Faction Thread: the Aq-Qoyunlu

**justme** · September 09, 2007, 05:58 AM

post any info regarding the Aq Qoyunlu (white sheep) here

**Hrimfar** · November 04, 2007, 08:48 AM

Since I have some spare time (catching my breath) I found this on wikipedia:Aq-Qoyunlu

Hope it might be of help...

**DrIstvaan** · November 04, 2007, 11:11 AM

Thanks, and as we have Boztorgai_Khan to cover this area, and thus he could tell us if that article is 100% reliable.

**Boztorgai_Khan** · November 05, 2007, 02:10 PM

There is well what 100% Real in Yeah, Goodjob.

We Start Now

Ak-Koyunlu ( Aq-Qoyunlu, White Sheep Turkomans )

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PURPLE COLOUR is the Ak-Koyunlu

RULERS of Ak-Koyunlu

The Aq Qoyunlu, or White Sheep Turks

Qutlugh Fakhr ad-Dîn c.1360-1389
Ahmad 1389-1403
Qara Yoluq Uthmân Fakhr ad-Dîn 1403-1435
Alî Jalâl ad-Dîn 1435-1438
Hamza Nûr ad-Dîn 1438-1444
Jahângîr Mu'izz ad-Dîn 1444-1457
Uzun Hasan 1457-1478
Sultân Khalîl 1478
Yaqûb 1478-1490
Baysonqur 1490-1493
Rustam 1493-1497
Ahmad Gövde 1497
Alwand - Diyâr Bakr & Azerbaijan, 1497-1502, d.1504
Muhammad - Iraq & Persia, 1497-1500
Sultân Murâd - Persia, 1500-1508, d.1514
Zayn al-Âbidîn - Diyâr Bakr, 1504-1508

Safavid conquest, 1508

What Unit's

Kyzylbash Infantry

**Boztorgai_Khan** · November 05, 2007, 02:26 PM

Ak-Koyunlu ( Aq-Qoyunlu, White Sheep Turkomans )

Aq-Qoyunlu Turkoman

When the great traveller Ibn Battuta (d.1368/69) visited the Ilkhânate in 1326-1327, its power seemed well founded and unassailable. When he returned from China, between 1346 and 1349, the Khânate had already collapsed! This abrupt and astonishing revolution left a number of successor states. The Jalâyirid Sultâns held Tabrîz, western Irân and lower Mesopotamia. The Black Sheep (Qara Qoyunlu) Turks lay just to the west, in Armenia and upper Mesopotamia. In between their domain and Trebizond were the White Sheep (Aq Qoyunlu) Turks. All were swept over, but not eliminated, by Tamerlane. As the Timurid hegemony receded, the Black Sheep Turks overthrew the Jalâyirids. It wasn't much longer, however, before the White Sheep Turks became the ultimate winner, assembling a state that stretched even into eastern Irân, the most successful of the Ilkhân successors. When they fell, it would be to an altogether new force, the Safavids, who, although Turks themselves, ushered in an Irânian, and a Shiite, revival.

**Boztorgai_Khan** · November 05, 2007, 02:38 PM

What Think You For the Other Faction - Qara-Qoyunlu ( Black Sheep Turkomans ) ??

Kara-Koyunlu ( Qara-Qoyunlu, Black Sheep Turkomans )

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RULERS of Kara-Koyunlu

The Qara Qoyunlu, or Black Sheep Turks

Bayram Khôja Vassal of Jalayirids, 1351-1380
Qara Muhammad 1380-1389 Independent, 1382
Qara Yûsuf c.1390-1400, 1406-1420

Occupation by Tîmûr, 1400-1406

Iskandar 1420-1438
Jahân Shâh 1439-1467

Timurid Vassal until 1449

Hasan Alî 1467-1469
Abû Yûsuf 1469

Conquest by Aq Qoyunlu, 1469

What Unit's

Kyzylbash Infantry

**Oberhut** · December 04, 2007, 05:27 AM

Are the names based on sexual preferences ... ( sorry couldn't help myself )

**Holyromanknight2** · December 26, 2007, 08:38 AM

Originally Posted by Oberhut

Are the names based on sexual preferences ... ( sorry couldn't help myself )

You've got to love random comments......

