Death of Timur (1405)

Name: Death of Timur (1405)
Start: 1404
End: 1405

Type Event Region Central Asia Time 1404–1405

In the winter of 1404 Timur led a great army east to campaign against the Ming dynasty, camping on the far side of the Syr Darya en route.…

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1404–1405Along the Syr Darya · Central AsiaIn December 1372 Timur broke with his usual practice of spring campaigns, leading roughly 200,000 troops east against the Ming dynasty and detaining Ming envoys. As the army crossed Timur's Gate (the Iron Gate) into winter marching, Timur camped on the far bank of the Syr Darya, fell ill, and his condition rapidly worsened.
1405Otrar (Farab) · KazakhstanTimur fell ill and died near Farab (Otrar), designating his grandson Pir Muhammad as heir on his deathbed. The eastern campaign was immediately halted and the Ming envoys released. His body was transported back to Samarkand and buried in the Gur-e-Amir mausoleum; the empire rapidly fragmented due to the lack of institutionalized succession.

Timur https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timur
The Medieval Legend on the Death of Timur in Otrar in the Light of Modern Research — Various (2019) https://caj.harrassowitz-library.com/article/CAJ/2019/2/10
Timurid War of Succession https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timurid_War_of_Succession