Event Safavid Invasion (1624)

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Was a Safavid military campaign against the Ottoman Empire.

Chronology

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  • January 1624: The Persians, led by Shah Abbas I of the Safavid Empire, besieged Baghdad in 1624.
  • January 1624: The Persians, led by Shah Abbas I of the Safavid Empire, besieged Baghdad in 1624.
  • January 1625: The Persians captured most of Iraq, including the cities of Kirkuk and Mosul and the Shia holy shrines of Najaf and Karbala, which the Shah visited.