State
Aq Qoyunlu
Historical state that ruled Eastern Anatolia, Azerbaijan, and Iran (1378–1503)
- This boundary
- 1378–1508
- Founded
- 1378
- Ended
- 1508
- Capital
- Diyarbakır, Tabriz, Baghdad
- Government
- monarchy, absolutism, absolute monarchy
- Languages
- Persian
Overview
The Aq Qoyunlu or the White Sheep Turkomans (Azerbaijani: Ağqoyunlular, آغقویونلولار; Persian: آق قویونلو) was a Turkoman, culturally Persianate, Sunni Muslim tribal confederation. Founded in the Diyarbakir region by Qara Yuluk Uthman Beg, they ruled parts of present-day eastern Turkey from 1378 to 1508, 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.
Records (31)
- 1390–1399 — Bayezid I's Anatolian campaignsCampaign
- 1402 — Battle of AnkaraBattle
- 1407–1502 — Turkoman invasions of GeorgiaInvasion
- 1407 — Çekem's Aq Qoyunlu campaignCampaign
- 1421 — Battle of AlashkertBattle
- 1429–1433 — Edessa CampaignsCampaign
- 1436 — Battle of DiyarbakırBattle
- 1438 — Aq Qoyunlu campaignCampaign
- 1461 — Battle of KoyulhisarBattle
- 1464–1465 — Siege of GergerSiege
- 1465 — Battle of HarputBattle
- 1467 — Battle of ChapakchurBattle
- 1467 — Battle of MushBattle
- 1468 — Battle of KhoyBattle
- 1469 — Battle of QarabaghBattle
- 1470–1474 — Aq Qoyunlu–Mamluk WarWar
- 1472 — Battle of KıreliBattle
- 1472 — Battle of TerjanBattle · White Sheep Turcomans ▸ Ottoman Empire
- 1473 — Battle of OtlukbeliBattle
- 1473 — Battle of MalatyaBattle
- 1473 — Siege of SebinkarahisarSiege
- 1473 — Battle of ErzincanBattle
- 1478 — Battle of KhoyBattle
- 1480 — Battle of UrfaBattle
- 1486–1487 — Safavid–Circassian warWar
- 1497 — Battle of IsfahanBattle
- 1501 — Battle of SharurBattle
- 1501 — Siege of TabrizSiege
- 1503 — Battle of HamadanBattle
- 1503 — Battle of AlmabulagiBattle
- 1508 — Capture of BaghdadBattle
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