Capture of Baghdad (1624) explained

Conflict:	Capture of Baghdad (1624)
Partof:	Ottoman–Safavid War (1623–1639)
Date:	14 January 1624
Place:	Baghdad aftermath: Mosul, Kirkuk and Basra
Territory:	Baghdad captured by the Safavids
Result:	Safavid victory
Combatant1:	Safavid Empire
Combatant2:	Ottoman Empire
Commander1:	Abbas the Great Qarachaqay Khan George Saakadze
Commander2:	Murad IV Gazi Husrev Pasha Hafiz Ahmed Pasha
Casualties1:	Unknown
Casualties2:	Unknown
Notes:	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.

See also

• Treaty of Nasuh Pasha
• Treaty of Serav
• List of conflicts in the Middle East

References

• Book: Blow. David. Shah Abbas: The Ruthless King Who Became an Iranian Legend. 2009. I. B. Tauris. 978-1845119898. 133. (...) 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 .
• Asadollah Matoufi 4000 years history of Iran army, Persian title: Tārīkh-i chahār hazār sālah-i artish-i Īrān 2003 .
• Book: Roger Savory

. Savory. Roger. Roger Savory. Iran Under the Safavids. 2007. Cambridge University Press. Cambridge. 978-0521042512. 89.

Notes and References

1. Book: Faroqhi, Suraiya . The Cambridge History of Turkey: The Later Ottoman Empire, 1603–1839 . Cambridge University Press . 2006 . 9780521620956 . 47.