Āq-qūyūnlū (lit. ‘White Sheep’), were an alliance of Turkoman tribes in the Diyār Bakr region who ruled over eastern Anatolia and the west of Persia through-out the 9th/15th century until 908/1502 when the Ṣafawids took power in Persia. The tribal confederation was led by the leaders of the Bayındır tribe which is described in a rather fanciful wa…