Suleiman captures Baghdad
1534 · Event
Suleiman takes Baghdad from Safavid Persia without a fight, bringing Mesopotamia under Ottoman rule for nearly four centuries.
On these timelines: Anatolia / Byzantium / Ottoman / Turkey, Mesopotamia & the Ancient Near East, Master, Persia and Iran
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