[4] The Jalayrids were about to surrender, due to a lack of water, when a sudden downpour filled the cisterns in the citadel, allowing the them to resist the siege.

[4] During the lull in the sieges, Tahir, son of Ahmad Jalayir, the ruler of Jalayirid Sultanate,[3] arrived to strengthen the fortress.

[4] In 1399, George VII of Georgia gathered the Georgian, North Caucasians (Simsim), and Shaki army and attacked the Timurid besiegers.

They rescued Tahir and freed some of those inside the castle, Miran Shah's general Seif ad-Din fled to Tabriz.

Virtually all major cities and towns were destroyed and their populations decimated; the countryside (with its villages and food sources) was burnt; monasteries and churches were systematically razed to the ground.