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Tokhtamysh–Timur War

1386 CE – 1395 CE · 9 years

The former protégé Tokhtamysh turned on Timur over the Caucasus and Khwarezm. Timur's counterstrikes at the Kondurcha and Terek rivers broke the Golden Horde's military spine, sacked Sarai and Astrakhan, and accelerated the Horde's fragmentation.

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Belligerents

The main peoples, kingdoms and states involved.

  • Golden Horde (Tokhtamysh)
  • Timurid Empire (Timur / Tamerlane)

Key moments

Defining events in the Tokhtamysh–Timur War.

  1. 1391 Battle of the Kondurcha River
  2. 15 April 1395 Battle of the Terek River
  3. 1395 Sack of Sarai and Astrakhan

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Dated moments inside this span

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And in the rest of the world

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