Aq Qoyunlu
Persianate, Sunni-Muslim Turkoman confederation (1378–1503) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Aq Qoyunlu or the White Sheep Turkomans[lower-alpha 3] (Azerbaijani: Ağqoyunlular آق قویونلولر; Persian: آق قویونلو) was a culturally Persianate,[16][17] Sunni[9] Turkoman[18][19] tribal confederation. Founded in the Diyarbakir region by Qara Yuluk Uthman Beg,[20][21] 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.[22][23] The Aq Qoyunlu empire reached its zenith under Uzun Hasan.[4]
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1378–1503[lower-alpha 1] | |||||||||||
A flag (sanjak) from the period of the Uzun Hasan's reign (the original here)
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Status | Confederate Sultanate | ||||||||||
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Religion | Sunni Islam[9] | ||||||||||
Government | Monarchy | ||||||||||
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• 1378–1435 | Qara Yuluk Uthman Beg | ||||||||||
• 1497–1503 | Sultan Murad | ||||||||||
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Historical era | Medieval | ||||||||||
1340 | |||||||||||
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• Established | 1378 | ||||||||||
Autumn 1452 | |||||||||||
• Reunification[4] | 1457 | ||||||||||
December, 1497 | |||||||||||
• Collapse of the Aq Qoyunlu rule in Iran[4] | Summer 1503 | ||||||||||
Autumn 1508 | |||||||||||
Currency | Akçe[11] Ashrafi[11] Dinar[11] Tanka[11] Hasanbegî[12] (equal to 2 akçe) | ||||||||||
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