Aq Qoyunlu, meaning the White Sheep Turkomans, was a Turkoman tribal confederation that ruled parts of eastern Anatolia, Azerbaijan, Iraq and Iran in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. It began as a small group in the region of Diyarbakir and rose to power under Uzun Hasan, who defeated the rival Qara Qoyunlu and the Timurids and made Tabriz his capital. Uzun Hasan was defeated by the Ottomans at the Battle of Otlukbeli in 1473, and his dynasty never regained its strength. It was finally overthrown by Shah Ismail I, founder of the Safavid dynasty, who was in part descended from Uzun Hasan's family. Under its rule, there was a flourishing of Persian culture and trade, linking the Mediterranean to the East.
Before and after
- from 1375 to 1468Qara Qoyunlu
- 21 December 1375Death of Giovanni Boccaccio
- c. 1377Construction of Bran Castle
- 1377Construction of Ulm Minster
- from 1378 to 1508Aq Qoyunlu
- 8 January 1379Birth of Callixtus III
- from 30 May 1381 to 1 November 1381Peasants' Revolt of 1381
- 1385Construction of Bodiam Castle
- 1386Construction of Heidelberg University
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The era
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