siege, notable, early modern
Capture of Baghdad
Capture of Baghdad was a siege conducted in November 1534 at Baghdad, in what is now Iraq. It was part of the Ottoman-Safavid War, which ran from 1532 to 1555. The recorded result: Ottoman victory.
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Where it sits in the Ottoman-Safavid War
Record
| Date | November 1534 (month precision) | |
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| Place | Baghdad, Iraq 33.350N, 44.417E | |
| Kind | Siege, early modern | |
| Territorial change | Ottomans capture Baghdad | |
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Nearest engagements
- Capture of Baghdad (1638) 1638, same recorded site
- Siege of Baghdad (1733) 1733, same recorded site
- Siege of Baghdad (812-813) AD 812, same recorded site
- Siege of Baghdad (1157) 1157, same recorded site
- 1991 uprising in Saddam City 1991, 2.4 km SE
Contested ground: this site was fought over 12 times between AD 812 and 1991.
In the same war
- After: Siege of Van 25 August 1548
- All 3 engagements of Ottoman-Safavid War
Elsewhere in 1534
- Conquest of Tunis Tunisia
- Siege of Coron (1533–1534) Greece
- Battle of Svenstrup Denmark
- Battle of Lauffen Germany
- Battle of Erbil Iraq
Capture of Baghdad is one of 1,390 engagements of the 16th century in the atlas and one of 173 in present-day Iraq.
Sources
Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q5036982, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Capture of Baghdad (1534), revision 1370608286, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.