Alvand Beg
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{{Infobox royalty
| name = Alvand Mirza Beg
| title =
| image = Shah Isma'il fighting Alvand at Baku (Badkuba), History of Shah Isma'il, Isfahan, Iran, c.1650.jpg
| caption = Shah Ismail I fighting Alvand at Baku (Badkuba). Made in Isfahan, Iran, {{circa|1650}}
| succession = Sultan of the Aq Qoyunlu
| death_date = 1504/5
| death_place = Mardin
| reign = 1497–1504/5
| predecessor = Sultan Murad
| successor = Ismail I (Safavid Iran)
| mother =
| father = Yusuf Bayandur
| religion = Islam
}}
Alvand Mirza Beg was an Aq Qoyunlu prince, who was a contender for the throne between 1497 and 1504/5.
Life
He was the second son of Yusuf Bayandur, who was the grandson of Uzun Hasan. In 1478 he was appointed as the governor of Shiraz by Sultan Khalil.{{Cite web|title=İlhan Erdem - OTLUKBELİ SONRASI AK-KOYUNLULAR (1473-1478)|url=http://dergiler.ankara.edu.tr/dergiler/19/19/56.pdf|access-date=2015-12-06|archive-date=2012-03-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120323231224/http://dergiler.ankara.edu.tr/dergiler/19/19/56.pdf|url-status=live}} After the death of Ahmad Beg, he came to power in Azerbaijan. In 1500–1501, he became the ruler of a part of the divided Aq Qoyunlu state.
Reign
Alvand Beg was supported by Gazi Bey Bayandur and Kazim Bey Purnak. His first action was to drive his brother Mahammad out of Yazd. Mahammad Beg fled to Isfahan. In the following battle, Alvand Beg was defeated and retreated to Tabriz. After this event, Sultan Murad was summoned from Shirvan by Eybe Sultan's brothers. He came from Shiraz to Isfahan and captured Mahammad in the year 1499, exiling him to Tabriz. Alvand Beg and Murad made peace in Abhar, as a result of which Diyarbakir (Eastern Anatolia) and Azerbaijan went to Alvand Beg, while Lower Mesopotamia, Persian Iraq, and Fars remained under Sultan Murad.
Struggle with the Safavids
After receiving news of Shah Ismail's victory over the Shirvanshahs, Alvand Beg arrived in Nakhchivan from Tabriz with a large army. He sent Muhammad Garajan, a military leader, to Ganja and Karabakh to prevent the Qizilbash from crossing the Kura River. However, the Qizilbash managed to cross the Kura River and annihilate the army sent by Alvand. Despite sending a letter requesting to return to Shah Ismail's service, he received a refusal. Consequently, he was sent to prepare for battle at the Sharur plains.Həbib əs-Siyər, c. 4, səh. 499-500 Yet, in the Battle of Sharur in 1501, Alvand Beg faced defeat.Həsən bəy Rumlu, "Əhsən ət-Təvarix", səh. 234 In the same year, Ismail entered Tabriz and declared himself Shah,Minorsky V. La Perse au XV-e siècle entre La Turque et Venise, Paris, 1933, səh. 60-61Эфендиев О. А. Образование азербайджанского государства Сефевидов в начале XVI века. Баку, 1961, səh. 90-91 establishing the foundation of the Safavid state with Tabriz as its capital. Alvand Beg managed to escape to Erzincan for his safety.
See also
References
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Sources
- {{Encyclopaedia Islamica|last1=Langaroodi|first1=Reza Rezazadeh|last2=Negahban|first2=Farzin|year=2008|title=Āq-qūyūnlū|url=https://referenceworks.brillonline.com/entries/encyclopaedia-islamica/aq-quyunlu-COM_0288}}
- {{cite journal|last=Savory|first=Roger M.|year=1964|title=The Struggle for Supremacy in Persia after the death of Tīmūr|journal=Jahresband|publisher=De Gruyter|volume=40|pages=35–65|doi=10.1515/islm.1964.40.1.35|s2cid=162340735 }}
- {{cite book |title=The Aqquyunlu: Clan, Confederation, Empire |year=1999 |publisher=University of Utah Press |editor-last= |last=Woods|first=John E. |authorlink=John E. Woods (historian) |chapter= |isbn=978-0874805659 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eh0XAQAAIAAJ |edition=Revised and Expanded }}
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