Aq Qoyunlu
Persianate Turkoman confederation ruling over Azerbaijan and western Iran (1378–1503)
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The Aq Qoyunlu was a Turkoman confederation that ruled over Azerbaijan and western Iran from 1378 to 1503, blending Persian cultural traditions with Turkic political power. It matters as an important medieval state that controlled a strategically significant region during a transformative period in Middle Eastern history.
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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.
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