| Capture of Baghdad (1624) | |||||||||
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| Part of Safavid Capture of Mesopotamia (1623-1624) and Ottoman–Safavid War (1623–1639) | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
| Safavid Empire | Ottoman Empire | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
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Abbas the Great Qarachaqay Khan George Saakadze |
Murad IV Gazi Husrev Pasha Hafiz Ahmed Pasha | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
| Unknown | Unknown | ||||||||
| Massacre of Sunni inhabitants of the city by Safavids | |||||||||
| Ottoman–Safavid War (1623–1639) | |
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The Capture of Baghdad (1624) by the Safavid army under Abbas the Great occurred on 14 January 1624, which was part of the ongoing war between Sultan Murad IV against Shah Abbas I.
See also
References
- Faroqhi, Suraiya (2006). The Cambridge History of Turkey: The Later Ottoman Empire, 1603–1839. Cambridge University Press. p. 47. ISBN 9780521620956.
- Blow, David (2009). Shah Abbas: The Ruthless King Who Became an Iranian Legend. I. B. Tauris. p. 133. ISBN 978-1845119898.
(...) managed to break into the city on the evening of 12 January 1624, and two days later Baghdad was in Safavid hands.
- Ghafouri Ali History of the Iran's battles, from the Medes up to today 2009 ISBN 9789644237386.
- Asadollah Matoufi 4000 years history of Iran army, Persian title: Tārīkh-i chahār hazār sālah-i artish-i Īrān 2003 ISBN 9646820034.
- Savory, Roger (2007). Iran Under the Safavids. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 89. ISBN 978-0521042512.
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