For now, however, the Ottoman Empire in Anatolia and Mamluks in Egypt are more dangerous neighbors.Īt end of 1444 the Timurid Empire is still a constant threat to the east, but the aging Shah Rukh is reported to have grown sick and impotent. The White Sheep are the traditional rivals of the Qara Qoyunlu and could perhaps prove a worthy enemy in time. To the west, the Aq Qoyunlu, or White Sheep, are embroiled in a lengthy civil war between countless claimants. This has allowed the Qara Qoyunlu to rise again, and under Jahân Shâh, one of the greatest rulers of the age, they have retaken not only Tabriz but all lands from the borders of Georgia to the swamps of the Shatt-al-Arab in southern Iraq. Timur is now dead and his son, Shah Rukh, has spent a lifetime trying to keep his father's Timurid Empire together. Like many other powers in the area they were crushed by the Central Asian warlord Timur, who swept through from Iran to Anatolia, casting aside all who would oppose him. For over a century now the Black Sheep have been trying to carve out an Empire for themselves in Azerbaijan and Iraq. The origin of the Qara Qoyunlu, or the Black Sheep, is somewhat unclear, though their own tradition has them as descendants of the great Oghuz Khans of the past.
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