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Siege of Herat

Siege of Herat was a siege conducted in 1448 at Herat, in what is now Afghanistan. It was part of the Timurid Wars of Succession, which ran from 1405 to 1507. The recorded result: Timurids of Samarkand victory.

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The Qala Ikhtyaruddin (Citadel) in Herat, Afghanistan.
The Qala Ikhtyaruddin (Citadel) in Herat, Afghanistan.. S.K. Vemmer (U.S. Department of State), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
Fought1448
WhereHerat, Afghanistan34.374N, 62.179E
OutcomeTimurids of Samarkand victory
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 Herat, 1448
13 placed engagements of the Timurid Wars of Succession in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date1448 (year precision)
PlaceHerat, Afghanistan
34.374N, 62.179E
KindSiege, medieval
Commanders
Siege of HeratSiege of HeratSiege of HeratFirst Herat WarSiege of HeratSiege of HeratSiege of HeratSiege of HeratTorbat-e JamYazdanQala i Naw100 km34.374N, 62.179E
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 7 times between AD 652 and 1837.

In the same war

Elsewhere in 1448

Siege of Herat 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 Q7510079, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Siege of Herat (1448), revision 1370741857, 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.