List of rulers of Aq Qoyunlu

This is the list of rulers of Aq Qoyunlu dynasty ("The Horde of the White Sheep"). The 1st Chief of the confederation was Tur Ali bin Pehlwan (1340 - 1360 C.E.) followed by his son Qutlugh bin Tur Ali (1360 - 1378/79 C.E.) who formed the Aq Qoyunlu Turkmen Principality. He in turn was followed by his son Qara Yoluq Osman, the founder of Aq Qoyunlu Beylik or State. The dynasty originated around Diyarbakır and ruled the territory now part of present-day Turkey, Iraq and Iran. Their capital was the city of Tabriz after 1471-1472. They gained international significance under Uzun Hasan who became their greatest leader. He conquered the Qara Qoyunlu and defeated the Timurid Empire thus adding significant portions of Iran to his kingdom but eventually losing to the Ottoman Empire weakening his kingdom which eventually was absorbed into Safavid Iran.

Aq Qoyunlu rulers

• In letters from the Ottoman Sultans, when addressing the kings of Aq Qoyunlu, such titles as Arabic: ملك الملوك الأيرانية‎‎ "Iranian King of Kings", Arabic: سلطان السلاطين الإيرانية‎‎ "Iranian Sultan of Sultans", Persian: شاهنشاه ایران خدیو عجم‎‎ Shåhanshåh Irån Khadiv Ajam "Shahanshah of Iran and Ruler of Persia", Jamshid shawkat va Fereydun råyat va Dårå deråyat "Powerful like Jamshid, flag of Fereydun and wise like Darius" have been used.^[1] Uzun Hassan also held the title Padishah-i Iran "Padishah of Iran",^[2] which was re-adopted again in the Safavid times through his grandson Ismail I, the founder of the Safavid dynasty.

Titular Name	Personal Name	Reign
Bey بیگ	Tur Ali Pehlwan طور علی پہلوان	1340 - 1360 C.E.
Bey بیگ Fakhr-al-Din فخر الدین	Qutlugh bin Tur Ali قتلغ بن طور علی	1360 - 1378/79 C.E.
Bey بیگ	Ahmed bin Qutlugh احمد بن قتلغ Nominally Under Qara Yoluq Osman from 1396 - 1403 C.E.	1389 - 1403 C.E.
Bey بیگ Baha-al-Din بھا الدین	Qara Yoluq Osman قرا یولک عثمان	1403 - 1435 C.E.
Bey بیگ Jalal-al-Din جلال الدین	Ali bin Qara Yoluq Osman علی بن قرا یولک عثمان	1435 - 1438 C.E.
Bey بیگ Nur-al-Din نور الدین	Hamza bin Qara Yoluq Osman حمزہ بن قرا یولک عثمان	1438 - 1444 C.E.
Bey بیگ Mu'izz-al-Din معز الدین	Jahangir bin Ali جهانگیر بن علی	1444 - 1451/52 C.E.
Bey بیگ	Qilich Arslan bin Ahmed قلچ ارسلان بن احمد	1451/52 - 1457
Bey بیگ Abul-Nasr ابو النصر	Uzun Hasan bin Ali اوزون حسن بن علی	1457 - 1478 C.E.
Bey بیگ Abul-Fath ابو الفتح	Sultan Khalil bin Uzun Hasan سلطان خلیل بن اوزون حسن	1478 C.E.
Bey بیگ Abul-Muzaffar ابو المظفر	Yaqub bin Uzun Hasan یعقوب بن اوزون حسن	1478 - 1490 C.E.
Bey بیگ Abul-Fath ابو الفتح	Baysonqor bin Yaqub بایسنقر بن یعقوب	1490 - 1491 C.E.
Bey بیگ Abul-Muzaffar ابو المظفر	Rustam bin Maqsud bin Uzun Hasan رستم بن مقصود بن اوزون حسن	1493 - 1497 C.E.
Bey بیگ Abul-Nasr ابو النصر	Ahmed Gövde bin Ughurlu Muhammad bin Uzun Hasan احمد گوده بن اغورلو محمد بن اوزون حسن	1497 C.E.
Division of Aq Qoyunlu Beylik.

• Yellow Shaded rows signify Progenitors of Aq Qoyunlu dynasty.
  • Blue Shaded row signifies Nominal rule.

Diyarbakır	Azerbaijan	Iraq	Isfahan, Fars & Kerman
Bey بیگ Abul-Muzaffar ابو المظفر Alwand bin Yusuf bin Uzun Hasan الوند بن یوسف بن اوزون حسن 1497 - 1502 C.E.		Bey بیگ Abul-Mukarram ابو المکرم Muhammad bin Yusuf bin Uzun Hasan محمد بن یوسف بن اوزون حسن 1497 - 1500 C.E.
Bey بیگ Zayn-al-Aibidin bin Ahmed bin Ughurlu Muhammad زین العابدین بن احمد بن اغورلو محمد 1504 - 1508 C.E.	Shāh Ismāʿil شاہ اسماعیل After invading Azerbaijan and taking Baku, Shah Ismail I besieged the fort at Gulistan when news arrived that Alwand bin Yusuf bin Uzun Hasan had reached Nakhchivan with an army. Ismail broke off the siege and went rapidly to combat the Aq Qoyunlu. He sent his commander Piri Beg who defeated the Aq Qoyunlu commander Amir Uthman at the Battle of Shurur near Nakhchivan thus leaving the Aq Qoyunlu to rapidly collapse as a kingdom. 1502 C.E.		Bey بیگ Abul-Muzaffar ابو المظفر Sultan Murad bin Yaqub bin Uzun Hasan سلطان مراد بن یعقوب بن اوزون حسن 1500 - 1508 C.E.
Dissolution of Aq Qoyunlu in 1508. Absorbed into the Safavid Empire of Iran.

References

1. Muʾayyid S̲ābitī, ʻAlī (1967). Asnad va Namahha-yi Tarikhi (Historical documents and letters from early Islamic period towards the end of Shah Ismaʻil Safavi's reign.). Iranian culture & literature. Kitābkhānah-ʾi Ṭahūrī., pp. 193, 274, 315, 330, 332, 422 and 430. See also: Abdul Hussein Navai, Asnaad o Mokatebaat Tarikhi Iran (Historical sources and letters of Iran), Tehran, Bongaah Tarjomeh and Nashr-e-Ketab, 2536, pages 578,657, 701-702 and 707
2. H.R. Roemer, "The Safavid Period", in Cambridge History of Iran, Vol. VI, Cambridge University Press 1986, p. 339: "Further evidence of a desire to follow in the line of Turkmen rulers is Ismail's assumption of the title 'Padishah-i-Iran', previously held by Uzun Hasan."