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Battle of Baghdad 1508
Part of Safavid-Aq Qoyunlu war
DateOctober, 1508[1]
Location
Result

Safavid victory

Territorial
changes
Shah Ismail I occupied all of Iraq[3]
Belligerents
Safavid dynasty Aq Qoyunlu
Commanders and leaders
Shah Ismail I Unknown
Shah Ismail I entered Baghdad and started massacring Jews and Christians.[4]

This battle took place in 1508, after Shah Ismail I sent his bravest khan to Baghdad, causing the collapse of the Aq Qoyunlu[4][5][6][7][8][9][3][10][2][11]

Sources

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  2. ^ a b The last great muslim empires. pp. 78 79.
  3. ^ a b Poetry of shah ismail. p. 1045.
  4. ^ a b Encyclopaedia of The Ottoman empire. p. 71.
  5. ^ Foundation, Encyclopaedia Iranica. "Welcome to Encyclopaedia Iranica". iranicaonline.org.
  6. ^ History of Shah Isma'il Safawi - Ghulam Sarwar. p. 63.
  7. ^ "Iraq - Abbasids, Caliphate, Baghdad | Britannica". www.britannica.com. March 30, 2025.
  8. ^ "Baghdad - Abbasid, Caliphate, Iraq | Britannica". www.britannica.com. March 27, 2025.
  9. ^ "The Safavids - Shah Ismail (the Shi'i Shah) takes Iran". www.the-persians.co.uk.
  10. ^ The Cambridge history of Islam. Internet Archive. Cambridge [England] : Cambridge University Press. 1970. p. 399. ISBN 978-0-521-07567-1.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  11. ^ Brummett, Palmira Johnson (1994). Ottoman seapower and Levantine diplomacy in the age of discovery. Internet Archive. Albany, NY : State University of New York Press. p. 37. ISBN 978-0-7914-1701-0.