Suleiman's Safavid Campaigns and the Conquest of Iraq

1534 CE · Bağdat / Tebriz / İran · military

Suleiman the Magnificent mounted more than one campaign against the Safavids; in 1534 he took Baghdad and annexed Iraq to the Ottoman Empire.

The Treaty of Amasya of 1555 formally fixed the Ottoman-Safavid border: Iraq to the Ottomans, Iran to the Safavids. This frontier lies close to the present-day border between Turkey and Iran.

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What was Suleiman's Safavid Campaigns and the Conquest of Iraq?
Suleiman the Magnificent mounted more than one campaign against the Safavids; in 1534 he took Baghdad and annexed Iraq to the Ottoman Empire.
When did Suleiman's Safavid Campaigns and the Conquest of Iraq happen?
1534 CE
Where did Suleiman's Safavid Campaigns and the Conquest of Iraq take place?
Bağdat / Tebriz / İran