Battle of Tashkent

The Battle of Tashkent also known as the Battle of the Mire or The Battle of the Marshes was a battle between the Chagatai Khanate and Timur, and a rare defeat for Timur.[4][5]

Battle of Tashkent
Date1365
Location
Uzbekistan
Result Decisive Chagatai Khanate Victory [1][2][3]
Belligerents
Timurid Empire Chagatai Khanate
Commanders and leaders
Amir Hussein
 Semsheddin Beg
Haji Ilyas
Strength
Crowded[1] Unknown
Casualties and losses
Very Heavy[3] Unknown

In 1365, the Mongols returned under the leadership of Haji Ilyas.[2] Timur and Amir Hussein set out for Tashkent to meet this army. The battle ended inconclusively on the first day. On the second day, although Timur initially repelled the Mongols, Mongol General Semsheddin gathered a Mongol unit and defeated Timur without him realizing what had happened, suffering heavy losses.[1][6] Amir Hussein's condition was not good. He was defeated and retreated. Seeing that Timur was also defeated, he realized that he had lost the battle and fled towards Samarkand. The Mongols came and besieged Samarkand, Timur's capital, neither Amir Hussein nor Timur faced the Mongols. Samarkand was left to its fate, and by their own efforts they defeated the Mongols.[1]The battle was a decisive defeat for Timur[3][2] and it was one of the three defeats he suffered in his life.

References
  1. Şimşirgil 2017.
  2. Jean Paul Roux,Tamerlane,p.70
  3. Beatrice Manz,Tamerlane:The last nomadic conqueror of the steppes,p.96-97
  4. Grousset, René (1970). The Empire of the Steppes A History of Central Asia. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press. p. 412. ISBN 9780813513041. Retrieved 19 October 2022.
  5. Haidar, Dughlát Muhammad (1895). The Tarikh-i-rashidi A History of the Moghuls of Central Asia; an English Version. London: Sampson, Low, Marston & Co. p. 31. Retrieved 19 October 2022.
  6. Rickard, J. (2010). "Battle of the Mire or Tashkent". historyofwar.org.

Works cited
  • Şimşirgil, Ahmet (2017). Otag II,Amir Timur. Timaş Yayinlari. pp. 50–54. ISBN 978-605-08-2533-6.

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