see Eger, A. Asa (18 November 2014). The Islamic-Byzantine Frontier:...

between Aq Qoyunlu and the Mamluk Sultanate in August 1480 at Urfa in Diyar Bakr (modern-day Turkey). The reason was the invasion of the Mamluks into the...

pre-Islamic times, mainly in Mesopotamia, but especially in the district of Diyar Bakr, where they settled in numbers, and from there to the adjacent Armenian...

succeed him in Egypt, al-Ashraf received al-Jazira, and al-Awhad was given Diyar Bakr, but the latter territory shifted to al-Ashraf's domain after al-Awhad...

Maqama 30: Marriage procession. Arabe 3929, 117r Maqama 43: the Sheikh of Diyar Bakr in Turkic dress, wearing the sharbūsh with tall cap. Maqamat 43, Arabe...

losing his kingdom to the Safavid Shah Ismail I (r. 1501–1524), he fled to Diyar Bakr, where he was eventually killed by Shah Ismail's Qizilbash soldiers at...

for involving in a conspiracy with Sogai and was replaced by Mulai in Diyar Bakr. His appointment in Mamluk border was not without incidents. In 1299,...

The Banu Shayban tribe, a branch of the Banu Bakr, settled in the wider area and dominated the Diyar Bakr politically until the late 9th century. Arzen...

became known as the Barambays. Sutay (1312-1316 in Diyar Bakr, 1316–1319 in Ahlat, 1319–1332 in Diyar Bakr) Hajji Taghay (1332 - 1343) Ibrahimshah (1343 -...

Mesopotamia (al-Jazira proper), divided between the districts of Diyar Bakr, Diyar Rabi'a and Diyar Mudar, and at times including Mosul, Arminiya and Adharbayjan...

Turkomans first acquired land in 1402, when Timur granted them all of Diyar Bakr in present-day Turkey. For a long time, the Aq Qoyunlu were unable to...

of 1174, Nur ad-Din was mustering an army, sending summons to Mosul, Diyar Bakr, and the Jazira in an apparent preparation of an attack against Saladin's...

was led by 60 emirs, notably Hajji Taghay (son of Sutay, Governor of Diyar Bakr), Uyghur commander Ögrünch, Torut (a son of Nari and relative of Narin...

and influential Arab tribe Banu Bakr, who lived across upper Mesopotamia, and gave their name to the city of Diyar Bakr. The eldest brother, known as Majd...

in June–July 1459 in Amid (present-day Diyarbakır) in the province of Diyar Bakr to Shaykh Junayd and Khadija Begum bt. Qara Othman, a sister of Uzun Hasan...

were led by 60 emirs, notably Hajji Taghay (son of Sutai, Governor of Diyar Bakr, from Oirats), Uyghur commander Ögrünch, Torut (a son of Nari and relative...

flees to Northumbria. Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Shaybani, Muslim ruler of Diyar Bakr, surrenders at the besieged capital of Amid (modern Turkey) to Caliph...

behind and seizing all of its provisions. Tutush consequently withdrew to Diyar Bakr where he spent the winter. In 1080, Tutush determined to capture Aleppo...

ad-Din Ayyub ibn al-Adil Abu Bakr ibn Najm ad-Din Ayyub (died 1210) was the third Ayyubid emir (prince) of the Diyar Bakr emirate, centered in Mayyafariqin...

governor of Mosul and all three provinces of the Jazira, i.e. Diyar Rabi'a, Diyar Mudar and Diyar Bakr. That year the Banu Habib, numbering 12,000 horsemen and...

of 1174, Nur ad-Din was mustering an army, sending summons to Mosul, Diyar Bakr, and the Jazira in an apparent preparation of an attack against Saladin's...

flees to Northumbria. Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Shaybani, Muslim ruler of Diyar Bakr, surrenders at the besieged capital of Amid (modern Turkey) to Caliph...

Khatun) Chechak Khatun - married to Borachu, son of Durabai - Governor of Diyar Bakr Maynu Khatun - married to Jandan, son of Garai Baurchi of Tatars Baytegin...