Timurid Conquests and State-building (1370–1405)

1. Timur proclaimed ruler at Balkh

   Apr 9, 1370Labels: Timur, Balkh, Transoxiana

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2. Timur takes Khwarazm’s Urgench

   Jan 1, 1379Labels: Urgench, Khwarazm, Timur

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   • Britannica

3. Construction begins on Ak-Saray Palace

   Jan 1, 1380Labels: Ak-Saray Palace, Shahrisabz

   • Ak Saray

4. Timur captures Herat

   Jan 1, 1381Labels: Herat, Khurasan

   • UW Chronology

5. Siege of Tbilisi opens Georgia invasions

   Jan 1, 1386Labels: Tbilisi, Georgia

   • Georgia Invasions

6. Isfahan captured and brutally repressed

   Jan 1, 1387Labels: Isfahan, Timur

   • Isfahan Siege

7. Victory over Tokhtamysh at Kondurcha

   Jun 18, 1391Labels: Kondurcha River, Tokhtamysh

   • Kondurcha

8. Timur seizes Baghdad in first occupation

   Jan 1, 1393Labels: Baghdad, Jalayirids

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   • Baghdad 1393

9. Tokhtamysh defeated at the Terek River

   Apr 14, 1395Labels: Terek River, Tokhtamysh

   • Terek Battle
   • Tokhtamysh War

10. Delhi sacked during Indian campaign

    Dec 17, 1398Labels: Delhi, Indian campaign

    • Britannica
    • Delhi Sack

11. Bibi-Khanym Mosque construction launched

    Jan 1, 1399Labels: Bibi-Khanym Mosque, Samarkand

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    • Uzbek Travel

12. Aleppo defeated and sacked in Syria

    Nov 1, 1400Labels: Aleppo, Syria

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    • Aleppo Sack

13. Baghdad devastated in second Timurid assault

    Jan 1, 1401Labels: Baghdad, Timurid assault

    • Baghdad 1401
    • Britannica

14. Damascus falls after prolonged siege

    Mar 1, 1401Labels: Damascus, siege

    • Damascus Siege

15. Ottoman army defeated at Battle of Ankara

    Jul 20, 1402Labels: Ankara, Bayezid I

    • Britannica
    • Ankara Battle

16. Smyrna captured from Knights of Rhodes

    Dec 1, 1402Labels: Smyrna, Knights of

    • Smyrna Siege

17. Birtvisi fortress taken in final Georgia campaign

    Jan 1, 1403Labels: Birtvisi Fortress, Georgia

    • Birtvisi
    • Georgia Invasions

18. Timur dies at Otrar en route to China

    Feb 19, 1405Labels: Otrar, Timur

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