Uzun Hassan
Uzun Hasan or Uzun Hassan (, ; 1423 – January 6, 1478), where "uzun" means "tall" in Oghuz Turkic, was a ruler of the Turkoman Aq Qoyunlu state, and generally considered to be its strongest ruler. Hasan ruled between 1452 and 1478, and would preside over the confederation's territorial apex, when it included parts or all of present-day Iraq, Turkey, Azerbaijan, Iran, Transcaucasia and Syria.