Polity Moghulistan (Military Occupation)

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Polity that includes all territories militarly occupied by Moghulistan that are not part of a specific military territory.

Establishment

  • January 1365: Ilyas Khoja, a powerful ruler in Moghulistan, attacked the famous conqueror Timur in 1364 near the Syr Darya river. After defeating Timur, he proceeded to besiege the city of Samarkand, a key strategic location in Central Asia.

Chronology

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1. Timurid invasions

Military campaigns of Timur (or Tamerlane), a Turco-Mongol conqueror who founded the Timurid Empire in and around modern-day Afghanistan, Iran, and Central Asia.

  • January 1365: Ilyas Khoja, a powerful ruler in Moghulistan, attacked the famous conqueror Timur in 1364 near the Syr Darya river. After defeating Timur, he proceeded to besiege the city of Samarkand, a key strategic location in Central Asia.
  • January 1366: Ilyas Khoja of Moghulistan suffered harsh attrition due to an epidemic so that he was forced to retreat from Transoxania.

Disestablishment

  • January 1366: Ilyas Khoja of Moghulistan suffered harsh attrition due to an epidemic so that he was forced to retreat from Transoxania.