Battle of Sarakhs (1459)
| Battle of Sarakhs | |||||||
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| Part of the Timurid Civil Wars | |||||||
Khurasan Province in Iran where the battle took place | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
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Timurids of Khurasan Timurids of Merv | Timurids of Samarkand | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Ala al-Dawla Mirza Ibrahim Mirza bin Ala-ud-Daulah Sultan Sanjar Mirza (POW) † |
Abu Sa'id Mirza Amir Ali Farsi Amir Syed Asil | ||||||
Battle of Sarakhs took place in March 1459, at a location between Merv and Sarakhs.
It was fought between the Timurids of Samarkand under Abu Sa'id Mirza and the confederacy of his rivals to Central Asian throne, the Timurids of Khurasan and Marv, namely; Ala al-Dawla Mirza, his son Ibrahim Mirza and Sultan Sanjar Mirza.