Capture of Baghdad
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Capture of Baghdad (1534)
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| Battle of Baghdad (1534) | |||||||||
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| Part of Ottoman–Safavid War (1532–1555) | |||||||||
 Suleiman's conquests in the 1532–55 Ottoman-Safavid war gave him access to the Persian Gulf. |
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
 Safavid Empire |
 Ottoman Empire |
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| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
| Tekkelu Muhammad Sultan Khan (Safavid governor of Baghdad) |
Suleiman the Magnificent |
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| Strength | |||||||||
| 300 troops still loyal to the Safavids and the city commander | Deserted Safavid troops + Army that Suleiman brought to winter in Baghdad | ||||||||
The 1534 Capture of Baghdad by Suleiman the Magnificent of the Ottoman Empire from the Safavid dynasty under Tahmasp I was part the Ottoman–Safavid War of 1532 to 1555, itself part a series of Ottoman–Persian Wars. It was taken without resistance, the Safavid government having fled and leading the city undefended.[1] Baghdad's capture was a significant achievement given it's mastery of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers and their international and regional trade.[2] It represented, along with the fall of Basra in 1546, a significant step towards eventual Ottoman victory and the procurement of the lower Mesopotamia, the mouths of the Euphrates and Tigris rivers, opening a trading outlet into the Persian Gulf.[3] The Ottomans wintered there until 1535, overseeing the reconstruction of Sunni and Shia religions shrines and agricultural irrigation projects. Suleiman returned to Constantinople leaving a strong garrison force.[1] Over the next few decades the Ottomans solidified their control of the region, incorporating it into the Empire until its collapse following the First World War.[1]
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- ^ a b c World and Its Peoples: The Middle East, Western Asia, and Northern Africa. London: Marshall Cavendish. 2006. p. 193. ISBN 0-7614-7571-0.
- ^ Masters, Bruce Alan (2009). Encyclopedia of the Ottoman Empire. New York: Facts on File. pp. 280, 428. ISBN 0-8160-6259-5.
- ^ Matthee, Rudolph P. (1999). The politics of trade in Safavid Iran: silk for silver, 1600-1730. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. p. 17. ISBN 0-521-64131-4.
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