Yaqub Aq Qoyunlu

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Ya'qub Beg
Sultan Khalil
SuccessorBaysunghur
Died24 December 1490
Karabakh
SpouseGawhar-Sultan Khanum
IssueBaysunghur Beg
Murad Beg
A daughter
Names
Abū al-Muẓaffar Yaʿqūb Bahādur Ḫān[1]
FatherUzun Hasan
MotherSeljuk Shah Khatun
ReligionSunni Islam

Yaqub b. Uzun Hasan

Alam-Aray-i Amini, Fazlallah Khunji Isfahani praised him as a decent successor of Uzun Hasan.[2]
Ya'qub received praise from other historians for supporting poets and scientists.

Origins

Yaqub Beg was the son of Uzun Hassan and Seljuk Shah Khatun. He had an older full-brother, Khalil Mirza Beg, and a younger full-brother, Yusuf Beg.[3][4] On 6 January 1478, his father died[5] and his brother Khalil proclaimed himself sultan. He exiled both of his brothers and killed his half-brother Maqsud Beg, son of Despina Khatun,[6] a Byzantine princess.[7][6][4][8][9] Another half-brother, Ughurlu Muhammad, son of Jan Khatun, escaped to Constantinople, to the court of the Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II, where he married his daughter Gevherhan Hatun.[10][11] This caused civil war to break out between Khalil and his family.[12][7][8][9] On 15 June 1478, Yaqub defeated his brother, executed him and proclaimed himself the new sultan.[7][8][9]

Reign

Firman of Ya'qub concerning land rights given previously by the deceased Qara Qoyunlu ruler Jahan Shah to two sons of Sayyid Ni'matullah. Created in Iran

At the outset of his reign, Ya'qub faced a revolt from the Bayandur princes Alwand Beg and Kusa Haji in

Pecheneg commander Yashbak al-Zahiri to invade Diyar Bakr. Ya'qub consequently sent an army under Bayindir Beg, Sulayman Beg Bijan and Sufi Khalil Beg Mawsilu to counter the army. The two forces clashed in November of the same year, which resulted in an Aq Qoyunlu triumph and capture of Yashbak al-Zahiri, who was executed a few days later. In the same year, Ya'qub's forces defeated and killed Balish Beg, the commander-in-chief of Syria, who had attempted to conquer Diyar Bakr.[13]

Under Ya'qub, the realm remained the same size as that of his father, and the institutions of realm was strengthened. He retained the same ranks and land-grants that his subjects had received from his father. He did, however, launch a land reform in order to consolidate his realm, creating a stable government. The Aq Qoyunlu used a political system based on the old

wakil Qazi Isa Savaji.[13][2]

The religious scholar and historian

Fars, however it is virtually the only contemporary source on the topic and therefore central to any understanding of it. His stance is clearly partisan since the reforms seem to have adversely affected his relatives."[13] The qadi (chief judge) of Fars, Jalal al-Din Davani (died 1502), also opposed the reforms of Ya'qub, which worsened their relations.[14][15] Together with Abu-Yazid al-Davani and Maulana Muhammad al-Muhyavi, Davani sent letters to Qazi Isa Savaji to protest these reforms.[16] After Ya'qub's death, the land reform was cancelled.[13][2]

Ya'qub became severely ill and died on 24 December 1490 in Karabakh. A number of scholars believe that he was poisoned by his wife.[13] The leading figures of the confederation installed his eight-year-old son Baysunghur on the throne to increase their own power. This marked the start of the decline of the Aq Qoyunlu.[13]

Imperial ideology

Helmet inscribed in the name of Sultan Ya'qub, located in Metropolitan Museum of Art.

The Aq Qoyunlu displayed their legitimacy by rebuilding ruined

Takht-e Soleyman). Aq Qoyunlu historiography represents Ya'qub hunting around the palace of Ujan in the same manner as the Sasanian monarch Bahram V (r. 420–438).[17]

Family

Yaqub Beg had a consort, Gawhar-Sultan Khanum. They had two sons and a daughter:

Poetry

Ya'qub's court included several distinguished poets, such as Baba Fighani Shirazi, Ahli Shirazi, Kamal al-Din Bana'i Haravi, and Shahidi Qumi. Another distinguished poet, Hatefi, who was a nephew of the poet Jami, spent five years at Ya'qub's court.[21] Khatai Tabrizi, an Azeri poet of the 15th century, dedicated a mathnawi entitled Yusof wa Zoleykha to Sultan Ya'qub,[22] and Ya'qub even wrote poetry in the Azerbaijani language.[22] Baba Fighani Shirazi dedicated a ceremonial ode (qasida) to Ya'qub, and also a eulogy after the latter's death.[23]

References

  1. ^ Sandra Aube Lorain (2015). "In search of 'Kamāl': Five Monumental Inscriptions from Yazd (second half of the 15th century)". Eurasian Studies (13): 69–91.
  2. ^ a b c d Quiring-Zoche 1986, pp. 163–168.
  3. ^ John E. Woods, The Aqquyunlu: Clan, Confederation, Empire (1999), p. 62
  4. ^ a b Minorsky, V.; Bosworth, C. E. (24 April 2012), "Uzun Ḥasan", Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition, Brill, retrieved 10 February 2023
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  7. ^ a b c Rezazadeh Langaroodi, Reza; Negahban, Translated by Farzin (16 October 2015), "Āq-qūyūnlū", Encyclopaedia Islamica, Brill, retrieved 10 February 2023
  8. ^ a b c d Foundation, Encyclopaedia Iranica. "Welcome to Encyclopaedia Iranica". iranicaonline.org. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
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  12. ^ Murray, Hugh (1820). Historical Account of Discoveries and Travels in Asia: From the Earliest Ages to the Present Time. A. Constable and Company. p. 16.
  13. ^ a b c d e f g Langaroodi & Negahban 2015.
  14. ^ Pourjavady 2011, p. 11.
  15. ^ Dunietz 2015, pp. 34–35.
  16. ^ Minorsky 1955, p. 454.
  17. ^ Leube 2018, pp. 480–482.
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  21. ^ Lingwood 2013, p. 112.
  22. ^ a b Javadi & Burrill 2012.
  23. ^ Losensky 2020.

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