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.^[1] 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.

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

References

1. Peter B. Golden (1992). An Introduction to the History of the Turkic Peoples. pp. 367–368.