Region: Central Asia · Coordinates: 34.348, 62.200 · 11 events
| Year | Source | Account |
|---|---|---|
| AD 1333 | Ibn Battuta, Travels | Leaving Balkh, after seven days through the mountains of Kuhistan he reaches Herat, one of the two prosperous cities among Khurasan's four great cities (the other being Nishapur) |
| AD 1347 | Ibn Battuta, Travels | Khalil wins all of Transoxiana, but as his power grows he rebels against his patron, Husayn, king of Herat; his army does not follow him, and he is defeated and captured. Husayn spares his life, keeps him at court, and gives him slaves and a pension. The author notes this was the situation when he left India at the end of 747 AH (April 1347) |
| AD 1347 | Ibn Battuta, Travels | The Shia power Sarbadar ('Rafida') takes Tus, Sarakhs and Jam and threatens Herat; Husayn leads 120,000 people of Herat and Shamanan out to face him on the plain of Bushanj. At first the fight is evenly matched, but Rafida's army is pushed back; Sultan Mahmud flees, and Caliph Hasan dies |
| AD 1496 | Baburnama (Memoirs of Babur) | Conflict between Husain Mirza of Herat and his son Badi'uz-Zaman Mirza. |
| AD 1505 | Baburnama (Memoirs of Babur) | Sultan Husain Mirza (Bayqara) died. |
| AD 1506 | Baburnama (Memoirs of Babur) | On Monday, the 8th day of the month, Babur met the Khorasan mirzas. |
| AD 1506 | Baburnama (Memoirs of Babur) | On his second visit, Badi'uz-Zaman showed Babur less courtesy. |
| AD 1506 | Baburnama (Memoirs of Babur) | A few days after Muzaffar Mirza settled in Herat, the mirzas entertained Babur. |
| AD 1506 | Baburnama (Memoirs of Babur) | On the 7th of Sha'ban (24 December 1506), Babur left Khorasan. |
| AD 1507 | Baburnama (Memoirs of Babur) | Shaibani Khan passed Murghab and took Herat (Muharram 913). |
| AD 1507 | Baburnama (Memoirs of Babur) | Having taken Herat, Shaibani engaged in plunder and persecution. |