Rulers of Ak Koyunlu
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List of Rulers of Ak Koyunlu (The Horde of the White Sheep)
Territory now part of present-day Iraq, Iran and eastern Turkey. Capital at Tabriz after 1471/2.
Uthman ibn Fakhr al-Din Qutlu was ruler of Amida before 1402. In 1402 he moved to Diyarbakir.
The rulers of Amida were:
- Tur Ali c. 1340-1360
- Kutlu Beg ibn Tur Ali c. 1360-1378/79
Kutlu Beg was the father of Uthman
| Rule | Incumbent | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1378/9 to 1435/6 | Baha’ al-Din Qara Yülük ‘Uthman ibn Fakhr al-Din Qutlu | |
| 1435/6 to 1444/5 | Nur al-Din Hamza ibn Qara Yülük | in dispute with his brother ‘Ali (from Mardin) to 1438 |
| 1435/6 to 1438 | Nur al-Din ‘Ali ibn Qara Yülük | in dispute with his brother Hamza |
| 1444/5 to 1453/4 | M‘uizz al-Din Jihangir ibn ‘Ali ibn Qara Yülük | emir of Mardin 1453-1469. Then his son Kasim Ibn Djihangir 1469-1503 |
| 1453/4 to 1478/9 | Uzun Hasan ibn ‘Ali | Conquered Kara Koyunlu 1468/9 |
| 1478/9 to 1479/80 | Khalil ibn Uzun Hasan | |
| 1479/80 to 1490/1 | Y‘aqub ibn Uzun Hasan | |
| 1490/1 to 1491/2 | Baisonqur ibn Y‘aqub | |
| 1491/2 to 1496/7 | Rustam ibn Maqsud | |
| 1496/7 to 1497/8 | Ahmad Gövde ibn Muhammad | |
| 1497/8 to 1499/1500 | Murad ibn Ya‘qub | 1st Term |
| 1499/1500 to 1500/01 | Alwand ibn Yusuf | |
| 1499/1500 to 1500/01 | Muhammad Mirza ibn Yusuf | In Jibal and Fars |
| 1500/01 to 1501/2 | Muhammad Mirza ibn Yusuf | At Alwand, Isfahan and Kirman |
| 1501/2 to 1508 | Murad ibn Ya‘qub | 2nd Term; desposed by Safavid Shah Ismail I |
| 1508 | Safavid conquest |