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Siege of Balkh

Siege of Balkh was a siege conducted in 1447 at Balkh, in what is now Afghanistan. It was part of the Timurid Wars of Succession, which ran from 1405 to 1507. The recorded result: Status quo ante bellum.

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Fought1447
WhereBalkh, Afghanistan36.758N, 66.899E
OutcomeStatus quo ante bellum
BelligerentsTimurids of KhurasanagainstTimurids of Samarkand
Part ofTimurid Wars of Succession1405 to 1507

Where it sits in the Timurid Wars of Succession

Siege of Balkh, 1447Battle of Damghan, 1447Battle of Nishapur, 1447Battle of Tarnab, 1448Siege of Herat, 1448Babur Mirza's Invasion of Khorasan, 1448Battle of Farhadgerd, 1449Battle of Sarakhs, 1459Siege of Shahrukhiya, 1461Siege of Shahrukhiya, 1462Siege of Samarkand, 1494Siege of Samarkand, 1497Battle of Akhsi, 150314471503Siege of Balkh, 1447
13 placed engagements of the Timurid Wars of Succession in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date1447 (year precision)
PlaceBalkh, Afghanistan
36.758N, 66.899E
KindSiege, medieval
Commanders
Siege of BalkhSiege of BalkhSiege of BalkhSiege of BactraSiege of CyropolisBattle of AndkhudSiege of BalkhBattle of AndkhudBaghlanTermizKondozAtamyratQurghonteppaSheberghanPol-e KhomriAybak100 km36.758N, 66.899E
The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Contested ground: this site was fought over 4 times between 329 BC and 1447.

In the same war

Elsewhere in 1447

Siege of Balkh is one of 743 engagements of the 15th century in the atlas and one of 83 in present-day Afghanistan.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q7509851, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Siege of Balkh (1447), revision 1370739213, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.