Qara Qoyunlu

The Qara Qoyunlu or Kara Koyunlu, also known as the Black Sheep Turkomans, were a culturally Persianate, Muslim Turkoman monarchy that ruled over the territory comprising present-day Azerbaijan, Armenia, northwestern Iran, eastern Turkey, and northeastern Iraq from about 1374 to 1468.

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Shapur brings Farhad before Shirin. Khusrau u Shirin by Nizami. Tabriz 1406-1410. Freer Gallery of Art 31.34

The court of Pir Budaq, Shiraz, Iran, circa 1455-60 (cropped)

Khalili Collection Islamic Art tls 0666

Wine Drinking in a Spring Garden, ca. 1430, possibly Tabriz (Metropolitan Museum of Art, 57.51.24)

Coin of Qara Iskander (Kara Koyunlu)

Qara Yusif enthroned, 15th century

Timurids fighting Turkomans. Battle between the armies of Abu Bakr of Tabriz, son of Miranshah, and Qara Yusuf Qaraqoyunlu (1407). A miniature painting from a sixteenth century manuscript of Mirkhvand's Rawzat al-Safa (cropped)

Frontispiece from a copy of Kalila wa Dimna of Abu’l-Ma‘ali Nasr Allah. Baghdad (possibly), c. 1465. Tehran, Gulistan Palace Library, no. 827 (color detail)

Minorski-Jihan

Tanka of Qara Yusuf and Pir Budag

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
event	armed conflict	1387	Battle of Chapakchur	battle, Timurid Empire, Qara Qoyunlu	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1387	Battle of Mush	battle, Qara Qoyunlu, Timurid Empire	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1387	Timur's campaigns against the Turkmens, Van, Erzincan and Kurdistan	Timurid Empire, Qara Qoyunlu, military campaign	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1394	1394 Diyar Bakr campaign	Timurid Empire, Qara Qoyunlu, military campaign, Principality of Hakkâri	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1394	Battle of Erciş	battle, Qara Qoyunlu, Timurid Empire	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1395	Battle of Qara-Derrah Pass	Qara Qoyunlu, Timurid Empire, battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1395	Timurid campaign against the Qara Qoyunlu	military campaign, Timurid Empire, Qara Qoyunlu	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1399	1399–1400 Arab Iraq, Khuzestan and Baghdad campaign	Timurid Empire, Qara Qoyunlu, military campaign, Jalayirid Sultanate	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1400	Battle of Aleppo	battle, Mamluk Sultanate, Qara Qoyunlu, Jalayirid Sultanate	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1402	Battle of Algami Canal	Qara Qoyunlu, Timurid Empire, battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1406	Battle of Nakhchivan	Qara Qoyunlu, Timurid Empire, battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1407	Turkoman invasions of Georgia	Qara Qoyunlu, invasion, Aq Qoyunlu, Kingdom of Georgia	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1408	Battle of Sardrud	battle, Qara Qoyunlu, Timurid Empire, Kingdom of Shirvan	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1410	Battle of Şənbi-Qazan	battle, Qara Qoyunlu, Jalayirid Sultanate	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1412	Battle of Chalagan	Kingdom of Georgia, battle, Qara Qoyunlu, Avar Khanate, Kingdom of Shirvan	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1421	Battle of Alashkert	battle, Aq Qoyunlu, Timurid Empire, Qara Qoyunlu	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1460	Battle of the Samur River	battle, Qara Qoyunlu, Safavid order, Kingdom of Shirvan	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1467	Battle of Chapakchur	battle, Aq Qoyunlu, Qara Qoyunlu	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1467	Battle of Mush	battle, Qara Qoyunlu, Aq Qoyunlu	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1468	Battle of Khoy	battle, Aq Qoyunlu, Qara Qoyunlu	Wikidata
commons	image		Shapur brings Farhad before Shirin. Khusrau u Shirin by Nizami. Tabriz 1406-1410. Freer Gallery of Art 31.34		Commons
commons	image		The court of Pir Budaq, Shiraz, Iran, circa 1455-60 (cropped)		Commons
commons	image		Khalili Collection Islamic Art tls 0666		Commons
commons	image		Wine Drinking in a Spring Garden, ca. 1430, possibly Tabriz (Metropolitan Museum of Art, 57.51.24)		Commons
commons	image		Coin of Qara Iskander (Kara Koyunlu)		Commons
commons	image		Qara Yusif enthroned, 15th century		Commons
commons	image		Timurids fighting Turkomans. Battle between the armies of Abu Bakr of Tabriz, son of Miranshah, and Qara Yusuf Qaraqoyunlu (1407). A miniature painting from a sixteenth century manuscript of Mirkhvand's Rawzat al-Safa (cropped)		Commons
commons	image		Frontispiece from a copy of Kalila wa Dimna of Abu’l-Ma‘ali Nasr Allah. Baghdad (possibly), c. 1465. Tehran, Gulistan Palace Library, no. 827 (color detail)		Commons
commons	image		Minorski-Jihan		Commons
commons	image		Tanka of Qara Yusuf and Pir Budag		Commons