Shāhrukh dies in 1447 a during a…
1447 CE
Shāhrukh dies in 1447 a during a journey in Rey in Persia.
When his son Ulugh Beg, viceroy of Transoxiana, hears of the death of his father, he goes to Balkh, where he hears that Mirza Ala-ud-Daulah, son of Ulugh's brother Baysonqor, has claimed the emirship of the Timurid Empire in Herat.
Consequently, Ulugh Beg marches against his nephew and …