Aq Qoyunlu

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Turkoman tribal confederation historical state

Aq Qoyunlu was a 15th-century Turkoman tribal confederation that ruled parts of Iran, Anatolia, and Mesopotamia before being supplanted by the Safavid Empire.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Aq Qoyunlu canonical	9
Aq Qoyunlu Confederation	1
Aq Qoyunlu dynasty	1
Aq Qoyunlu forces of Uzun Hasan	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Turkoman tribal confederation ⓘ historical state ⓘ
administrativeLanguage	Persian ⓘ
alternativeName	Aq Qoyunlu ⓘ surface form: Aq Qoyunlu Confederation White Sheep Turkomans ⓘ
capital	Diyarbakır ⓘ Tabriz ⓘ
coatOfArms	white sheep emblem ⓘ
conflict	conflicts with the Ottoman Empire ⓘ conflicts with the Timurid Empire ⓘ wars with the Kara Koyunlu ⓘ
continent	Asia ⓘ
culturalInfluence	Persianate culture ⓘ
currency	Dinar ⓘ surface form: dinar tanga ⓘ
dynasty	Bayandur ⓘ
endTime	early 16th century ⓘ
ethnicComposition	Turkmens ⓘ surface form: Turkoman
floruit	15th century ⓘ
governmentType	monarchy ⓘ tribal confederation ⓘ
historicalEra	Early Modern period ⓘ surface form: Early modern period Late Middle Ages ⓘ
language	Oghuz Turkic ⓘ Persian language ⓘ surface form: Persian
legalSystemInfluence	Islamic law ⓘ
nameEtymology	means "White Sheep" in Turkic ⓘ
notableBattle	Battle of Chapakchur ⓘ Battle of Otlukbeli ⓘ
notableEvent	defeat of the Kara Koyunlu in the mid-15th century ⓘ diplomatic contacts with Venice ⓘ rise of Uzun Hasan ⓘ
notableRuler	Qara Yuluk Osman ⓘ Uzun Hasan ⓘ Yakub Beg ⓘ surface form: Yaqub Beg
overthrownBy	Ismail I ⓘ
politicalStructure	confederation of Turkoman tribes ⓘ
predecessor	Qara Qoyunlu ⓘ surface form: Kara Koyunlu
region	Anatolia ⓘ Iran ⓘ Mesopotamia ⓘ
religion	Sunni Islam ⓘ
startTime	14th century ⓘ
successor	Safavid Empire ⓘ
territoryIncludes	Azerbaijan ⓘ Eastern Anatolia ⓘ Iraq ⓘ western Iran ⓘ surface form: Western Iran

Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Safavid Empire → precededBy → Aq Qoyunlu ⓘ

Tabriz → wasCapitalOf → Aq Qoyunlu ⓘ

Abu Sa'id Mirza → opponent → Aq Qoyunlu ⓘ

Oghuz → historicalConfederation → Aq Qoyunlu ⓘ

Aq Qoyunlu → alternativeName → Aq Qoyunlu ⓘ

this entity surface form: Aq Qoyunlu Confederation

Qara Qoyunlu → successor → Aq Qoyunlu ⓘ

Qara Qoyunlu → conflictWith → Aq Qoyunlu ⓘ

Uzun Hasan → memberOf → Aq Qoyunlu ⓘ

Uzun Hasan → dynasty → Aq Qoyunlu ⓘ

this entity surface form: Aq Qoyunlu dynasty

Battle of Qarabagh → conflictBetween → Aq Qoyunlu ⓘ

Battle of Qarabagh → belligerent → Aq Qoyunlu ⓘ

this entity surface form: Aq Qoyunlu forces of Uzun Hasan

Iranian dynasties → hasPart → Aq Qoyunlu ⓘ