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To conquer the Muzaffarid dynasty Timur would habe to capture its two main cities: Isfahan and Shiraz. When Timur arrived with his army to Isfahan, It immediately surrendered to Timur in 1387, he treated it with relative mercy as he normally did with cities that surrendered. However, after Isfahan revolted against Timur's taxes by killing the tax collectors and some of Timur's soldiers, Timur ordered the massacre of the city's citizens; the death toll is reckoned to be at least 70,000.

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  • To conquer the Muzaffarid dynasty Timur would habe to capture its two main cities: Isfahan and Shiraz. When Timur arrived with his army to Isfahan, It immediately surrendered to Timur in 1387, he treated it with relative mercy as he normally did with cities that surrendered. However, after Isfahan revolted against Timur's taxes by killing the tax collectors and some of Timur's soldiers, Timur ordered the massacre of the city's citizens; the death toll is reckoned to be at least 70,000.
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  • Siege of Isfahan
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  • Timurid Empire
  • Muzaffarids
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  • DecisiveTimuridvictory, Isfahan and nearby territories are annexed.
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