15 Facts About Uzun Hasan

Uzun Hasan ruled between 1452 and 1478 and presided over the confederation's territorial apex, when it included parts or all of present-day Iraq, Turkey, Azerbaijan, Iran, Transcaucasia and Syria.

Uzun Hasan then ambushed and captured Abu Sa'id at the Battle of Qarabagh, whereupon he was executed by Yadgar Muhammad Mirza, a rival.

Uzun Hasan met the Ottomans in battle near Erzincan in 1471, advanced as far as Aksehir, pillaging and destroying Tokat, and fought a battle at Tercan in 1473.

Uzun Hasan was defeated by Mehmed II at Battle of Otlukbeli in the late summer of 1473.

Barbaro was the last Venetian ambassador to leave Persia after Uzun Hasan Hassan died in 1478.

Uzun Hasan's manners were very affable, and he conversed familiarly with everyone around him, but I noticed that his hands trembled when he raised the cup to his lips.

Uzun Hasan-Hassan took the kingdom of Persia from Causa, whom he put to death.

Uzun Hasan had other three sons; Khalil Mirza, the elder of these was about thirty-five years old, and had the government of Shiras.

Yaqub Beg, another son of Uzun Hasan-Hassan, was about fifteen, and I have forgotten the name of a third son.

Uzun Hasan was the first Aq Qoyunlu ruler who openly disembarked on a campaign to transform the Aq Qoyunlu tribal confederation into a Perso-Islamic sultanate.

Uzun Hasan provided for the Islamic aspect of his rudimentary Perso-Islamic state, for he took great care in nourishing Islamic organizations and Sufi orders, including the ever more powerful Safavid order.

Uzun Hasan ordered the Quran to be translated into Turkic.

Uzun Hasan initiated some financial and administrative reforms to weaken the separatism of the military and tribal nobility and to strengthen his vast state.

The general nature of Uzun Hasan's reform is stated in "Tarikh al-Qiyasi":.

Uzun Hasan clarified the amount of taxes collected in the whole country.