Erciş
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Erciş is a municipality and district of Van Province, Turkey. Its area is 2,133 km2, and its population is 171,000 (2022). It is located at the northern end of Lake Van.
Erciş city center
Qara Qoyunlu
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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.
Qara Yusuf in the battle of Kura coast with the Shirvanshahs, 1412.
Mausoleum of Turkmen emirs, 1838 painting
Coinage of Jahan Shah (countermarked issue), dated AH 871 (1466-7)
Blue Mosque, Tabriz