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Battle of Sar-e-Pul | |||||||
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Part of Timurid-Uzbek Wars | |||||||
Transoxiana & Turkestan | |||||||
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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.