Jalayirid Sultanate (Timurid Vassal)
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The Jalayirid Sultanate was a Persianate Mongol Jalayir dynasty which ruled over Iraq and western Persia after the breakup of the Mongol Ilkhanate in the 1330s. It came under Timurid influence after Timur's forces took Aleppo in November 1400.
Establishment
- December 1400: Timur's forces took Aleppo in November 1400.
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.
1.1. Timurid invasion Anatolia
Was a Timurid campaign in Anatolia, which was occupied for several years.
- December 1400: Timur's forces took Aleppo in November 1400.
- January 1401: Under the pretext of defending the Muslim lords of Anatolia, Tamerlane began the invasion of Armenia and eastern Anatolia.
- January 1404: Fortunately for the Ottoman dynasty, in 1403 Tamerlane returned with his army to Samarkand, because he wanted to conquer China.
2. Further events (Unrelated to Any War)
- April 1408: In 1408, Qara Yusuf, ruler of the Kara Koyunlu Turkic tribal confederation, defeated Shah Rukh, the ruler of the Timurid Empire, captured Baghdad, and successfully repulsed the Timurids from western Persia, including the Caucasus region and Iraq.
Disestablishment
- January 1433: The Jalayirids were finally eliminated by the Kara Koyunlu in 1432.
Selected Sources
- Ducas: Historia turco-bizantina 1341-1462, XXII [6]