Battle Of Baghdad (2006-08)

Battle, capture, fall, or siege of Baghdad may refer to: *

Siege of Baghdad (812–813) The siege of Baghdad was a part of a civil war between al-Amin and al-Ma'mun for the Abbasid Caliphate of Baghdad. The siege lasted from August 812 until September 813. The siege is described in great detail by Muhammad ibn Jarir al-Tabari in his f ...

, during the Fourth Fitna (Islamic Civil War) *

Siege of Baghdad (865) Battle, Capture, Fall, or Siege of Baghdad may refer to: * Siege of Baghdad (812–813), during the Fourth Fitna (Islamic Civil War) * Siege of Baghdad (865), during the Fifth Fitna * Battle of Baghdad (946), Buyid–Hamdanid War * Siege of Baghdad ...

, during the Fifth Fitna *

Battle of Baghdad (946) The Battle of Baghdad (946 AD) was fought between the forces of the Buyid Emirate of Iraq under Mu'izz al-Dawla and the Hamdanid Emirate of Mosul under Nasir al-Dawla within the city of Baghdad. The battle lasted for several months; it eventuall ...

, Buyid–Hamdanid War *

Siege of Baghdad (1136) The siege of Baghdad was a fifty-day blockade of Baghdad, the seat of the Abbasid caliphs, in 1136. The siege began when the Seljuk ruler of Iraq, Ghiyath ad-Din Mas'ud, attacked the caliph al-Rashid Billah. During the siege, the populace of Baghdad ...

, by the Seljuks *

Siege of Baghdad (1157) The siege of Baghdad in 1157 was the last Seljuq attempt to capture Baghdad from the Abbasids. Caliph al-Muqtafi successfully defended his capital against the coalition armies of Seljuq Sultan Muhammad of Hamadan and Qutb ad-Din of Mosul. B ...

, by the Seljuks *

Siege of Baghdad (1258) The siege of Baghdad was a siege that took place in Baghdad in 1258, lasting for 13 days from January 29, 1258 until February 10, 1258. The siege, laid by Ilkhanate Mongol forces and allied troops, involved the investment, capture, and sack of ...

, Mongol conquest of Baghdad *

Siege of Baghdad (1393) Battle, Capture, Fall, or Siege of Baghdad may refer to: * Siege of Baghdad (812–813), during the Fourth Fitna (Islamic Civil War) * Siege of Baghdad (865), during the Fifth Fitna * Battle of Baghdad (946), Buyid–Hamdanid War * Siege of Baghdad ...

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Siege of Baghdad (1401) Battle, Capture, Fall, or Siege of Baghdad may refer to: * Siege of Baghdad (812–813), during the Fourth Fitna (Islamic Civil War) * Siege of Baghdad (865), during the Fifth Fitna * Battle of Baghdad (946), Buyid–Hamdanid War * Siege of Baghdad ...

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Capture of Baghdad (1534) The 1534 capture of Baghdad by Suleiman the Magnificent of the Ottoman Empire from the Safavid dynasty under Tahmasp I was part of the Ottoman–Safavid War of 1532 to 1555, itself part of a series of Ottoman–Persian Wars. The city was taken wi ...

, Ottoman–Safavid Wars *

Capture of Baghdad (1624) The Capture of Baghdad by the Ottoman Army under Murad IV occurred on 14 January 1624, which was part of the ongoing war between Sultan Murad IV against Shah Abbas I. See also * Treaty of Nasuh Pasha * Treaty of Serav * List of conflicts in the ...

, Ottoman–Safavid Wars *

Siege of Baghdad (1625) Battle, Capture, Fall, or Siege of Baghdad may refer to: * Siege of Baghdad (812–813), during the Fourth Fitna (Islamic Civil War) * Siege of Baghdad (865), during the Fifth Fitna * Battle of Baghdad (946), Buyid–Hamdanid War * Siege of Baghdad ...

, Ottoman–Safavid Wars *

Capture of Baghdad (1638) The recapture of Baghdad was the second conquest of the city by the Ottoman Empire as a part of the Ottoman–Safavid War of 1623–1639. Background Baghdad, once the capital of Arab Abbasid Caliphate, was one of the most important cities of t ...

, Ottoman–Safavid Wars *

Siege of Baghdad (1733) The siege of Baghdad (1733) was a relatively short but intense siege of Ottoman-held Baghdad by the Persian army under Nader. The outcome was determined not at Baghdad but ultimately far to the north near Samara where a large relief force comm ...

, Ottoman-Persian Wars *

Fall of Baghdad (1917) The Fall of Baghdad (11 March 1917) occurred during the Mesopotamia Campaign, fought between the forces of the British Empire and the Ottoman Empire in the First World War. Arrival of General Sir Frederick Stanley Maude After the Siege of Kut, ...

, World War I * Capture of Baghdad (1941), World War II *

Battle of Baghdad (2003) Battle of Baghdad, also known as the Fall of Baghdad, was a military battle that took place in Baghdad in early April 2003, as part of the invasion of Iraq. Three weeks into the invasion of Iraq, Coalition Forces Land Component Command elem ...

, United States invasion of Iraq *

Battle of Baghdad (2006–2008) The Battle of Baghdad begun in February 2006 and continued until May 2008, for control of the capital city of Iraq. A combined force of Iraqi Security Forces and the allies including the U.S. Army fought against insurgents to retain control of ...

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