The ruling family of the
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 ...
descended from the
Yıwa tribe of the
Oghuz Turks
The Oghuz or Ghuzz Turks (Middle Turkic languages, Middle Turkic: ٱغُز, ''Oγuz'', ota, اوغوز, Oġuz) were a western Turkic people that spoke the Oghuz languages, Oghuz branch of the Turkic languages, Turkic language family. In th ...
, specifically, the
Baharlu tribe.
They ruled over present-day
Iran,
Iraq,
Azerbaijan and eastern
Turkey.
Qara Qoyunlu rulers
*''Yellow Shaded row signifies Progenitor of Qara Qoyunlu dynasty.''
*''Pink Shaded row signifies Qara Qoyunlu rulers under'' Timurid vassalage.
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Qara Qoyunlu rulers