battle, early modern

Battle of Sar-e-Pul

Name: Battle of Sar-e-Pul
Location: Uzbekistan

Battle of Sar-e-Pul was a battle fought in 1501 in what is now Uzbekistan. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at its recorded location. The recorded result: Uzbek victory.

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Fought1501

WhereUzbekistan42.430N, 63.900E, placed at the location, approximate

OutcomeUzbek victory

BelligerentsKhanate of BukharaagainstTimurids of Samarkand

Record

Date	1501 (year precision) to 1501
Place	Uzbekistan 42.430N, 63.900E
Kind	Battle, early modern
Commanders	Muhammad Shaybani Ubaidullah Khan	Babur

Placed at its recorded location; the exact site is not recorded. with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Siege of Bukhara (1220) 1220, 298 km S
Siege of Ak-Mechet 1853, 299 km NE
Battle of Gol-Zarriun AD 560, 300 km S
Battle of Baykand AD 729, 308 km S
Siege of Khiva 1924, 315 km W

Elsewhere in 1501

Battle of Sar-e-Pul is one of 1,390 engagements of the 16th century in the atlas and one of 40 in present-day Uzbekistan.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q4872313, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Sar-e-Pul, revision 1370588658, 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.