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Ottoman Conquest of Baghdad

Name: War Atlas: Named Conflicts and Empire Borders, 3000 BCE – Present
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Baghdad · Iraq · Mesopotamia

Estimated casualties

50Ksingle estimate · no range published

Ottoman forces conquered Baghdad from the Safavids, establishing Ottoman control over Iraq for 400 years. This victory secured Ottoman dominance of Mesopotamian territory and resources.

Belligerents2

Ottoman Empire
Safavid Empire

ON THE MAPOttoman EmpireSafavid Empire

Sources

Wikipedia — text reused under CC BY-SA 4.0

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