Baysunghur was the last Aq Qoyunlu sultan to exercise anything resembling unified control over the confederation before it collapsed under Safavid pressure. This coin was struck at Bidlis — a strategically critical town in the Armenian highlands, sitting on routes between Anatolia and the Iranian plateau — in what turned out to be the final years of Aq Qoyunlu coherence as a political entity. Ismail I's Safavid forces would effectively end the dynasty's power at the Battle of Sharur in 1501, just a decade after this piece left the mint.
Baysunghur was the last Aq Qoyunlu sultan to exercise anything resembling unified control over the confederation before it collapsed under Safavid pressure. This coin was struck at Bidlis — a strategically critical town in the Armenian highlands, sitting on routes between Anatolia and the Iranian plateau — in what turned out to be the final years of Aq Qoyunlu coherence as a political entity. Ismail I's Safavid forces would effectively end the dynasty's power at the Battle of Sharur in 1501, just a decade after this piece left the mint.