Capture of Baghdad (1624)

When

14 Jan 1624

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

33.33° N, 44.42° E

Description

part of the Ottoman–Safavid War (1623–1639)

Part of the Ottoman–Safavid War (1623–1639)

The Capture of Baghdad was a military operation by the Safavid army under Abbas the Great. It occurred on 14 January 1624, and was part of the ongoing war between Sultan Murad IV of the Ottoman Empire and Shah Abbas I of Safavid Iran. In the aftermath, fighting extended to other key cities in Ottoman Iraq, including Mosul, Kirkuk, and Basra.

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• Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “le séfévide Abbas entre dans Bagdad reprise aux Ottomans)”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “3-дневная осада Багдада и взятие османского города персидской армией под командованием Аббаса I Великого”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page