Baghdad Province (Safavid Empire)
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. Baghdad was the provincial capital and the seat of the Safavid governors.
Baghdad Province | |||||||||
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| 1508–1534 | |||||||||
Baghdad (Begadet) on a 1636 map created by Jodocus Hondius | |||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||
In October 1508, Shah Ismail entered into Baghdad. He appointed as governor of Iraq and Baghdad a certain Khadem Beg Talish. 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.
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