Qazi Isa Savaji
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Qazi Isa Savaji was a Persian bureaucrat from the Savaji family, who was among the leading figures during the reign of the Aq Qoyunlu rulers Uzun Hasan and Ya'qub Beg.
Illustration of Ya'qub Beg surrounded by his court
Uzun Hasan
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Uzun Hasan or Uzun Hassan was a ruler of the Turkoman Aq Qoyunlu state and is generally considered to be its strongest ruler. Hasan was from the Bayandur tribe and presided over the confederation's te
Qazi Isa Savaji
…spelled Qadi; died 1491) was a Persian bureaucrat from the Savaji family, who was among the leading figures during the reign of the Aq Qoyunlu rulers Uzun Hasan (r. 1453–1478) and Ya'qub Beg (r. 1478–1490). Qazi Isa was a member of the Savaji family from Persian Iraq (Irāq-i Ajam), a region corresponding to…
Uzun Hasan on horse, 1460s–1470s.
Ambrogio Contarini, Viaggio al signor Usun Hassan re di Persia ("Voyage to Sir Usun Hassan King of Persia"), 1487
South iwan of the courtyard of the Jameh Mosque of Isfahan, with central Uzun Hasan inscription. The iwan was renovated by Uzun Hasan, who also had the entire surface decorated with enamel colored tiles.
The celebrated Hasht Behesht ("Eight Paradises") Palace in Tabriz was started by Uzun Hasan and completed by his son Ya'qub Beg. Khamsa of Nizami, 1481, Tabriz (manuscript commissioned by Ya'qub Beg).