Battle of Ghazdewan
| Battle of Ghazdewan | |||||||||
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| Part of Persian-Uzbek Wars Timurid-Uzbek Wars |
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Timurids (Babur).svg){kind=small} Safavid Empire
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 Ottoman Empire
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Najm-e Sani † Babur Husayn Beg Shamlu Abdal Beg Talish Biram Khan Qaramanlu |
Ubaydullah Sultan, Abul Ghazi Sheikhein Mirza † Timur Sultan Jani Beg Sultan Kuchum Khan Siunjek Sultan |
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| 60,000 | <30,000 | ||||||||
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| High | High | ||||||||
Khanate of Bukhara Supported by -
The Battle of Ghazdewan occurred in what is now Uzbekistan in 1512 AD between Babur's Mughal army and invading Uzbek tribes from Central Asia. It resulted in Babur's defeat after which he resigned hope of recovering his father's empire of Ferghana. It also helped solidify the alliance between the Mughal Empire and the Ottoman empire.
After Babur's defeat at the Battle of Kul Malek, he applied for assistance from Biram Khan Karamanlu, the commander serving the Safavid Persian Shah Ismail I at Balkh. With additional support from Biram's detachment, the Uzbeks eventually withdrew from the country of Hissar. After this victory, and in response to his defeat at Kul Malek, Babur personally visited Shah Ismail I to solicit an additional force which he could use to finally defeat the Uzbeks from Mawarannahr (Transoxiana). The Shah accordingly called on Najm-e Sani, his minister of finance, whom he had entrusted with the settlement of Khurasan. Ismail gave him instructions to render assistance to Babur in recovering the dominions he had previously possessed.
On reaching Balkh, Najm resolved to march in person into Mawarannahr, taking with him the governor of Herat, the Amirs of Greater Khorasan|Khurasan, and Biram Khan of Balkh. During his journey, Najm passed the Amu Darya and was soon joined by Babur, creating an army that is said to have been 60,000 men strong.
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