The ruling family of the Qara Qoyunlu descended from the Yıwa tribe of the Oghuz Turks, specifically, the Baharlu tribe.[1] They ruled over present-day Iran, Iraq, Azerbaijan and eastern Turkey.
^Peter B. Golden (1992). An Introduction to the History of the Turkic Peoples. pp. 367–368.
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The QaraQoyunlu or Kara Koyunlu (Azerbaijani: Qaraqoyunlular, قره قویونلولر; Persian: قره قویونلو), also known as the Black Sheep Turkomans, were a culturally...
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city of Tabriz after 1471-1472. They gained international significance under Uzun Hasan who became their greatest leader. He conquered the QaraQoyunlu and...
the QaraQoyunlu. The leading Aq Qoyunlu tribe was the Bayandur tribe. Uzun Hasan used to assert the claim that he was an "honorable descendant of Oghuz...
Qara Mahammad (Azerbaijani: Qara Məhəmməd قارا محمد) was a bey of the QaraQoyunlu and father ofQara Yusuf. Mahammad was a nephew of Bayram Khwaja and...
conquered neighbouring states. He was one of the greatest rulersof the QaraQoyunlu. He was also allegedly fond of drinking and entertainment. During his...
between two Timurid rulers, Jahan Shah of QaraQoyunlu (the Black Sheep Turkoman) and Uzun Hasan. After twenty years of fighting, Uzun Hasan eventually defeated...
Shah Rukh who ruled most of the Persia and Mawerannahr. Qara Yusuf, rulerof the QaraQoyunlu, defeated Shah Rukh, captured Baghdad, and repulsed Timurids...
Hamadan in Persia. He was the son of Uways Quli Beg, of the QaraQoyunlu dynasty, and Maryam Khanum, a daughter of the Hamadan noble Malik Saleh. Through...
Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia was an Armenian rump state in Cilicia. Qara Khitai was a rump state of the Liao dynasty. Guge was a rump state of the Tibetan Empire...
fighting the QaraQoyunlu in Van, Melik Khalil also went to pay homage to the Timurid ruler. The rule of Melik Khalil is described as a period of happiness...
prompted him to seek the assistance ofQara Mahammad (r. 1380–89) of the QaraQoyunlu. They flanked the Aq Qoyunlu forces, who took refuge under Burhan...
was born in the city of Tabriz at the end of the 17th century. He was descended from Jahan shah, one of the QaraQoyunlurulers. Like Jahan Shah, Nasha...
of 1077 to 1231, first as vassals of the Seljuks and the Qara Khitai (Western Liao), and later as independent rulers, up until the Mongol conquest of...
the rulerof the Aq Qoyunlu from 1478 until his death on 24 December 1490. A son of Uzun Hasan, he became the rulerof the dynasty after the death of his...
lists of kings, queens, sub-kings and sub-queens of this Era see: Listof Parthian monarchs Listofrulersof Parthian sub-kingdoms Note: Classical Persia...
Province, Iran. He belonged to the QaraQoyunlu, an Iranian Turkmen Muslim tribe and therefore a descendant ofQara Yusuf. In the 16th century, he migrated...
different powers. The last Artuqid ruler, al-Salih, finally yielded the city to Qara Yusuf, the leader ofQaraQoyunlu, in 1408–9, and left for Mosul. The...
of the Mongol khanate of Persia in the 1330s. It lasted about fifty years, until disrupted by Timur's conquests and the revolts of the QaraQoyunlu Turkoman...
interruption under the Mongols, the institution returned under the QaraQoyunlu and Aq Qoyunlu Turkmens. The various Iranian dynasties (Safavid, Afsharid, Qajar)...
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