Battle of Nakhchivan (1406)

Battle of Nakhchivan
	Part of Timurid Invasion of Azerbaijan
	; Map of Nakhchivan city near River Aras.
Date	October 14, 1406
Location	Nakhchivan near Aras River, modern Azerbaijan
Result	Qara Qoyunlu victory
Belligerents
Qara Qoyunlu	Timurid Empire
Commanders and leaders
Abu Nasr Qara Yusuf; Ispend bin Yusuf	Abu Bakr ibn Miran Shah

The Battle of Nakhchivan was fought between Kara Koyunlu under their Bey, Qara Yusuf and the Timurid Empire under the leadership of Timur's grandson Abu Bakr ibn Miran Shah, for control of Azerbaijan on October 14, 1406.^[1] Qara Yusuf decisively defeated the Timurids in this battle and took over Tabriz, the capital of the region.^[2]

^ Minorsky, Vladimir (1982). Medieval Iran and its neighbours. Vol. 1. London: Variorum Reprints. p. 11. ISBN 9780860781141.
^ Grousset, René (1939). The Empire of the Steppes; a History of Central Asia. Translated by Walford, Naomi. New Brunswick, New Jersey: Rutgers University Press. p. 458. ISBN 978-0-8135-0627-2. Qara-Yusuf, having returned from exile in Egypt, went back to Azerbaijan, defeated the Timurid Abu Bakr near Na- khichevan, and reoccupied Tabriz (1406).

[1] Minorsky, Vladimir (1982). Medieval Iran and its neighbours. Vol. 1. London: Variorum Reprints. p. 11. ISBN 9780860781141.

[2] Grousset, René (1939). The Empire of the Steppes; a History of Central Asia. Translated by Walford, Naomi. New Brunswick, New Jersey: Rutgers University Press. p. 458. ISBN 978-0-8135-0627-2. Qara-Yusuf, having returned from exile in Egypt, went back to Azerbaijan, defeated the Timurid Abu Bakr near Na- khichevan, and reoccupied Tabriz (1406).

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