Siege of Damascus (1400)

Siege of Damascus

Timur defeating the Mamluk Sultan Nasir-ad-Din Faraj
DateDecember 1400 – March 1401
Location
Damascus, Mamluk Sultanate
(present day Syria)
Result Timurid victory
Belligerents
Timurid Empire Mamluk Sultanate
Commanders and leaders
Timur Nasir-ad-Din Faraj
Strength
Unknown Unknown
Casualties and losses
Unknown All civilians killed except the artisans taken to Samarkhand and a tower of 20,000 skulls is built outside the city.

The siege of Damascus (also known as the Sack of Damascus and the Capture of Damascus) was a major event in 1400–01 during the war between the Timurid Empire and the Mamluk Sultanate.

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