Baghdad Province (Safavid Empire)
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For the 1535–1864 province, see Baghdad Eyalet. For the 1869–1918 province, see Baghdad Vilayet. For the modern province, see Baghdad Governorate.
The Baghdad Province (Persian: ولایت بغداد, romanized: Velāyat-e Baghdād) was a province of the Safavid Empire, centred on the territory of the present-day Iraq.[1] Baghdad was the provincial capital and the seat of the Safavid governors.[2]
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1508–1534 | |||||||||
Status | Province of the Safavid Empire | ||||||||
Capital | Baghdad | ||||||||
Religion | Islam | ||||||||
Government | Province | ||||||||
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Historical era | Early modern period | ||||||||
• Established | October 1508 | ||||||||
December 1534 | |||||||||
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Today part of | Iraq |
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In October 1508, Shah Ismail entered into Baghdad. He appointed as governor of Iraq and Baghdad a certain Khadem Beg Talish.[3] After the Shah took Baghdad, the city and its environs remained in Safavid hands until the Ottomans took the area in 1534 during the Campaign of the Two Iraqs.[4]