'Ak Koyunlu Turks', c1906-1913, (1915). A group of men in Avrik, (Iraq?): 'we are the Ak Koyunlu Turks of Uzun Hassan'. The Aq Qoyunlu (or Ak Koyunlu), also called the White Sheep Turkomans, was a tribal confederation that ruled parts of present-day Eastern Turkey, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Iran, and Iraq. From "The Caliphs' Last Heritage, a short history of the Turkish Empire" by Sir Mark Sykes. [Macmillan & Co, London, 1915]

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