The new ruler, Sultan Yakub was able to provide the support of his father's emirs and he could easily suppress the rebellions of Elvend Bey who was the son of his brother, Sultan Halîl and Köse Hacı Bey who was the son of Sheikh Hasan, one of the sons of Kara-yülük in Shiraz and Isfahan in the first years of his sultanate. He defeated the forces sent by the Mameluke Sultan with his army under the command of his beys in the year of 1480. Moreover, Seybeg who was the commander of the Egypt army was killed in this war. Pursuant to the suppression of the civil turmoil and conflicts, Sultan Yakub organised a military organisation to Georgia in the year of 1482 and captured several castles including Ahiska. From that date on, Yakub endeavoured great efforts for the development of his country with public works. He had protected the scholars and artists like his father, and he had even written poems in Turkish and Farsi languages. His death at a very young age (1490) led to the dissolution of Akkoyunlu State.

Some of the beys of the tribes declared the sovereignty of Baysungur who was Yakub's son at a very young age of childhood. The allegations of the other princes for sovereignty were eradicated within a short period. Baysungur's tutor, Sufi Halil killed some of Akkoyunlu princes and some of the beys that he considered as his rivals and established dominion in the state. However, most of the beys who got tired of his tyranny collaborated with Suleyman Bicen. They defeated and killed him. Afterwards, Suleyman established dominion in the administration as the tutor of the ruler. After a while, some of the beys declared the sovereignty of Rustem Bey who was kept as a prisoner in the castle of Alincak and defeated Suleyman. Therefore, Baysungur had to take shelter in his grandfather, Ferruhyesar who had been the governor of Shirvan together with his brothers. Thus, his sultanate could only last for a year.

The period of domination pertaining to Rustem Bey that lasted for five years since 1492 passed with turmoil and conflicts. He eradicated Baysungur and his brother, Hasan. Then, he suppressed the rebellions that burst out in Isfahan and Gilan. Afterwards, they provided the Karakoyunlu branches to become his disciples. He defeated Ali who was the son of Erbil Sheikh Haydar who wanted to establish a separate state and killed him. However, after a short while, Rustem Bey suffered from the treachery of his beys. He was defeated by Göde Ahmed Bey who was the son of Istanbul's son, Ugurlu Mehmed and the son-in-law of Bayezid II. Then, he was killed (1496). Ahmed Bey who tried to apply the administrative system of the Ottoman State started to kill some of the Akkoyunlu celebrities that were the main reason for the civil turmoil. Upon these events, the tribal beys rebelled and killed him. Pursuant to the murder of Ahmed Bey whose sultanate lasted for only one year, the civil turmoil and conflicts within the Akkoyunlu State increased gradually.

Elvend and Mehmed Beys who were the sons of Yusuf, Uzun Hasan's son and Sultan Yakub's son Murad Bey were declared as the sovereign by the rival beys in various places. Mehmed Bey lost his life in the course of these struggles for sultanate. Finally, the Akkoyunlu country was shared between Elvend and Murad Beys (1501). When the Akkoyunlu State was on the verge of decline and dissolution, the Safevi State emerged as a political power in Azerbaijan. Pursuant to the murder of Sheikh Haydar's son, Ali, his other son Ismail had become the sheikh of Safevi sect. He was the member of Karakoyunlu nation. Upon the collapse of this state, He had gathered the tribes and clans that did not participate in the tribal confederation of the Akkoyunlu State or those that participated in it but could not get along with them. Besides, he also collected those who were mistreated as a result of the oppression caused by the civil turmoil and conflicts. He was able to collect them together around him. He had also diffused his influence into the central regions of Anatolia with concentrated propaganda through his agents. When he considered himself as a strong person in military respect, he firstly captured some of the regions of Erran and Shirvan. Then, he advanced towards Azerbaijan and defeated Elvend Bey. He forced him to run away to Diyarbakir (1503) and he captured the entire lands of the Akkoyunlu State.

Upon the death of Elvend Bey (1504), Göde Ahmed's son, Zeynel was invited by the Akkoyunlu beys for the enthronement as the sovereign of the Akkoyunlu State. Zeynel arrested Emîr Bey Musullu who had been the governor of Diyarbakir for a long time and some other beys. He captured Hasankeyf and tried to establish dominion in Urfa. In the meantime, he was defeated by Emîr Bey Musullu who had fled away from the prison and his supporters and taken prisoner. Emîr Bey Musullu was submissive to Shah Ismail who had come to Elbistan. The Safevi ruler who felt a deep hatred against the Akkoyunlu people did not abstain from killing those that were the members of Akkoyunlu dynasty. Therefore, the members of the dynasty who could save their lives took shelter in Egypt, the Ottoman country and Dulkadir-oglu principality. In the course of the Caldiran expedition, the members of the Akkoyunlu dynasty had participated in the retinue of Sultan Selim. Pursuant to the collapse of the Akkoyunlu State, the Akkoyunlu nation continued their lives in Anatolia. Apparently they were submissive to the Ottoman State. However, they had mostly participated in Bandit rebellions since the century XVI.

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