Conquest of Baghdad (1534)

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Ottoman–Safavid War battle military campaign siege

The Conquest of Baghdad (1534) was the Ottoman Empire’s capture of the city from the Safavids under Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent, marking a major strategic and symbolic gain in Mesopotamia.

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Surface form	Occurrences
Ottoman conquest of Baghdad by Suleiman the Magnificent	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Ottoman–Safavid War battle ⓘ military campaign ⓘ siege ⓘ
associatedDynasty	Ottoman dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ Safavid dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWith	reign of Shah Tahmasp I ⓘ reign of Suleiman the Magnificent ⓘ
belligerent	Ottoman Empire ⓘ Safavid Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
capturedBy	Ottoman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
capturedCity	Baghdad NERFINISHED ⓘ
capturedFrom	Safavid Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
category	1530s conflicts ⓘ Battles involving the Ottoman Empire ⓘ Battles involving the Safavid Empire ⓘ History of Baghdad NERFINISHED ⓘ
commander	Suleiman the Magnificent NERFINISHED ⓘ Tahmasp I NERFINISHED ⓘ
conflict	Ottoman–Safavid War (1532–1555) NERFINISHED ⓘ
date	1534 ⓘ
endDate	1534 ⓘ
followedBy	continued Ottoman–Safavid hostilities in Mesopotamia ⓘ
geopoliticalImpact	secured Ottoman frontier against Safavid Persia ⓘ shifted balance of power in Mesopotamia toward the Ottomans ⓘ
historicalEra	Early Modern period ⓘ surface form: Early modern period
location	Baghdad NERFINISHED ⓘ Iraq NERFINISHED ⓘ Mesopotamia NERFINISHED ⓘ
longTermEffect	established Ottoman control over Baghdad ⓘ extended Ottoman influence in Iraq ⓘ strengthened Ottoman position against Safavids ⓘ
partOf	Ottoman–Safavid Wars NERFINISHED ⓘ
politicalConsequence	transfer of Baghdad from Safavid to Ottoman rule ⓘ
precededBy	Ottoman–Safavid War (1532–1534) campaigns in eastern Anatolia NERFINISHED ⓘ
regionControlledAfter	Tigris–Euphrates basin around Baghdad ⓘ
religiousContext	Sunni Ottoman–Shia Safavid rivalry ⓘ
result	Ottoman victory ⓘ
rulerAtTimeOfConquest	Suleiman the Magnificent NERFINISHED ⓘ
significance	major strategic gain in Mesopotamia ⓘ major symbolic gain in Mesopotamia ⓘ
startDate	1534 ⓘ
sultanOfConqueringPower	Suleiman the Magnificent NERFINISHED ⓘ
symbolicMeaning	control of a historic Abbasid capital ⓘ
theatre	Mesopotamian theatre of the Ottoman–Safavid conflict ⓘ
typeOfGain	strategic stronghold acquisition ⓘ territorial expansion ⓘ
year	1534 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ottoman territorial expansion → hasKeyEvent → Conquest of Baghdad (1534) ⓘ

Ottoman Iraq → startEvent → Conquest of Baghdad (1534) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ottoman conquest of Baghdad by Suleiman the Magnificent