Siege of Isfahan (1387)
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Date1387
Result
Timurid victory
| Siege of Isfahan | |||||||||
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| Part of Timurid conquests in Persia | |||||||||
.jpg) Timur’s forces capture Isfahan in 1387. Zafarnama (1533) | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
| Timurid Empire | Muzaffarid dynasty | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
| Timur | Unknown Muzaffarid governor | ||||||||
| Strength | |||||||||
| ~20,000–30,000 troops | ~15,000–25,000 troops | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
| Unknown | ~70,000 civilians selectively killed or executed | ||||||||
The Siege of Isfahan (1387) was part of Timur’s Persian campaigns. Timur captured the city from the Muzaffarid dynasty, resulting in heavy casualties and its incorporation into the Timurid Empire.
To annex the Muzaffarid kingdom, Timur would have to capture its two main cities: Isfahan and Shiraz. In 1387, when Timur arrived with his army at Isfahan, it immediately surrendered, and he treated it with relative mercy, as he normally did with cities that surrendered.
Siege
Soon after, Isfahan revolted against Timur’s taxes by killing the tax collectors and some of his soldiers. Timur laid siege to the city and recaptured it with little effort.
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