The Qara Qoyunlu or Kara Koyunlu (Azerbaijani: Qaraqoyunlular, قاراقویونلولار‎; Persian: قره قویونلو), also known as the Black Sheep Turkomans, were a...

The Kara Koyunlu were a Turkmen tribal federation that ruled over northwestern Iran and surrounding areas from 1374 to 1468 CE. The Kara Koyunlu expanded...

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The Mausoleum of Kara Koyunlu emirs or Mausoleum of Turkmen emirs (Armenian: Կարա-Կոյունլուների դամբարան) also known as Emir Pir-Hussein Mausoleum, is...

control of the Kara Koyunlu Shia Oghuz Turkic tribe. According to the Armenian historian Thomas of Metsoph, although the Kara Koyunlu levied heavy taxes...

in order to deal with troubles at home. Next came the invasion of the Kara Koyunlu leader, Jahan Shah who took Mazandaran. During this chaotic time Khurasan...

reassert his authority. In 1366 Shaykh Uways Jalayir marched against the Kara Koyunlu, defeating their leader, Bairam Khwaja, at the battle of Mush. Later...

Qara Muhammad قرا یوسف نوین بن محمد 1388 – 1394 C.E. Amir Timur invades Kara Koyunlu (1394 – 1405 C.E.) Bey بیگ Abu Nasr ابو النصر Qara Yusuf Nuyan ibn Qara...

1017/S0041977X00106342. ISSN 1474-0699. S2CID 162273460. Sümer, Faruk (1984). Kara Koyunlular (in Turkish). Ankara: Türk Tarih Kurumu. p. 304. Muḥaddis, Mīr...

attack arranged by his rival, Uzun Hasan, leader of Ak Koyunlu. Ak Koyunlu then annexes Kara Koyunlu. 1465: Abdul Haq is assassinated, ending the Marinid...

Abu Said (Azerbaijani: ابوسعید) was a ruler of the Qara Qoyunlu who ruled briefly under the suzerainty of the Timurids. He was a governor of Erzincan during...

legendary ancestor of Oghuz Turks. According to Professor G. L. Lewis: The Ak-koyunlu Sultans claimed descent from Bayindir Khan and it is likely, on the face...

Politics and Acculturation in Medieval Iran. Brill. ISBN 978-90-04-16031-6. Sümer, Faruk (1984). Kara Koyunlular (in Turkish). Ankara: Türk Tarih Kurumu...

clan of the Kara Koyunlu confederation. The Kara Koyunlu had ruled Western Persia for decades before being overthrown by their Ak Koyunlu rivals. Bairam...

Ilkhanate, the invasions of Timur and the establishment of the Turkoman Kara Koyunlu and Aq Qoyunlu tribal confederations. In the 11th century, the Seljuk...

Shah Muhammad (died 5 August 1433) was a 15th century Qara Qoyunlu prince, second son of Qara Yusuf and a governor of Baghdad. According to Mamluk historian...

Kara Koyunlu, meaning "of the black sheep," who dominated northwestern Iran (modern-day Iranian Azerbaijan), Kurdistan, and South Caucasus Ak Koyunlu...

(r.1260-1292), ruler of Mardin, submitted to the Mongol Hulegu. The Kara Koyunlu captured Mardin and finally put an end to Artuqid rule in 1409. Despite...

the Turkmen Kara Koyunlu (“[Those of the] Black Sheep”), who took Baghdad in 1412." "Kara Koyunlu". Encyclopaedia Britannica. "Kara Koyunlu, also spelled...

The Battle of Nakhchivan was fought between Kara Koyunlu under their Bey, Qara Yusuf and the Timurid Empire under the leadership of Timur's grandson Abu...

Azerbaijan. In 1410 the area was ruled by the Kara Koyunlu, who ruled until 1468. The pastoral culture of the Kara Koyunlu Turks undermined agricultural practices...

the Kara Koyunlu clan, were among the first to rebel against Shah Rukh who ruled most of the Persia and Mawerannahr. Qara Yusuf, ruler of the Kara Koyunlu...

(1984). Kara Koyunlular (in Turkish). Ankara: Türk Tarih Kurumu. pp. 57, 296. OCLC 23544001. Ismail Aka, "Shahrukh's campaigns against Kara Koyunlu" (in...

position, Ahmad requested the assistance of the Kara Koyunlu. Shaikh 'Ali fell in battle against the Kara Koyunlu. In the spring of 1384, the Chagatai amir...

Marand Jame' Mosque Ark Mosque, 724 Asnaq mosque Ahar Jame' Mosque Arg of Tabriz Mosque of Master and Student Blue Mosque, Tabriz Jamal Abad mosque Imamzadeh...

centuries, the region suffered from the Seljuk, Mongol, Ag Qoyunlu and Kara Koyunlu invasions, respectively. At the beginning of the 16th century, the territory...

with the state Kara Koyunlu. During the 1370s, in alliance with Jalayirid Sultanate and Golden Horde Qutlugh fought against Kara Koyunlu. However, in 1386...

the Mongol occupation and conquest by the Safavid dynasty of Iran, the Kara Koyunlu and Aq Qoyunlu – two Turkoman confederations – were in control of the...

Karakoyun may refer to: Kara Koyunlu, a Turkic tribal federation Karakoyunlu, a district of Iğdır Province in Turkey Karakoyun, Armenia, a town in Armenia...

rulers of Shirvan and Ak-Koyunlu, were Sunnis. The Safavids, in turn, acted under the banner of Shiism. Sultan Iskender Kara-Koyunlu wanted to subjugate the...