Aq Qoyunlu
The Aq Qoyunlu or the White Sheep Turkomans (Azerbaijani: Ağqoyunlular آق قویونلولر; Persian: آق قویونلو) was a culturally Persianate, Sunni Turkoman tribal confederation. Founded in the Diyarbakir region by Qara Yuluk Uthman Beg, they ruled parts of present-day eastern Turkey from 1378 to 1503, and in their last decades also ruled Armenia, Azerbaijan, much of Iran, Iraq, and Oman where the ruler of Hormuz recognised Aq Qoyunlu suzerainty. The Aq Qoyunlu empire reached its zenith under Uzun Hasan.
Aq Qoyunlu آق قویونلو | |||||||||||
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A flag (sanjak) from the period of the Uzun Hasan's reign (the original here)
Tamga of Bayandur
used by the Aq Qoyunlu | |||||||||||
The Aq Qoyunlu confederation at its greatest extent under Uzun Hasan | |||||||||||
| Status | Confederate Sultanate | ||||||||||
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| Religion | Sunni Islam | ||||||||||
| Government | Monarchy | ||||||||||
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• 1378–1435 | Qara Yuluk Uthman Beg | ||||||||||
• 1497–1503 | Sultan Murad | ||||||||||
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| Historical era | Medieval | ||||||||||
• First raid on the Trapezuntine Empire by Tur Ali Beg | 1340 | ||||||||||
• Siege of Trebizond | 1348 | ||||||||||
• Established | 1378 | ||||||||||
• Coup by Uzun Hasan | Autumn 1452 | ||||||||||
• Reunification | 1457 | ||||||||||
• Death of Ahmad Beg, division of the Aq Qoyunlu | December, 1497 | ||||||||||
• Collapse of the Aq Qoyunlu rule in Iran | Summer 1503 | ||||||||||
• End of the Aq Qoyunlu rule in Mesopotamia | Autumn 1508 | ||||||||||
| Currency | Akçe Ashrafi Dinar Tanka Hasanbegî (equal to 2 akçe) | ||||||||||
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