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| Siege of Balkh | |||||||
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| Part of the Timurid conquests and invasions | |||||||
&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:Timur_during_attack_on_Balkh_1370.jpg) Timur commanding the siege | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:Timurid.svg){kind=small} Timur of Timurid Empire |
&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:Flag_of_the_Chagatay_Khanate_in_the_Catalan_Atlas_(published_in1375).png){kind=small} Amir Husayn of Chagatai Khanate | ||||||
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| Unknown | Unknown | ||||||
The siege of Balkh was a key success in Timur's rise to power and established him as the ruler of the western Chagatai Khanate in Transoxiana.