Battle of the Chirciq River

Battle of the Chirciq River
Part of Timurid-Moghul Wars

modern day view of the dammed Chirciq River
Date1488
Location
Result Decisive Moghul victory
Belligerents
Chagatai Moghuls of Moghulistan Timurids of Samarkand & Bukhara
Commanders and leaders
Sultan Mahmud Khan
Muhammad Shaybani Khan (defector)
Sultan Ahmed Mirza
Mir Abdul Ali Tarkhan
Muhammad Majid Tarkhan

The Battle of the Chirciq River was fought between Sultan Mahmud Khan of Moghulistan and Sultan Ahmed Mirza, the Timurid ruler of Samarkand & Bukhara in 1488 CE over the city of Tashkent. The Moghuls decisively defeated the Timurids as a result of the defection of 3,000 Uzbeks under the command of Muhammad Shaybani Khan.[1]

  1. ^ Mirza Muhammad Haidar Dughlat; N. Elias; Sir Edward Denison Ross (31 December 2008). A History of the Moghuls of Central Asia: The Tarikh-i-Rashidi. Cosimo, Inc. p. 696. ISBN 9781605201504. Retrieved 19 November 2012.