Battle of Ushkudzhe

Battle of Ushkudzhe
Part of Timur's campaign in Dagestan
DateWinter of 1395
Location
Result Timurid victory
Territorial
changes
Belligerents
Aukh
Gazikumukh Shamkhalate
Ushkudzha
Timurid Empire
Commanders and leaders
Maida
Shovkhal I  
Timur
Strength
3,000 5,000-10,000
Casualties and losses
Most of the army
Remaining captured
Moderate

The Battle of Ushkudzhe was the final confrontation between Aukh and the Gazikumukh Shamkhalate with the Timurid Empire. Although fierce fighting, the Aukhs, Gazikumukhs аnd Akusha-dargin[1] failed to defeat the numerical superior conqueror Timur, who, in retribution for the formers resistance, conducted a campaign in both states, resulting in the end of the Aukh and Gazikumukh struggle against the conqueror.[2][3]

  1. ^ Р. М. Магомедов (1999). Даргинцы в дагестанском историческом процессе. Vol. I (3000 экз ed.). Махачкала: Дагестанское книжное издательство. p. 131. ISBN 5-297-00577-9.
  2. ^ Ангуни 2013, p. 73-74.
  3. ^ Хизриев 1980, p. 14.

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