Mulla Badi Bridge
It’s a famous historical bridge in the city of Faraqin/North Kurdistan, The bridge was built between the years 1147 and 1155 AD during the era of the Artuqid state. The Mela Badî Bridge is located on the Batman River (Iliyeh River), in the city of Faraqin (Mayafaraqin) in the Amed Governorate (Diyarbakir) - the capital of Kurdistan. The Mulla Badi bridge was named after the Kurdish prince (Prince Baz Ibn Dostik), nicknamed (Ibn Nasr al-Badi), The Historic Malabadi Bridge is located on the Batman Creek which disembogues to Dicle Tigris River at site of Çatakköprü within the district of Silvan on the border between the provinces of Diyarbakır and Batman. It is constructed at the narrowest section of the riverbed. The bridge is located approximately 104 km away from the modern city center of Diyarbakır, on the Ahlat highway which provides connection between the city of Diyarbakır via Van and Bitlis, the founder of the Marwanid (Dostik) Kurdish state, whose capital was the city of Fariqin (Mayafariqin). The construction of the unparalleled Mulla Badi Bridge began during the reign of the Kurdish Sultan Al-Marwani Sultan Hassan Ibn Baz in the year 1146 AD, and its construction was completed in the year 1153 AD. The Mulla Badi Bridge was built in the form of a vault with one arc opening, with a length of 150 meters, a width of 7 meters, and a height of 19 meters. The width of the base of the arc opening of the bridge is 38.6 meters. The stones of the Mulla Badi Bridge were inscribed with many inscriptions, as each new ruler of the Kurdish Marwanid state would engrave his name on one of the stones of the bridge. The inscribed stones of the Mulla Badi Bridge were robbed and destroyed by a racist Turkish general during the Sasun uprising. No one can read the writings inscribed on it.[1] [2]