Timur's Syrian Campaign: Aleppo and Damascus

1400 CE · Halep / Şam (Dımaşk) · military

At the end of 1400 and the beginning of 1401 Timur took Aleppo, which belonged to the Mamluks, and then Damascus; Damascus suffered great devastation.

It was during this campaign that his famous meeting with the historian Ibn Khaldun took place before the walls of Damascus. **Significance:** the meeting of Timur and Ibn Khaldun — a symbolic encounter between the philosophy of history and the power of the conqueror.

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What was Timur's Syrian Campaign: Aleppo and Damascus?
At the end of 1400 and the beginning of 1401 Timur took Aleppo, which belonged to the Mamluks, and then Damascus; Damascus suffered great devastation.
When did Timur's Syrian Campaign: Aleppo and Damascus happen?
1400 CE
Where did Timur's Syrian Campaign: Aleppo and Damascus take place?
Halep / Şam (Dımaşk)