Back حصار أصفهان (1387) Arabic محاصره اصفهان (۱۳۸۷) Persian Massacre d'Ispahan French Saccheggio di Isfahan Italian اصفہان دا قتل عام PNB İsfahan Kuşatması (1387) Turkish اصفہان کا قتل عام Urdu Isfahon qamali Uzbek 圍攻伊斯法罕 Chinese
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| Siege of Isfahan | |||||||
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| Part of Timurid Wars | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
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Muzaffarids civilian defenders | Timurid Empire | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Zain al-Abidin | Timur | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 70,000–200,000 civilians massacred[1][better source needed] | Unknown | ||||||
The siege of Isfahan was a siege of the city of Isfahan by the army of Timur in 1387.
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isfahan Timur.