To Boztorgai Khan, I think we should work on the units. Here are some units and their weapons:

- Kyzylbash Swordsmen (Medium Infantry)
Scimitar
- Kyzylbash Archer (Medium Missile)
Composite Bow
- Kyzylbash Gunner (Light Missile)
Musket
- Kyzylbash Pikeman (Medium Infantry)
Renaissance Pike
- Turkoman (Medium Cavalry)
Scimitar
- Turkoman archer (Medium Missile Cavalry)
Composite Bow
- Turkoman gunner (Dismounted by default) (Medium Missile Infantry)
Arquebusier
- Naffatun (Heavy Missile)
Naphta "grenades"
- Turkoman Camel Riders (Medium Cavalry)
Scimitar
- Town Militia (Light Infantry)
Spears
- Janissaries (Heavy Infantry)
Scimitar
- Janissary Gunners (Heavy missile)
Hand Cannon (Handgonnes)
- Janissary Grenadiers (Heavy Missile)
Naptha "Grenades"
- Sipahi cavalry (Heavy Cavalry)
Scimitar
- Dismounted Sipahi (Heavy Infantry)
Scimitar
- Akinci (Light Cavalry)
Spear
- Azabs (Light Infantry)
Spear
- Baltaçi (Medium Infantry)
Halberd
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**Boztorgai_Khan** · December 29, 2007, 11:14 AM

Originally Posted by Holyromanknight2

To Boztorgai Khan, I think we should work on the units. Here are some units and their weapons:

- Kyzylbash Swordsmen (Medium Infantry)
Scimitar
- Kyzylbash Archer (Medium Missile)
Composite Bow
- Kyzylbash Gunner (Light Missile)
Musket
- Kyzylbash Pikeman (Medium Infantry)
Renaissance Pike
- Turkoman (Medium Cavalry)
Scimitar
- Turkoman archer (Medium Missile Cavalry)
Composite Bow
- Turkoman gunner (Dismounted by default) (Medium Missile Infantry)
Arquebusier
- Naffatun (Heavy Missile)
Naphta "grenades"
- Turkoman Camel Riders (Medium Cavalry)
Scimitar
- Town Militia (Light Infantry)
Spears
- Janissaries (Heavy Infantry)
Scimitar
- Janissary Gunners (Heavy missile)
Hand Cannon (Handgonnes)
- Janissary Grenadiers (Heavy Missile)
Naptha "Grenades"
- Sipahi cavalry (Heavy Cavalry)
Scimitar
- Dismounted Sipahi (Heavy Infantry)
Scimitar
- Akinci (Light Cavalry)
Spear
- Azabs (Light Infantry)
Spear
- Baltaçi (Medium Infantry)
Halberd
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Very Nice List...

**Artizan** · December 30, 2007, 12:38 PM

akkoyunlu armies never had firearms. make kızılbaş archer, spearman no more. turkmen horse archer, light cavalry, medium noble cavalry(with masked helm) are other ideas.

**druzhina345** · December 11, 2011, 12:35 AM

There is not much documentary information about the Seljuk Turks and successor states. The Kyzylbash Infantry pictures above are of 16th century Persians.
Contemporary paintings of Timurid Soldiers and Turkmen successors

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Illustrations of Costume & Soldiers

**druzhina345** · October 07, 2012, 05:03 AM

Paintings of Turkmen Nomads by Siyah Qalem

A collection of paintings of Turkmen Nomads from manuscript Hazine 2153 of the Sarai Albums by the Siyah Qalem (Black Pen) school and a drawing and description of a Turkoman Tribesman, by Ian Heath, based on these.

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