THE AQ-QOYUNLU STATE FROM THE DEATH OF OSMAN BEY TO UZUN HASAN BEY (1435-1456)
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- Khazar Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences
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Abstract (2. Language):
The creator of the Aq-Qoyunlu principality founded in the region of Diyarbakır was Kara Yülük Osman Bey, a member of the Bayındır tribe of the Oghuz. The Bayındır tribe, which had actually participated in the conquest of Anatolia, was concentrated in the Upper Euphrates and Tigris River basins during the period of Mongol rule. With the collapse of the Ġlhan State, the Bayındır, who centered the tribal leadership on their family, formed the Aq-Qoyunlu nation by uniting with other tribes.
The name under which they first enter the historical record was “Tur Alililer” and under this name they were active for an extended period in the Kelkit and Trabzon basin. During the period when Emir Timur (Tamerlane) of the Chaghatay made his influence felt in Anatolia, one branch of the Tur Alililer under the leadership of Kara Yülük Osman Bey broke off and joined Timur. After the Battle of Ankara in 1402 when Anatolia came under Chaghatay control, under Osman Bey‟s leadership the tribe settled in Diyarbekir and founded an emirate there. Later, when the Tur Alililer group in the Kelkit Valley joined Osman Bey the Aq-Qoyunlu nation and an emirate based on it came into existence (1403). The emirate, which was subject to the Chaghatay, showed great development during the period of Osman Bey. Many tribes residing in the Tigris and Euphrates river basins joined the Aq-Qoyunlu nation. In addition, starting with Diyarbekir (Âmid), when well-known centers in eastern and southeastern Anatolia such as Mardin, Urfa, Kemah, Ergani, Erzincan, Bayburt, Tercan and Erzurum were included within the emirate‟s boundaries other centers such as Silvan, Ahlat,
Bitlis, Eğil, Hasankeyf and Tercil accepted its rule. For these they contested with the Mamlûks and the Qara-Qoyunlu; their greatest ally was Timur‟s grandson, the Chaghatay ruler Shâh Rukh. The emirate, which grew in both in people and area under Osman Bey‟s leadership, became a regional power controlling major roads and routes linking the Caucasus, Azerbaijan and Anatolia. However, with this came certain difficulties. First of all, the emirate‟s geographic location hindered the development of a strong, centralized administration. Along with territorial expansion came the need for a more effective bureaucratic system. It was necessary to redefine the position of the tribes within the Aq-Qoyunlu nation, but this was extremely dangerous for the state. When Osman Bey died while in the process of solving these challenges, the tribes started a struggle for power. Kara Yülük‟s successor, Ali Bey, was not recognized by a large part of the Aq-Qoyunlu nation resulting in a twenty-year civil war. These times were the darkest and most turbulent in Aq-Qoyunlu history, yet also extremely productive from the perspective of resolving its difficulties. When the civil war ended the political, social and cultural work leading to an empire had been completed to a great degree.
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Abstract (Original Language):
Ağqoyunlu Dövlətinin əsası XV əsrin əvvəllərində Oğuzlara aid olan Bayandır tayfası tərəfindən Diyarbəkir bölgəsində qoyulmuĢdur. Qurucusu olan Osman Bəyin (1403-35) dövründə bu ölkə xeyli tərəqqi etmiĢ və qisa bir zamanda geniĢlənməyə baĢlamıĢdır. Ancaq ölkənin sürətli və riskli böyüməsi bəzi problemlər də yaratmıĢdır. Xüsusilə də, yeni yaranmıĢ dövlətdə tayfaların statusu məsələsi ciddi munaqiĢələr doğurmuĢdur. Osman Bəy özü nüfuzlu Ģəxsiyyət olsa da, onun qısa ömrü bu problemləri kökündən həll etməyə yetmədi və onun ölümündən sonra iyirmi il davam edən bir vətəndaĢ müharibəsi baĢladı. Bu münaqiĢə çox ciddi iqtisadi, siyasi və sosial zərərlər gətirsə də, əslində müəyyən qədər də dövlət problemini həll etdi. Məhz buna görə də, bu dövrün hadisələri çox önəmlidir. Dr. Ġlhan Ərdəm bu məqaləsində o dovrün hadisələrini və münaqiĢələrini, həmçinin, Əli Bəy, Sultan Həmzə və Cahangir Mirzə hökmranlıqlarının daxili və xarici dinamikasını tədqiq etmiĢdir.
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