Rise of Shaybani and the Uzbek Khanate

Timeline

1. 1500Steppes north of the Syr Darya · Central AsiaShaybani unified the Uzbek tribes, exploiting Timurid infighting and the weakness of Transoxiana's defenses to launch an offensive from the steppes north of the Syr Darya into Transoxiana.
2. 1500Samarkand · SamarkandShaybani's forces captured Samarkand, the old Timurid capital; Timurid princes such as Ali Mirza were routed, and the political center of Transoxiana changed hands.
3. 1500Bukhara · BukharaShaybani subsequently took control of Bukhara and, using the two cities as his base, established the Shaybani dynasty, known in history as the Uzbek Khanate, ushering Central Asia into an Uzbek-dominated era.