Babur Attacks Samarkand

Timeline

1. 1512Fergana Valley · UzbekistanBabur regrouped his forces in Fergana and formed an alliance with the Timurid descendants of Bukhara, planning to retake Samarkand from the Uzbeks. Samarkand was the former Timurid capital and the symbolic center of Babur's family power.
2. 1512City of Samarkand · UzbekistanThe coalition attacked Samarkand, defeated the Uzbek garrison, and Babur briefly regained his ancestral city. He restored Timurid-style rule around the Registan square, though the situation was not secure.
3. 1512Samarkand · UzbekistanUzbek forces quickly counterattacked; Babur failed to hold the city, was forced to abandon Samarkand and flee into the mountains, and later withdrew to Fergana. This setback convinced Babur that Central Asia was no longer a land where the Timurids could be restored, setting the stage for his later southern campaigns into Afghanistan and India.