Atlas of Battles

commander, 9 engagements

Battles of Timur

Battles of Timur

the founder of the Timurid Empire (1370–1405), 1336 to 1405

Timur is recorded as a commander at 9 placed engagements in the atlas between 1379 and 1403: 2 battles and 7 sieges across 8 present-day countries, most in Georgia (2), Turkmenistan (1), Afghanistan (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 9,274 km apart end to end, 1,159 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Timurid conquests and invasions (7).

Siege of UrgenchSiege of HeratSiege of BaghdadSiege of BirtvisiSiege of TbilisiSiege of IsfahanBattle of the Terek RiverSiege of DamascusBattle of AnkaraSiege of TbilisiSiege of IsfahanBattle of the Terek RiverSiege of DamascusBattle of AnkaraTehranBaghdadTel AvivAleppoMashhadDamascusBakuYerevanAshgabatSevastopol1000 km38.114N, 47.577E
9 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1379: 1 engagements1 in 13791381: 1 engagements1 in 13811386: 1 engagements1 in 13861387: 1 engagements1 in 13871395: 1 engagements1 in 13951400: 1 engagements1 in 14001401: 1 engagements1 in 14011402: 1 engagements1 in 14021403: 1 engagements1 in 140313791403
9 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Siege of Urgench, 1379Siege of Herat, 1381Siege of Tbilisi, 1386Siege of Isfahan, 1387Battle of the Terek River, 1395Siege of Damascus, 1400Siege of Baghdad, 1401Battle of Ankara, 1402Siege of Birtvisi, 140313791403
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 1

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
1379Siege of UrgenchKöneürgenç, TurkmenistanTimurid victory
1381Siege of HeratHerat, Afghanistan927 km STimurid victory
1386Siege of TbilisiTbilisi, Georgia1,723 km NWTimurid victory
16 November 1387Siege of IsfahanIsfahan, Iran1,173 km SETimurid victory
15 April 1395Battle of the Terek RiverTerek, Russia1,271 km NTimurid victory
November 1400Siege of DamascusDamascus, Syria1,372 km SWTimurid victory
1401Siege of BaghdadBaghdad, Iraq559 km ETimurid victory
20 July 1402Battle of AnkaraÇubuk Ovası, Turkey1,264 km NWTimurid victory
1403Siege of BirtvisiBirtvisi, Georgia987 km ETimurid victory

Sources and method

Commanders come from the commander fields of the English Wikipedia infoboxes of these engagements (CC BY-SA 4.0), resolved to one article each; portrait, dates and description from Wikidata (CC0) and Wikimedia Commons, 1405-1409 artist, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.