Mirza Yusuf (; ) died 22October 1469, ) was the last sultan of the Qara Qoyunlu, also known as the Black Sheep Turkomans, to have significant authority.
During reign of Jahan Shah
Mirza Yusuf was a son of
Jahan Shah. He was appointed as governor of
Fars province after the revolt of his elder brother,
Pir Budaq, in 1464.
However, he was captured on 11 November 1467 at the Battle of Chapakchur by
Uzun Hasan and blinded.
Reign
He was declared sultan by Pir Ali Beg Baharlu, Jahan Shah's
Amir al-umara and minister, in 1468.
[Muḥaddis̲, Mīr Hāshim (1982). Tārīkh-i Qizilbāshān History (in Persian). Tehrān : Bihnām. p. 18.] He was soon joined by Sultan Ali (the son of Hasan Ali) and a rival prince of the
Aq Qoyunlu, Mirza Mahmud Beg (the son of
Qara Osman).
They had some military successes in Luristan. However, Mirza Yusuf was soon defeated by
Uzun Hasan and had to retreat to Shiraz, where he was killed by Uzun Hasan's son
Ughurlu Muhammad on 22October 1469. Pir Ali Beg Baharlu fled to the court of the
Timurid dynasty ruler Hasan Bayqara.
Family
Mirza Yusuf's daughter Khadija Begum married Alvand Mirza's son Pir Quli Beg. Their grandson Quli Qutb Mulk later founded the Qutb Shahi dynasty of India.
[Ramanand Vidya Bhawan, The Indian Historical Quarterly, Volume 16, Issues 1-4, 1985, p.711]
