''Ketāb-e Dīārbakrīya'' ( fa, كتاب دياربكرية) is a book on the history of the

Aq Qoyunlu The Aq Qoyunlu ( az, Ağqoyunlular , ) was a culturally Persianate,Kaushik Roy, ''Military Transition in Early Modern Asia, 1400–1750'', (Bloomsbury, 2014), 38; "Post-Mongol Persia and Iraq were ruled by two tribal confederations: Akkoyunlu (Wh ...

and

Qara Qoyunlu The Qara Qoyunlu or Kara Koyunlu ( az, Qaraqoyunlular , fa, قره قویونلو), also known as the Black Sheep Turkomans, were a culturally Persianate, Muslim Turkoman "Kara Koyunlu, also spelled Qara Qoyunlu, Turkish Karakoyunlular, Eng ...

Turkmen dynasties in

Persian Persian may refer to: * People and things from Iran, historically called ''Persia'' in the English language ** Persians, the majority ethnic group in Iran, not to be conflated with the Iranic peoples ** Persian language, an Iranian language of the ...

. The book is considered the most important primary source on the history of these two dynasties. The author of the book is Abu Bakr Tehrani (). The book was written between 875/1469 and 883/1478.

Author

Abu Bakr Tehrani was a historian and official in the court of the Aq Qoyunlu and Qara Qoyunlu dynasties. The only information we have about him comes from his own autobiography in the book. He introduced himself as ''Abu Bakr al-Tehrani al-Esfahani'' ().

Importance

''Ketāb-e Dīārbakrīya'' is the only independent primary source about the Aq Qoyunlu and Qara Qoyunlu Turkmen dynasties.

Muhammad Khwandamir Ghiyath al-Din Muhammad, commonly known as Khvandamir (also spelled Khwandamir; 1475/6 – 1535/6) was a Persian historian who was active in the Timurid, Safavid and Mughal empires. He is principally known for his Persian universal history, the ...

was aware of the existence of this book, though he did not use it in his works. According to

Faruk Sümer Farooq (also transliterated as Farouk, Faruqi, Farook, Faruk, Faroeq, Faruq, or Farouq, Farooqi, Faruque or Farooqui; ar, فاروق, Fārūq) is a common Arabic given and family name. ''Al-Fārūq'' literally means "the one who distinguishes b ...

, the unique manuscript of this book contains information about the year 876 AH and is incomplete.

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Sources

* * {{TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, title=KİTÂB-ı DİYARBEKRİYYE كتاب دياربكرية Ebû Bekr-i Tihrânî’nin (ö. 882/1477’den sonra) Akkoyunlular’a dair Farsça eseri., author=Faruk Sümer Kara Koyunlu Persian-language books 1470s books Books of the Aq Qoyunlu