State
Qara Qoyunlu
Persianate Muslim Turkoman monarchy (1374–1468)
- This boundary
- 1375–1468
- Founded
- 1375
- Ended
- 1468
- Capital
- Tabriz, Erciş, Mosul
- Government
- absolutism, absolute monarchy
- Languages
- Persian
- Religion
- Shia Islam
Overview
The Qara Qoyunlu or Kara Koyunlu (Azerbaijani: Qaraqoyunlular, قاراقویونلولار; Persian: قره قویونلو), also known as the Black Sheep Turkomans, were a Turkoman, culturally Persianate, Muslim dynasty that ruled over the territory comprising present-day Azerbaijan, Armenia, northwestern Iran, eastern Turkey, and northeastern Iraq from about 1374 to 1468.
Records (20)
- 1387 — Battle of ChapakchurBattle
- 1387 — Battle of MuşBattle
- 1387 — Timur's campaigns against the Turkmens, Van, Erzincan and KurdistanCampaign
- 1394 — Battle of ErcişBattle
- 1394 — 1394 Diyar Bakr campaignCampaign
- 1395 — Battle of Qara-Derrah PassBattle
- 1395 — Timurid campaign against the Qara QoyunluCampaign
- 1399–1400 — 1399–1400 Arab Iraq, Khuzestan and Baghdad campaignCampaign
- 1400 — Battle of AleppoBattle
- 1402 — Battle of Algami CanalBattle
- 1406 — Battle of NakhchivanBattle
- 1407–1502 — Turkoman invasions of GeorgiaInvasion
- 1408 — Battle of SardrudBattle
- 1410 — Battle of Şənbi-QazanBattle
- 1412 — Battle of ChalaganBattle
- 1421 — Battle of AlashkertBattle
- 1460 — Battle of the Samur RiverBattle
- 1467 — Battle of ChapakchurBattle
- 1467 — Battle of MushBattle
- 1468 — Battle of KhoyBattle
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