'''Dewleta Aq qoyunlûqoyuniyan''', federasyoneke eşîrên [[tirkomanên barak]] bû ku piştî serdestiya [[Împeratoriya Mongolan]] li [[Amed|Amedê]] rabû. Wan di destpêkê de beşên rojhilatê [[Anatolya|Anatolye]], paşê [[Azerbaycan]] û beşên mezin ên [[Kurdistan]], [[Iraq]] û [[Îran]] (1389-1507) hukum kirin.<ref> ] Vladimir Minorsky in Encyclopaedia of Islam (2nd Edition), Artikel AK KOYUNLU - [...]The federation consisted of various Oghuz (Turkmen) tribes (Bayat, Döger, Cepni etc.) who had apparently arrived with the Saldjuks but, under the Mongols, led an inconspicuous existence. Among these clans must be particularly distinguished the Bayundur clan, to which belonged the rulers, who, with their immediate followers, must have taken the leadership and organised the federation.[...] URL: http://referenceworks.brillonline.com/entries/encyclopaedia-of-islam-2/ak-koyunlu-SIM_0444?s.num=0&s.rows=20&s.f.s2_parent=s.f.book.encyclopaedia-of-islam-2&s.q=Ak+Koyunlu</ref>
