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Siege of Herat

Siege of Herat was a siege conducted in 1381 at Herat, in what is now Afghanistan. It was part of Timurid conquests and invasions, which ran from 1369 to 1426. The recorded result: Timurid victory.

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TIMUR'S ARMY ATTACKS THE FORTRESS OF HERAT AND GHIYATH AL-DIN, THE KARTID RULER, SUES FOR PEACE SIGNED DHARM DAS, MUGHAL INDIA, CIRCA 1595-1600 Gouache heightened with gold on dark brown paper, a bloo
TIMUR'S ARMY ATTACKS THE FORTRESS OF HERAT AND GHIYATH AL-DIN, THE KARTID RULER, SUES FOR PEACE SIGNED DHARM DAS, MUGHAL INDIA, CIRCA 1595-1600 Gouache heightened with gold on dark brown paper, a bloo. Christies.com, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
Fought1381
WhereHerat, Afghanistan34.342N, 62.203E
OutcomeTimurid victory
BelligerentsTimurid EmpireagainstKart dynasty
Part ofTimurid conquests and invasions1369 to 1426

Where it sits in Timurid conquests and invasions

Battle of the Stone Bridge, 1363Battle of the Mire, 1365Siege of Balkh, 1370Siege of Urgench, 1379Siege of Herat, 1381Siege of Tbilisi, 1386Battle of Chapakchur, 1387Battle of Muş, 1387Siege of Isfahan, 1387Siege of Alinja, 1388Siege of Sirjan, 1393Battle of Qara-Derrah Pass, 1395Battle of Ushkudzhe, 1395Siege of Multan, 1398Siege of Bhatner, 1398Battle of Aleppo, 1400Siege of Damascus, 1400Siege of Baghdad, 1401Battle of Algami Canal, 1402Siege of Smyrna, 1402Siege of Birtvisi, 1403Battle of Nakhchivan, 1406Battle of Alashkert, 142113631421Siege of Herat, 1381
23 placed engagements of Timurid conquests and invasions in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date1381 (year precision)
PlaceHerat, Afghanistan
34.342N, 62.203E
KindSiege, medieval
Commanders
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The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Contested ground: this site was fought over 7 times between AD 652 and 1837.

In the same war

Elsewhere in 1381

Siege of Herat is one of 566 engagements of the 14th century in the atlas and one of 74 in present-day Afghanistan.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q138870767, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Siege of Herat (1381), revision 1370741851, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.