Battle of Tarnab (1448)
| Battle of Tarnab | |||||||
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| Part of the Timurid Civil Wars | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Timurids of Khurasan | Timurids of Samarkand | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Ala al-Dawla Mirza |
Ulugh Beg Abdal-Latif Mirza | ||||||
The Battle of Tarnab took place in 1448.[1]
In spring 1448, Ala al-Dawla Mirza was making preparations for the celebration of his son's circumcision ceremony. He had announced a general relief from taxes to all citizens of Herat when he heard the news that Ulugh Beg crossing the Amu Darya with 90,000 troops.[2] He hastily made his way towards the Tarnab through the Sanjab Pass. The two forces met at Tarnab and after a brief engagement, Ulugh Beg decisively defeated Ala al-Dawla Mirza who fled towards Mashad and then towards Quchan in the protection of his brother Abul-Qasim Babur Mirza.[3][4] Ulugh Beg followed up his victory by taking Herat and then Mashad.[5] Gawhar Shad and many Tarkhans left Herat before Ulugh Beg's arrival.
Bibliography
[edit]General sources
[edit]- ^ Barthold, Vasilii (1958). Four Studies on the History of Central Asia. Leiden, Netherlands: E. J. Brill. p. 156.
- ^ Bartol'd, Vasilij V. (1963). Four studies on the history of Central Asia. Brill. p. 149. OCLC 163626572.
- ^ al-Dīn ibn Humām al-Dīn Khvānd Mīr, Ghiyās̲ (1994). Habibü's-siyer: Moğol ve Türk hâkimiyeti. Harvard University: Dept. of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations. p. 365.
- ^ Manz, Beatrice (2007). Power, Politics and Religion in Timurid Iran. Cambridge University Press. pp. xvii. ISBN 9780521865470.
- ^ Lockhart, Lawrence (1986). The Cambridge History of Iran, Volume 6. Cambridge University Press. p. 107. ISBN 0521200946.
Other sources:
W. Weberhard (1959), Journal of Oriental Studies, University of Hong Kong
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