List of rulers of Qara Qoyunlu

“Al-i Qara Qoyunlu” and “Qara Yusifiyyān” 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
Tamgha of the Yiwa tribe
Qara Yusuf and a Timurid envoy
Country	Qara Qoyunlu
Founded	1374
Titles	Khan Sultan Emir Padishah
Traditions	Shia Islam
Dissolution	1468

Titles

The Qara Qoyunlu dynasty usually introduced itself in official and written sources as "Baharlu tribe", "Qara Qoyunlu people" or "Turcoman". They were from the Baharlu tribe, which belonged to the Yiva tribe of the Oghuz, and they emphasized this affiliation.

The Qara Qoyunlu rulers often referred to themselves with titles such as "sahibqıran", "sultan", "emir" or "hökmdar-ı Türkmen" (King of Turcoman) and especially tried to emphasize their Turcoman identity. For example, the ruler Qara Yusif and his son Sultan Jahan shah openly expressed their attachment to Turkism in their poems and documents.

Additionally, in 15th-century sources they were also referred to as "Turcoman beys", "rulers of the Turcoman people". These expressions reflect both their ethnic affiliation and the state structure based on tribal confederation.

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.

Genealogy of Qara Qoyunlu

House of Yiwa

Qara Qoyunlu   Qutb-Shahi Dynasty Mansur Bayram-Khwaja r. 1374–1380 Dursun Muhammad r. 1380–1389 Yusuf I r. 1389–1401,  1405–1420 Pir-Budaq r. 1411–1413 Iskandar r. 1421–1429,  1431–1436 Abu Sa'id r. 1429–1431 Jahan-Shah r. 1436–1467 Alwand Hasan-Ali r. 1468–1469 Yusuf II r. 1469–1469 Pir-Quli Khadija Uways-Quli Sultan-Quli r. 1518–1543 Jamshid-Quli r. 1543–1550 Ibrahim-Quli r. 1550–1580 Subhan-Quli r. 1550–1550 Muhammad-Quli r. 1580–1612 Muhammad-Amin Hayath-Bakhshi Muhammad r. 1612–1626 Abdullah r. 1626–1672 Abu'l-Hasan r. 1672–1687 Badshah