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. | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
| Safavid Empire | Ottoman Empire | ||||||||
| 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 was the second conquest of the capital of Iraq by the Ottoman Empire. It took place in winter 1638, during of the Ottoman–Safavid War of 1623–1639.