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. 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.