List of rulers of Aq Qoyunlu

This is the list of rulers of Aq Qoyunlu dynasty ("The Horde of the White Sheep"). The dynasty ruled the territory now part of present-day Turkey, Iraq and Iran. Their capital was the city of Tabriz after 1471-1472.

Osman ibn Fakhr al-Din Qutlu was the ruler of Amida before 1402. In 1402 he moved to Diyarbakır.

The rulers of Amida were:

Kutlu Beg was the father of Osman.

Aq Qoyunlu rulers

Rule Incumbent Notes
1378/9 to 1435/6 Kara Yülük Osman (son of Fakhr al-Din Qutlu)
1435/6 to 1444/5 Hamza (son of Kara 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; disposed by Safavid Shah Ismail I
1508 Safavid conquest