Back معركة نخجوان (1406) Arabic Naxçıvan döyüşü (1406) Azerbaijani نخجیوان دؤیوشو (۱۴۰۶) AZB نبرد نخجوان (۱۴۰۶) Persian Битва при Нахичевани (1406) Russian
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| Battle of Nakhchivan | |||||||
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| Part of Timurid Invasion of Azerbaijan | |||||||
&sq=Facebook&lang=en&file=File:Arasrivermap.jpg) Map of Nakhchivan city near River Aras. | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
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 Timurid Empire | ||||||
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Abu Nasr Qara Yusuf Ispend bin Yusuf | Abu Bakr ibn Miran Shah | ||||||
The Battle of Nakhchivan was fought between Kara Koyunlu under their Bey, Qara Yusuf and the Timurid Empire under the leadership of Timur's grandson Abu Bakr ibn Miran Shah, for control of Azerbaijan on October 14, 1406.[1] Qara Yusuf decisively defeated the Timurids in this battle and took over Tabriz, the capital of the region.[2]
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Qara-Yusuf, having returned from exile in Egypt, went back to Azerbaijan, defeated the Timurid Abu Bakr near Na- khichevan, and reoccupied Tabriz (1406).