Middle East Kingdoms

The White Sheep Emirate / Ak Qoyunlu
AD 1403 - 1508

The Ak Qoyunlu (or Ak Qoyun) were a Uzbek Turkmen tribal confederation which settled in eastern Anatolia during the mid-fourteenth century, while the region was politically divided. One of their achievements was the conquest of Diyar Bakr, which was controlled by one of the descendants of the former Ayyubid governor, Saladin.

1403 - 1438

Kara Osman

1435 - 1478

Uzun Hassan

1467 - 1469

Uzun Hassan is responsible for the death of the powerful Black Sheep emir, Jahan Shah. He threatens to overwhelm the entire Black Sheep emirate, despite it receiving assistance from Abu Sa'id of Transoxiana, achieving his aim in 1468. Abu Sa'id is captured in the Azerbaijan mountains in 1469 while on campaign against the White Sheep emirate, and is subsequently handed over to Yadigar Muhammad in Khorasan and executed.

1478

Soltan Khalil

1478 - 1490

Yaqub

1492 - 1494

Rostam

1497

Ahmed

1497 - 1508

Murad

1508

The White Sheep have for some years been torn by internal fighting. Thus weakened they are defeated by the Persian Safavids in 1503 (who themselves are descended from Uzun Hassan), and the dynasty ends with the death of Murad.