Uzun Hasan or Uzun Hassan was a ruler of the Turkoman Aq Qoyunlu state and is generally considered to be its strongest ruler. Hasan was from the Bayandur tribe, and ruled between 1452 and 1478, presiding over the confederation's territorial apex, when it included parts or all of present-day Iraq, Turkey, Azerbaijan, Iran, Transcaucasia and Syria.
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| Subject | Uzun Hasan |
| Category | Sultan of the Aq Qoyunlu from 1452 to 1478 |
| Reading time | 1 min · Advanced |
| Key date | 1452 |
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