Battle of Aleppo (1400)

The Battle of Aleppo (1400)Battle during Timur's invasion of the Mamluks in 1400.

Battle of Aleppo
Date 30 October 1400 Location Syria, Mamluk, Aleppo Result Timurid victory
Belligerents
Timurid Empire	Mamluk Sultanate
Commanders and leaders
Timur Miran Shah Shah Rukh Emirzade Sultan Huseyin Bahadir Ebubekir Bahadir Emir Süleymansah Emir Cihansah Emir Sah Melik Sultan Mahmud khan	Sudun (POW) Timurtas (POW) Sheikh Al Mahmudi Altunbuga Osmani (POW) Omer b. Tahhani (POW) Sheikh Ali (POW) Emir Ozdemir † Emir Yasbek †
Strength
Unknown	30,000-35,000
Casualties and losses
Small	Almost destroyed

Background

The Mamluks gathered a strong army of 30 to 35 thousand men. The Mamluk army, which established its camp near the city of Aleppo, began to wait for the Timurid forces. Timurid forces arrive in front of the city and on the first day, small clashes occur between the forces. After waiting for a while, on the 3rd day, the Syrian regents decide to directly clash with the Timurid forces.

Battle

Timurtas, the Regent of Aleppo, took a position against the Timurid forces with all the forces on his side, and then the war started with the attack of the Timurids. The Timurids, who attacked the left wing of the Mamluk army, defeated the Aleppo and Damascus soldiers, and Sheikh Al Mahmudi, the regent of Tripoli, bravely counterattacked and inflicted casualties on the Timurid forces. Additionally, Emir İzzeddin Ozdemir and his son fought very bravely in Yasbek and managed to kill many Timurid soldiers, but they were later surrounded by the Timurids and both of them were killed. The Mamluk army, which was astonished during these first Timurid attacks, gathered together to correct the situation and thought of launching a general attack, but at this moment, Timur suddenly marched on the Mamluk army with his elephants and soldiers, and the Mamluk army could not resist this attack and started to retreat. This battle lasted approximately an hour.

After

The retreating Mamluk army entered Aleppo with its surviving soldiers to fight a defensive war, but the Timurid army that followed them massacred and destroyed most of them. The regents and commanders, who could barely pass through the entrance due to the stampede at the gates of the city of Aleppo with their few soldiers, managed to take shelter in the castle. Coming this way, Timur began to besiege the castle, and the emirs and regents eventually surrendered, realizing that they could not resist. Damascus regent Sudun, Aleppo regent Timurtaş, Gaza regent Omer bin Tahhani, Safa regent Altunboga Osmani and Sheikh Ali El Haseki were captured by the Timurids and put in chains.