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| Capture of Baghdad (1624) | |||||||||
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| Part of Safavid Capture of Mesopotamia (1623–1624) andOttoman–Safavid War (1623–1639) | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
| Safavid Empire | Ottoman Empire | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
| Abbas the Great Qarachaqay KhanGeorge Saakadze | Murad IV Gazi Husrev Pasha Hafiz Ahmed Pasha | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
| Unknown | Unknown | ||||||||
| Massacre of Sunni inhabitants of the city by Safavids[1] | |||||||||
TheCapture of Baghdad (1624) by theSafavid army underAbbas the Great occurred on 14 January 1624, which was part of the ongoing war betweenSultan Murad IV againstShah Abbas I.
(...) managed to break into the city on the evening of 12 January 1624, and two days later Baghdad was in Safavid hands.
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