Timur's Conquest of the Muzaffarids

Timeline

1. 1376–1377Tabriz · AzerbaijanShah Shuja led Muzaffarid forces to capture Tabriz, capital of the Jalairid dynasty, and stayed there for several months, showing the dynasty still possessed strong military power after the collapse of the Ilkhanate, but also making relations with powers along Timur's expansion route increasingly tense.
2. 1378–1380Fars · FarsAfter Timur's 1380 western campaign into Persia, Muzaffarid lands lay under the threat of his armies. In his later years Shah Shuja was forced to adjust his diplomacy, writing in 1383 to entrust his sons to Timur; the dynasty effectively entered a process of vassalization, and the sons' subsequent infighting further weakened its capacity to resist.