The Aq Qoyunlu confederation was in terminal collapse during precisely this window. Sultan Murad ibn Ya'qub — son of the dynasty's greatest ruler, Uzun Hasan — spent his brief authority fighting off Safavid encroachment, and Ismail I would extinguish the Aq Qoyunlu entirely by 1508. Coins attributable to Murad are consequently rare; production at provincial mints like Murshid was almost certainly interrupted repeatedly by shifting military control of the surrounding territories.
The Aq Qoyunlu confederation was in terminal collapse during precisely this window. Sultan Murad ibn Ya'qub — son of the dynasty's greatest ruler, Uzun Hasan — spent his brief authority fighting off Safavid encroachment, and Ismail I would extinguish the Aq Qoyunlu entirely by 1508. Coins attributable to Murad are consequently rare; production at provincial mints like Murshid was almost certainly interrupted repeatedly by shifting military control of the surrounding territories.