battle, notable, early modern
Capture of Baghdad (1624)
Capture of Baghdad (1624) was a battle fought on 14 January 1624 at Baghdad, in what is now Iraq. It was part of the Ottoman–Safavid War, which ran from 1623 to 1639. The recorded result: Safavid victory.
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Where it sits in the Ottoman–Safavid War
Record
| Date | 14 January 1624 | |
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| Place | Baghdad, Iraq 33.325N, 44.422E | |
| Kind | Battle, early modern | |
| Territorial change | The capture and sack of Baghdad by the Safavid forces. | |
| Casualties and losses | Unknown | Unknown |
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Nearest engagements
- Siege of Baghdad 1625, same recorded site
- Capture of Baghdad 1524, same recorded site
- 1991 uprising in Saddam City 1991, 1.4 km NE
- Capture of Baghdad (1638) 1638, 2.8 km N
- Capture of Baghdad 1534, 2.8 km N
Contested ground: this site was fought over 12 times between AD 812 and 1991.
In the same war
- After: Siege of Baghdad 13 November 1625
- All 14 engagements of Ottoman–Safavid War
Elsewhere in 1624
- Siege of Breda Netherlands
- Battle of Martynów Ukraine
- Battle of the Dalmatian Coast Croatia
- Safavid invasions of Basra Iraq
- Battle of the Gulf of Tunis Tunisia
Capture of Baghdad (1624) is one of 1,470 engagements of the 17th century in the atlas and one of 173 in present-day Iraq.
Sources
Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q5036984, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Capture of Baghdad (1624), revision 1381028924, 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.