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Capture of Baghdad (1624)

Coordinates: 33°19′30″N 44°25′19″E / 33.325°N 44.422°E / 33.325; 44.422
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Capture of Baghdad (1624)
Part of Ottoman–Safavid War (1623–1639)
Date14 January 1624
Location
Baghdad aftermath: Mosul, Kirkuk and Basra
33°19′30″N 44°25′19″E / 33.325°N 44.422°E / 33.325; 44.422
Result Safavid victory
Territorial
changes
Baghdad captured by the Safavids
Belligerents
Safavid Empire Ottoman Empire
Commanders and leaders
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[1]

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.

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  1. ^ Faroqhi, Suraiya (2006). The Cambridge History of Turkey: The Later Ottoman Empire, 1603–1839. Cambridge University Press. p. 47. ISBN 9780521620956.