Safavid reconquest of Baghdad (1624)

Name: Safavid reconquest of Baghdad (1624)
Start: 1623
End: 1624

Type Event Region Western Asia Time 1623–1624

From late 1623 to January 1624 Safavid Shah Abbas I exploited Ottoman turmoil after Osman II's murder to besiege and take Baghdad on 14 January 1624,…

Timeline

1621–1623Baghdad · MesopotamiaFrom 1621 Janissary subaşı Bekir sought autonomy in Baghdad, maneuvering against the Ottoman center and Diyarbakır governor Hafiz Ahmed Pasha, at one point appealing to Abbas I; Ottoman internal disorder left the center unable to control the city, creating an opening for Safavid intervention.
1623–1624Baghdad defenses · MesopotamiaAbbas I masked his troop concentration with a pilgrimage to Karbala and Najaf, and under commanders such as Qara Chaghay Khan besieged Baghdad; Bekir's son Muhammad helped open the gates, and Safavid forces stormed the city around 12 January.
1624Baghdad · MesopotamiaOn 14 January Baghdad formally fell to the Safavids; Abbas carried out mass executions and expulsions of Sunni Muslims, attempting to remake Baghdad as a Shi'a center, and immediately extended control toward Mosul, Kirkuk and elsewhere.

Sources

Capture of Baghdad (1624) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capture_of_Baghdad_(1624)
IRAQ iv. RELATIONS IN THE SAFAVID PERIOD https://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/iraq-iv-safavid-period/