Jahangir (Aq Qoyunlu)

Jahangir was the uncontested leader of the Aq Qoyunlu from 1444 to 1454, but afterwards fell into a dynastic struggle with his younger brother Uzun Hasan, who by 1457 had defeated him and assumed full power over the confederation.[1][2] Jahangir later died in 1469.[3]

Coin of Jahangir

References
  1. Minorsky & Bosworth 1965.
  2. Langaroodi & Negahban 2008.
  3. Roemer 1986, p. 169.

Sources
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