Battle of Capakhchur
| Battle of Capahkchur | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Timurid Empire | Qara Qoyunids | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Timur | Qara Mahammad | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 30,000 | 7,000 | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| Unknown | Unknown | ||||||
The Battle of Capakhchur took place between the Qara Qoyunlu and the Timurids in 1387.
Political situation before the battle
In 1386-1388, Timur organised marches to Iran and Azerbaijan. In 1386, Timur, who was on his way to Samarkand, first attacked Malik Izzeddin, the judge of Luristan. After Malik exiled Izzadin and his family to Turkestan, he went to Azerbaijan to fulfil his second destiny. On this eve, he received news that Ahmad Jalayir would come to Tabriz. However, Ahmad Jalayir headed towards Baghdad with the news of Timur's expedition to this region. Timur advanced towards Nakhchivan and Kars and captured these places. Later, Timur headed to Georgia and Eastern Anatolia, and he captured the castles of Avnik, Mush, Van, Ahlat there. While Timur was continuing this progress, the khan of the Golden Horde, Tokhtamysh, attacked Tabriz. Timur, who heard the news of Tokhtamysh's plundering of Tabriz, also turned to Tabriz. Before 1387, while Timur was in Karabakh, he fled to Derbent and Tokhtamysh came to the Samur stream.[1]
In the battle that broke out between the parties, Tokhtamysh was forced to retreat. Then the danger of Timur arose for Qara Qoyunlu. Timur accused the caravans of sultan Kara Mehmed of raiding trade caravans. But of course it was an excuse. The main reason for Timur's attack was to prevent the establishment of an independent state in Eastern Anatolia and to make the Qara Qoyunlu Turcoman dependent on him.[2]
Battle of Capakhchur
The parties faced off in the region called Capakhchur Suyu in Bingöl. After Timur established his headquarters here, he separated 3 divisions from the army and sent them to Kara Mehmed. His son Miran Shah was at the head of one of these divisions.[3] The Miranshah who walked over Kara Mehmed who was taken to the defense obtained many spoils. But Kara Mehmed retreated at one time and held the george and valleys around Capakchur and scattered Timur's army.[4]
After this victory, Kara Mehmed took refuge in Malatya Mebiusu Mintas Mamluks. Metsoplu Toma wrote this defeat of Timur like this.[5]" Timur marched on Kara Mehmed with a large army in the spring. And as soon as he heard this news, Kara Mehmed ran away. Tamerlane overtook him, following him, and a few days later he caught up with him in the province of Breagjur. In this situation, Kara Mehmed sent his soldiers on Timur, defeating him and killing Lokmaka, the general of his army. And he destroyed a large part of his men."
References
- ↑ Sümer, Faruk (2015). Kara Koyunlular. Türk Tarih Kurumu Yayınları. pp. 62–63. ISBN 978-975-17-4847-8. Search this book on
- ↑ Aka, Ismail (2010). Timurlular Devleti Tarihi. pp. 30–34. ISBN 978-975-26-7307-6. Search this book on
- ↑ Turan, Eray (2016). Timurun Yükselişi ve Yıldırımla Mücadelesi. p. 16. Search this book on
- ↑ Bıyıktay, Ömer Halis (2021). Yedi Yıl Harbi İçinde Timur'un Anadolu Seferi. Panama Yayıncılık. pp. 47–55. ISBN 978-605-77-3988-9. Search this book on
- ↑ Əliyarlı, Süleyman (1996). Azərbaycan tarixi (Uzaq keçmişdən 1870-ci illərə qədər. Azərbaycan nəşriyyatı. Search this book on
External links
- Bıyıktay, Ömer Halis (2021). Yedi Yıl Harbi İçinde Timur'un Anadolu Seferi. Panama Yayıncılık. ISBN 978-605-77-3988-9. Search this book on
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