Timur's Campaign against Khwarezm

Name: Timur's Campaign against Khwarezm
Start: 1369
End: 1372

Type Event Region Central Asia Time 1369–1372

After establishing rule in Transoxiana in 1369, Timur demanded the Sufi dynasty return Khwarezm strongholds (Kath, Khiva);…

Timeline

1369Samarkand · TransoxianaIn 1369 Timur established rule in Transoxiana and immediately demanded the Sufi dynasty, holding Khwarezm, return Kath, Khiva, and other seized Chagatai Khanate territories.
1370Urgench · KhwarezmTimur demanded that Sufi dynasty ruler Husayn Sufi return Kath and Khiva, but the latter refused to concede, and diplomacy failed to resolve the territorial dispute.
1372Kath · KhwarezmIn 1372 Timur led an invasion of Khwarezm, quickly capturing Kath and then besieging the Sufi dynasty capital Urgench; Husayn Sufi died of illness during the siege.

Sufi dynasty https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sufi_dynasty
Timur https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timur
The History of Central Asia: The Age of Islam and the Mongols — Christopher I. Beckwith (2011)