{"slug": "timurid-empire", "label": "Timurid Empire", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timurid_Empire", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q484195", "qid": "Q484195", "description": "Central Asian Persianate Turco-Mongol empire (1370–1507)", "entries": 8, "years": 7, "span": [1370, 1506], "span_label": ["1370 CE", "1506 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 4}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 3}, {"title": "Crime & Justice", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "timur", "label": "Timur", "shared": 4}, {"slug": "herat", "label": "Herat", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "ottoman-empire", "label": "Ottoman Empire", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "serbia", "label": "Serbia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "serbian-despotate", "label": "Serbian Despotate", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "bayezid-i", "label": "Bayezid I", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "stefan-lazarevic", "label": "Stefan Lazarević", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "iran", "label": "Iran", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "near-east", "label": "Near East", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "persia", "label": "Persia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "central-asia", "label": "Central Asia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "chagatai-khanate", "label": "Chagatai Khanate", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1370, "year_label": "1370 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "April 9", "text": "April 9 – Timur becomes first Amir of the Timurid Empire, following the Siege of Balkh which establishes his rule over the Chagatai Khanate, completing his conquest of Central Asia and parts of Persia.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370872148#April–June", "title": "1370", "revid": 1370872148, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1377, "year_label": "1377 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Informed that Khan Urus of the White Horde has died, Timur of the Timurid Empire sends Tokhtamysh to take the Horde throne, but is defeated by Urus' son, Timur Malik.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368383535#Date_unknown", "title": "1377", "revid": 1368383535, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}, {"year": 1402, "year_label": "1402 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "July 20", "text": "July 20 – Battle of Ankara: An invading Timurid Empire force defeats the Ottoman Sultan Bayezid I, who is captured. A period of interregnum begins in the Ottoman Empire, with the future Mehmed I as one of the leading claimants to the throne. After Serbia is freed from Ottoman rule, Stefan Lazarević is crowned Despot of Serbia.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371594109#July–September", "title": "1402", "revid": 1371594109, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1402, "year_label": "1402 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "December 2", "text": "December 2 – (6 Jumada al-Awwal 805 A.H.) With 4,000 troops, Tamerlane, Amir of the Timurid Empire covering much of what is now Iraq, Iran and Afghanistan begins the Siege of Smyrna (now Izmir in Turkey). Smyrna is captured after two days of attacks on its outer walls. After the Christian Knights of Saint John, who are ruling Smyrna, refuse to convert to Islam or pay tribute, Timur has the entire Christian population massacred. The Knights subsequently begin building Bodrum Castle in Bodrum, to defend against future attacks.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371594109#October–December", "title": "1402", "revid": 1371594109, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1407, "year_label": "1407 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": "February 22", "text": "February 22 – Pir Muhammad Mirza, co-ruler of the Timurid Empire (Transoxiana) that encompasses what is now Iran and most of the Near East of Asia, is murdered by his vizier, Pir Ali Taz. He is succeeded by his cousin, Khalil Sultan, who becomes the sole ruler of Transoxiana until being overthrown in 1409.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367230756#January–March", "title": "1407", "revid": 1367230756, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1447, "year_label": "1447 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "March 13", "text": "March 13 – At Herat, Ulugh Beg (born Mirza Muhammad Taraghay) becomes the new ruler of the Timurid Empire upon the death of his father Sharukh Mirza, who had reigned for 42 years. The Empire is in decline but still controls most of what is now Afghanistan as well as parts of Iraq and Pakistan.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1359486325#January–March", "title": "1447", "revid": 1359486325, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1469, "year_label": "1469 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "March 24", "text": "March 24 – With Abu Sa'id Mirza having been killed at the battle of Qarabagh, the Timurid prince, Sultan Husayn Bayqara captures Herat (now in Afghanistan), the capital of the Timurid Empire, and proclaims himself the Emperor.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365666063#January–March", "title": "1469", "revid": 1365666063, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1506, "year_label": "1506 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "May 4", "text": "May 4 – Badi' al-Zaman Mirza becomes the new Emir of the Timurid Empire (now part of Afghanistan) after the death of his father, Sultan Husayn Bayqara, who died after a reign of 37 years.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368141766#April–June", "title": "1506", "revid": 1368141766, "section": "Events › April–June"}}]}