Alvand Mirza was a

Aq Qoyunlu The Aq Qoyunlu ( az, Ağqoyunlular , ) was a culturally Persianate,Kaushik Roy, ''Military Transition in Early Modern Asia, 1400–1750'', (Bloomsbury, 2014), 38; "Post-Mongol Persia and Iraq were ruled by two tribal confederations: Akkoyunlu (W ...

prince, who was a contender for the throne between 1497 and 1504/5.

Life

He was son of Yusuf Bayandur, who was the grandson of

Uzun Hasan Uzun Hasan or Uzun Hassan ( اوزون حسن; fa, اوزون حسن; 1423 – January 6, 1478; where ''uzun'' means "tall" in Oghuz Turkic) was a ruler of the Turkoman Aq Qoyunlu state and is generally considered to be its strongest ruler. H ...

. In 1478 he was appointed as the governor of

Shiraz Shiraz (; fa, شیراز, Širâz ) is the fifth-most-populous city of Iran and the capital of Fars Province, which has been historically known as Pars () and Persis. As of the 2016 national census, the population of the city was 1,565,572 ...

. In 1498, Alvand was enthroned in

Tabriz Tabriz ( fa, تبریز ; ) is a city in northwestern Iran, serving as the capital of East Azerbaijan Province. It is the sixth-most-populous city in Iran. In the Quru River valley in Iran's historic Azerbaijan region between long ridges of vo ...

by Ayba-Sultan.

Reign

In 1500, the Abhar agreement was signed. The Aq Qoyunlu Empire was divided between Sultan Murad and Alvand Mirza. Azerbaijan and Diyarbakir remained under Alvand's rule. In 1500, a representative of the Safavid dynasty from Azerbaijan began to claim throne. In 1501, the

battle of Sharur The Battle of Sharur occurred in August 1501. It ended with a decisive victory for the Safavid army. After this victory, the way of the Safavids to Tabriz was opened. Alvand Mirza disappeared from the political scene. Background Ismail defeat ...

took place. In this battle Alvand Mirza was defeated by

Ismail I Ismail I ( fa, اسماعیل, Esmāʿīl, ; July 17, 1487 – May 23, 1524), also known as Shah Ismail (), was the founder of the Safavid dynasty of Iran, ruling as its King of Kings ('' Shahanshah'') from 1501 to 1524. His reign is ofte ...

. After the battle he fled to Erzincan and died in Mardin in 1505. In 1501, Ismail entered Tabriz and proclaimed himself shah.

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