Siege of Baghdad (1638)
| Siege of Baghdad | |||||||||
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| Part of the Ottoman–Safavid War (1623–1639) | |||||||||
Conquest of Baghdad by the Ottoman in 1638, by Caspar Luyken, 1896. | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
| Safavid Empire |
Ottoman Empire Yazidis | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
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Bektash Khan Gorji Saru Khan † |
Sultan Murad IV Grand Vizier Tayyar Mehmed Pasha † Grand Vizier Kemankeş Kara Mustafa Pasha Ezidi Mirza | ||||||||
| Strength | |||||||||
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40,000 infantry 211 fortified city towers 100 cannons |
108,589 (35,000 infantry and 73,589 cavalry)
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| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
| Heavy | Heavy | ||||||||
| Most of the city residents were massacred by the Ottomans after the capture | |||||||||
The siege of Baghdad (Persian: محاصره بغداد) in the winter of 1638 marked the re-establishment of Ottoman control over Iraq, following a prior period of Safavid rule. It was part of the Ottoman–Safavid War of 1623–1639.