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Kara Koyunlu (Turkic people)

LC control no.sh 85071594
LC classificationDS27.5
Topical headingKara Koyunlu (Turkic people)
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Variant(s)Black Sheep Turkmen
Karakoyunlu (Turkic people)
Karakoyunlus
Qara Qoyunlu (Turkic people)
See alsoEthnology--Asia
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Found inBritannica Micro. (Kara Koyunlu, also spelled Qara Qoyunlu, English: Black Sheep: Turkmen tribal federation that ruled Azerbaijan and Iraq from about 1375 to 1468)
Encyc. Am.: v. 15, p. 381 (Kara Koyunlu (Qara Qoyunlu) or Black Sheep Turkomans)
Wikipedia, Feb. 2, 2006 (Kara Koyunlu (redirected from Black Sheep Turkmen). The Karakoyunlu or the Black Sheep Turkomans were a Turkoman tribal federation that ruled what is today Azerbaijan Republic, including present-day northwestern Iran and Iraq from 1375 to 1468)