Sultan Adi Korklu Bey I

Sultan Adi Korklu Bey was the first Ruler of the Elisu Sultanate and a Sunni Muslim of Tsakhurs. He was a Vassal of Ottoman Suleiman the Magnificent, and was awarded the title Sultan by Suleiman against the Safavid Dynasty. His descendants live today in Turkey and Germany.

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