Aq Qoyunlu
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The Aq Qoyunlu or the White Sheep Turkomans was a Turkoman, culturally Persianate, Sunni Muslim tribal confederation. Founded in the Diyarbakir region by Qara Yuluk Uthman Beg, they ruled parts of pre
Contemporary depiction of Sultan Khalil, in a miniature from the manuscript of Divan of Hidayat (1478). Chester Beatty Library (MS 401).
Sultan Murad, as prisoner of the Safavids.
Edict of the Aq-Quyunlu ruler Ya'qub
South iwan of the courtyard of the Jameh Mosque of Isfahan, with central Uzun Hasan inscription: "...The most lawful and most exalted sulṭān Abū l-Naṣr Ḥasan bahādur, may god make his kingship and rule eternal...". The iwan was renovated by Uzun Hasan, who also had the entire surface decorated with enamel colored tiles.
Jalal al-Din Davani
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Jalal al-Din al-Dawani, also known as Allama Davani, was a theologian, philosopher, jurist, and poet, who is considered to have been one of the leading scholars in late 15th-century Iran.
Mausoleum of Jalal al-Din Davani in his hometown of Davan