Capture of Baghdad (1624)
| Capture of Baghdad (1624) | |||||||||
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| Part of Safavid Capture of Mesopotamia (1623–1624) and Ottoman–Safavid War (1623–1639) | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
| Safavid Empire | Ottoman Empire | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
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Abbas the Great Qarachaqay Khan George Saakadze |
Murad IV Gazi Husrev Pasha Hafiz Ahmed Pasha | ||||||||
| Strength | |||||||||
| 2000 | 70000 | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
| Unknown | Unknown | ||||||||
| Massacre of Sunni inhabitants of the city by Safavids | |||||||||
The Capture of Baghdad (Persian: فتح بغداد) the Safavid army under Abbas the Great occurred on 14 January 1624, which was part of the ongoing war between Sultan Murad IV and Shah Abbas I. In the aftermath, fighting extended to other key cities in Ottoman Iraq, including Mosul, Kirkuk, and Basra.