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Timurid Conquests

Campaigns of Timur that built a vast Central Asian empire and devastated major cities across Eurasia.

Timeline
1370-1405
Duration
36 years
Region
Central and Western Asia
Record
Static archive

Historical overview

Overview adapted from a Wikipedia summary and stored locally on May 11, 2026.

The Timurid conquests were campaigns by Timur and his armies across Central Asia, Iran, India, the Caucasus and the Middle East. They built a vast but unstable empire.

Theater countries

UzbekistanIranIraqAfghanistanIndiaSyriaTurkey

Actors

Timurid EmpireGolden HordeDelhi SultanateMamluksOttomans

Tags

empireconquestcentral-asia

Border context

1300-1499historical border era

Late medieval dynastic wars

Dynastic, imperial and state-forming wars reshape Europe, Anatolia, Central Asia and East Asia.

The Hundred Years' War reshapes France and England. Ottoman expansion ends Byzantine rule.

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