Battle of the Chirciq River information

Battle of the Chirciq River
	Part of Timurid-Moghul Wars
	; modern day view of the dammed Chirciq River
Date	1488
Location	Chirciq River South East of Tashkent, Uzbekistan
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]

^ 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.

[books.google-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.

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