In 1393, Baghdad was attacked by Timur. Its ruler, Ahmad Jalayir, fled to the Mamluk capital.[1] The death and destruction was more severe when Timur attacked the city again in 1401.[2]
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- ^ Yehuda, Zvi (2017). The New Babylonian Diaspora: The Rise and Fall of the Jewish Community in Iraq, 16th-20th Centuries C.E. BRILL. p. 33. ISBN 978-90-04-35401-2.