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The Ak Quyunlu White Sheep Turkmen |
| The Ak Quyunlu White Sheep Turkmen The Ak Quyunlu White Sheep Turkmen were Sunni tribes descended from the Ohguz Turkmen. They were related to the Seljuk but a separate line of decent from the Ohguz. The seat of the Ak Quyunlu was Diyarbakir in present day Turkey The Ak Quyunlu White Sheep Turkmen were Sunni. A.H. A.D. 780—908 91. AK-KUYUNLI 1378—1502 TURKOMANS
OF THE WHITE SHEEP. The White Sheep or Ak-Kuyunli succeeded their rivals the Black Sheep in Adharbijan (Azarbijan) and Diyar-Bakr (Diyarbakir), but after some thirty years of sole authority they were defeated by Shah Isma'il the Safavid at the great battle of Shurur in 1502 (907), and the dynasty soon afterwards expired. A.H. A.D. 780 Kara-Yiiluk 'Othman .... 1378 809 Hamza 1406 848 Jahangir • 1444 871 Uzun Hasan 1466 883 Khalil 1478 884 Ya'kub 1479 896 Baysunkur* 1490 897 Rustam 1491 902 Ahmad 1496 903 Murad 1497 905 Alwand 1499 906 Mohammad 1500 907 Murad (restored) 1501 —908 —1502 \.Safavids] * 'Ali and Masih were rival claimants in 896.
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