Battle of Tarnab (1448) explained

Conflict:	Battle of Tarnab
Partof:	the Timurid Civil Wars
Date:	Spring 1448
Place:	Tarnab (east of Herat), Afghanistan
Result:	Timurids of Samarkand victory
Combatant1:	Timurids of Khurasan
Combatant2:	Timurids of Samarkand
Commander1:	Ala al-Dawla Mirza
Commander2:	Ulugh Beg Abdal-Latif Mirza

The Battle of Tarnab took place in 1448.^[1]

In spring 1448, Ala al-Dawla 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 that Ulugh Beg crossing the Amu Darya with 90,000 troops.^[2] 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 al-Dawla Mirza who fled towards Mashad and then towards Quchan in the protection of his brother Abul-Qasim Babur Mirza.^{[3] [4]} Ulugh Beg followed up his victory by taking Herat and then Mashad.^[5] Gawhar Shad and many Tarkhans left Herat before Ulugh Beg's arrival.

Bibliography

General sources

1. Book: Barthold, Vasilii. Four Studies on the History of Central Asia. E. J. Brill. 1958. Leiden, Netherlands. 156.
2. Book: Bartol'd, Vasilij V.. Four studies on the history of Central Asia. 1963. Brill. 149. 163626572.
3. Book: al-Dīn ibn Humām al-Dīn Khvānd Mīr, Ghiyās̲. Habibü's-siyer: Moğol ve Türk hâkimiyeti. Dept. of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations. 1994. Harvard University. 365.
4. Book: Manz, Beatrice. Power, Politics and Religion in Timurid Iran. Cambridge University Press. 2007. 9780521865470. xvii.
5. Book: Lockhart, Lawrence. The Cambridge History of Iran, Volume 6. Cambridge University Press. 1986. 0521200946. 107.

Other sources:

W. Weberhard (1959), Journal of Oriental Studies, University of Hong Kong