▁with ▁lead ▁pl ates ▁as ▁the ▁t iles ▁themselves ▁had ▁been ▁destroyed . ▁ ▁During ▁the ▁last ▁two ▁dec ades ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 4 th ▁century , ▁a ▁civil ▁war ▁ra ged ▁in ▁the ▁M aml uk ▁s ultan ate ▁between ▁Sultan ▁Bar qu q , ▁who ▁had ▁established ▁the ▁Bur ji ▁dynast y ▁in ▁C airo , ▁on ▁one ▁side ▁and ▁on ▁the ▁other ▁side ▁Sa if ▁al - D in ▁Y al bug ha , ▁governor ▁of ▁Ale ppo , ▁and ▁M int ash , ▁governor ▁of ▁Mal at ya . ▁The ▁city ▁and ▁the ▁cit adel ▁were ▁bes ie ged ▁several ▁times ▁during ▁this ▁period . ▁During ▁these ▁sie ges , ▁both ▁sides ▁made ▁use ▁of ▁sie ge ▁to wers , ▁tre buch ets , ▁rock ets ▁and ▁can n ons . ▁After ▁Y al bug ha ▁switched ▁sides ▁and ▁te amed ▁up ▁with ▁Bar qu q , ▁M int ash ▁was ▁killed ▁in ▁ 1 3 9 3 , ▁leaving ▁Dam asc us ▁and ▁its ▁city ▁under ▁the ▁control ▁of ▁Bar qu q . ▁Also ▁during ▁this ▁time , ▁the ▁Z ah iri ▁Revol t , ▁a ▁consp i racy ▁to ▁over throw ▁Bar qu q , ▁was ▁discovered ▁at ▁the ▁Cit adel . ▁ ▁Sie ge ▁by ▁Tim ur ▁and ▁its ▁after math ▁In ▁ 1 4 0 0 , ▁the ▁Mong ol ▁army ▁under ▁Tim ur , ▁better ▁known ▁as ▁T amer lane , ▁swe pt ▁down ▁on ▁Sy ria ▁and ▁arrived ▁at ▁Dam asc us