Battle of Sar-e-Pul

Battle of Sar-e-Pul
Part of Timurid-Uzbek Wars

Transoxiana & Turkestan
DateApril - May 1501 CE
Location
Result Uzbek Victory
Belligerents
Khanate of Bukhara Timurids of Samarkand
Commanders and leaders
Muhammad Shaybani Khan
Ubaydullah Sultan Abul Ghazi
Sheikhein Mirza
Timur Sultan
Jani Beg Sultan
Kuchum Khan Uzbek
Siunjek Sultan
Mahmud Sultan
Gujenjeh Khan
Amir Yaqub
Jan Wafa Mirza
Hamza Sultan
Fazil Tarkhan
Mahdi Sultan
Zahir-ud-din Muhammad Babur
Muhammed Majid Tarkhan
Qamber Ali Bayg Sarik-bash Mirza
Ibrahim Tarkhan  
Ibrahim Saru  
Khalil Tambol  

After the Uzbeks were driven out of Samarkand in early 1501 CE, they regrouped in Bukhara. Muhammad Shaybani began to prepare for another attempt to take Samarkand in April - May 1501 CE. Babur, the Timurid leader, decided to meet this threat before it arrived at the city. The two armies met at Sar-e-Pul, where a decisive battle was fought which decided the fate of the Timurids and of the region, resulting in gradual conquest of Transoxiana, Khwarezm and Khorasan by the Uzbeks.