This is the list of rulers of Kara Koyunlu dynasty ("The Horde of the Black Sheep"). The dynasty ruled the territory now part of present-day Iran, Iraq and eastern Turkey. Their capital was the city of Tabriz.
| Rule | Incumbent | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1378/9 to c.1388 | Qara Muhammad Turmush ibn Bairam Khwaja | |
| c.1388 to 1399/1400 | Abu Nasr Qara Yusuf Nuyan ibn Muhammad | 1st Term |
| 1399/1400 to 1405/6 | Timurid invasion | |
| 1405/6 to 1420/1 | Abu Nasr Qara Yusuf Nuyan ibn Muhammad | 2nd Term |
| 1420/1 to 1436 | Qara Iskander ibn Yusuf | |
| 1436 to 10 November 1467 | Muzaffar al-Din Jahan Shah ibn Yusuf | Killed by Uzun Hasan of the Ak Koyunlu |
| November 1467 to 1468 | Hasan ’Ali ibn Jahan Shah | |
| 1468 | Ak Koyunlu conquest |