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Timur attacks the Jalairid Sultanate and destroys Baghdad.

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Timur

Turco-Mongol conqueror (1320s–1405)

Timur, also known as Tamerlane, was a Turco-Mongol conqueror who founded the Timurid Empire in and around modern-day Afghanistan, Iran, and Central Asia, becoming the first ruler of the Timurid dynasty. An undefeated commander, he is widely regarded as one of the greatest…
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Jalayirid Sultanate

1335–1432 Persianate Mongol state in modern Iraq and western Iran

The Jalayirid Sultanate was a dynasty of Mongol Jalayir origin, which ruled over modern-day Iraq and western Iran after the breakup of the Ilkhanate in the 1330s. It lasted about fifty years, until disrupted by Timur's conquests and the revolts of the Qara Qoyunlu Turkoman.…
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