Battle of Tarnab (1448)

Battle of Tarnab
Part of the Timurid Civil Wars
DateSpring of 1448
LocationTarnab (east of Herat), Afghanistan
Result Decisive Timurids of Samarkand Victory
Belligerents
Timurids of Khurasan Timurids of Samarkand
Commanders and leaders
Ala-ud-Daulah Mirza Ulugh Beg
Abdal-Latif Mirza
Second Timurid Succession Crisis
Ulugh Beg's campaigns
Abdal-Latif Mirza's campaigns
Abul-Qasim Babur Mirza's campaigns
Ala-ud-Daulah Mirza's campaigns
Abu Sa'id Mirza's campaigns
  • 1st Samarkand
  • 2nd Samarkand
  • Yasi
  • 3rd Samarkand
  • 4th Samarkand
  • 1st Herat
  • Murghab
  • 2nd Herat
  • Sarakhs
  • Jauzi Wali
  • 3rd Herat
  • Shahrukhiya
Sultan Husayn Mirza Bayqarah's campaigns
  • Jauzi Wali
  • 1st Herat
  • Torshiz
  • Khurasan
  • 2nd Herat

In the spring of 1448, Ala-ud-Daulah Mirza was making preparations for the celebration of his son's circumcision ceremony. He had announced a general relief from taxes to all citizens of Herat when he heard the news of Ulugh Beg crossing the Amu Darya with 90,000 troops. He hastily made his way towards the Tarnab through the Sanjab Pass. The two forces met at Tarnab and after a brief engagement, Ulugh Beg decisively defeated Ala-ud-Daulah Mirza who fled towards Mashad and the towards Quchan in the protection of his brother Abul-Qasim Babur Mirza. Ulugh Beg followed up his victory by taking Herat and then Mashad. Goharshad and many Tarkhans left Herat before Ulugh Beg's arrival.

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