Battle of Nishapur (1447)

Battle of Nishapur
Part of the Timurid Civil Wars
DateApril 20, 1447
LocationNishapur, Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran
Result Decisive Timurids of Khurasan Victory
Belligerents
Timurids of Khurasan Timurids of Samarkand
Commanders and leaders
Unknown Amirs?
Ala-ud-Daulah Mirza		 Abdal-Latif Mirza
Second Timurid Succession Crisis
Ulugh Beg's campaigns
Abdal-Latif Mirza's campaigns
Abul-Qasim Babur Mirza's campaigns
Ala-ud-Daulah Mirza's campaigns
Abu Sa'id Mirza's campaigns
  • 1st Samarkand
  • 2nd Samarkand
  • Yasi
  • 3rd Samarkand
  • 4th Samarkand
  • 1st Herat
  • Murghab
  • 2nd Herat
  • Sarakhs
  • Jauzi Wali
  • 3rd Herat
  • Shahrukhiya
Sultan Husayn Mirza Bayqarah's campaigns
  • Jauzi Wali
  • 1st Herat
  • Torshiz
  • Khurasan
  • 2nd Herat

During the Second Timurid Succession Crisis, The Baysonqor brothers; Ala-ud-Daulah Mirza and Abul-Qasim Babur Mirza had acted in cognizance and blocked Abdal-Latif Mirza's chances of uniting with his father Ulugh Beg. Abul-Qasim Babur Mirza had taken Mazandaran and Jurjan whereas Ala-ud-Daulah Mirza had taken Mashad thereby surrounding Abdal-Latif Mirza at Nishapur. On April 20, 1447, Ala-ud-Daulah Mirza's army surprised and attacked the city of Nishapur. Abdal-Latif Mirza was defeated and imprisoned whereas, Goharshad and the Tarkhans were freed.They then marched towards Sadabad, Nishapur where Ala-ud-Daulah Mirza met Goharshad and together they marched with the army towards Herat. At Herat, Abdal-Latif Mirza was kept in the fort of Iktiyar-al-Din. The army of Khurasan now marched against Ulugh Beg towards Samarkand.

Aftermath

But when Ala-ud-Daulah Mirza reached Murghab he received news of the betrayal of his brother Abul-Qasim Babur Mirza who was marching forward to take Herat. At that moment arrived Ulugh Beg's envoy Sadr Nizam-al-Din Mirak Mahmud who conveyed to Ala-ud-Daulah Mirza a message of peace and a treaty was concluded whereby Chechektu valley (east of Murghab river) was the limit of Ala-ud-Daulah Mirza's territory and of the Murghab basin his North-western limit. Abdal-Latif Mirza was released as a part of the treaty and was now appointed governor of Balkh by his father. Ala-ud-Daulah Mirza then turned his attention towards his renegade brother Abul-Qasim Babur Mirza whom he managed to stave off by making another territorial treaty with him settling Quchan as the border between them.

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