List of rulers of Qara Qoyunlu

The ruling family of the Qara Qoyunlu descended from the Yıwa tribe of the Oghuz Turks, specifically, the Baharlu tribe.[1] They ruled over present-day Iran, Iraq, Azerbaijan and eastern Turkey.

Qara Qoyunlu rulers

Titular Name Personal Name Reign
Bey
بیگ
Bayram Khwaja
بیرم خواجہ
1374 – 1378 C.E.
Bey
بیگ
Qara Muhammad Turemish (Nephew of Bairam Khwaja)
قرا محمد ترمش
1378 – 1388 C.E.
Bey
بیگ
Abu Nasr
ابو النصر
Qara Yusuf Nuyan ibn Qara Muhammad
قرا یوسف نوین بن محمد
1388 – 1394 C.E.
Amir Timur invades Kara Koyunlu (1394 – 1405 C.E.)
Bey
بیگ
Abu Nasr
ابو النصر
Qara Yusuf Nuyan ibn Qara Muhammad
قرا یوسف نوین بن محمد
1405 – 1420 C.E.
Bey
بیگ
Qara Iskander ibn Yusuf
قرا اسکندر بن یوسف
1420 – 1436 C.E.
Bey
بیگ
Abu Said Busat
ابوسعید
1430 – 1430 C.E.
Bey
بیگ
Ispend bin Yusuf
اسپند بن یوسف
1420 – 1445 C.E.
Bey
بیگ
Muzaffar-al-Din
مظفرالدین
Jahan Shah ibn Yusuf
جہاں شاہ ابن یوسف
1436- 1447 C.E.
Shahrukh's death and beginning of the Timurid war of succession (1447- 1459 C.E.)
Bey
بیگ
Muzaffar-al-Din
مظفرالدین
Jahan Shah ibn Yusuf
جہاں شاہ ابن یوسف
1447- 1467 C.E.
Bey
بیگ
Hasan Ali ibn Jahan Shah
حسن علی ابن جہاں شاہ
1467 – 1468 C.E.
Bey
بیگ
Mirza Yusuf 1468 – 1469 C.E.
Conquest by the Aq Qoyunlu.
  • Yellow Shaded row signifies Progenitor of Qara Qoyunlu dynasty.
  • Pink Shaded row signifies Qara Qoyunlu rulers under Timurid vassalage.

Genealogy of Qara Qoyunlu

House of Yiwa

Qara Qoyunlu
Qutb-Shahi Dynasty

Mansur
Bayram-Khwaja
r. 1374–1380
Dursun
Muhammad
r. 1380–1389
Yusuf I
r. 1389–1401, 
1405–1420
Pir-Budaq
r. 1411–1413
Iskandar
r. 1421–1429, 
1431–1436
Abu Sa'id
r. 1429–1431
Jahan-Shah
r. 1436–1467
AlwandHasan-Ali
r. 1468–1469
Yusuf II
r. 1469–1469
Pir-QuliKhadija
Uways-Quli
Sultan-Quli
r. 1518–1543
Jamshid-Quli
r. 1543–1550
Ibrahim-Quli
r. 1550–1580
Subhan-Quli
r. 1550–1550
Muhammad-Quli
r. 1580–1612
Muhammad-Amin
Hayath-BakhshiMuhammad
r. 1612–1626
Abdullah
r. 1626–1672
Abu'l-Hasan
r. 1672–1687
Badshah

References

  1. ^ Peter B. Golden (1992). An Introduction to the History of the Turkic Peoples. pp. 367–368.