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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Samarkand, Uzbekistan This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources .
The siege of Samarkand (1220) took place in 1220 A.D. after Genghis Khan, founder of the Mongol Empire, had launched a multi-pronged invasion of the Khwarazmian Empire, ruled by Shah Muhammad II. The Mongols had laid siege to the border town of Otrar , but finding its defences obdurate, a large force commanded by Genghis and his youngest son ...
Timeline of Samarkand; A. Afrasiyab (Samarkand) C. ... Timurid War of Succession This page was last edited on 18 January 2016, at 17:18 (UTC). ...
Siege of Samarkand (1497), a siege of the city in May 1497 in which Babur successfully captured the city; Siege of Samarkand (1501), a siege of the city in 1501 in which Babur failed to capture the city; Siege of Samarkand (1868), a nine day siege in which a Russian garrison successfully repelled an attacking army of the Bukharan Emirate
A civil war between two brothers Umar Shaikh Mirza II (father of Babur), King of Ferghana and Sultan Ahmed Mirza, King of Samarkand and Bukhara was being fought in 1492 when Umar Shaikh died of natural causes leaving his son, the 12-year-old Babur in charge of his Kingdom. Ahmed Mirza, Babur's uncle wasted no time in attacking Babur's Kingdom ...
Siege of Samarkand; Part of the Russian conquest of Bukhara: Painting, titled "Let them enter!", of Russian soldiers defending a breach in the walls at the Siege of Samarkand. Vasily Vereshchagin—who was commended for his heroism during the siege—painted the work in 1871 and went on to become a famous War artist.
13 October: Israel tells over 1m people to evacuate Gaza City. After Israel’s war cabinet ordered a complete siege of Gaza in the wake of the Hamas attack and launched air strikes on northern ...
The siege of Samarkand (1497) was a successful siege by the two armies of Emir Babur of Fergana and Sultan Ali of Bukhara of the city of Samarkand. In May 1497, the ...