When did Baghdad become Ottoman?

Chronology

1. 1534
   Became Ottoman

   On his campaign of the Two Iraqs Süleyman the Magnificent entered the city on 28 November 1534.

   Sultan: Suleiman I · Event page →
2. 1555
   Note

   The Peace of Amasya recognised Baghdad as legally Ottoman.

   Sultan: Suleiman I
3. 1623
   Left Ottoman rule

   Derviş Mehmed, defending the citadel, handed it to Shah Abbas on 28 November 1623.

   Sultan: Murad IV · Event page →
4. 1626
   Note

   Hafız Ahmed Pasha's siege (November 1625 – July 1626) failed, as did that of 1629–1630.

   Sultan: Murad IV
5. 1638
   Became Ottoman

   On Murad IV's campaign the city was retaken after a forty-day siege that began on 15 October 1638.

   Sultan: Murad IV · Event page →
6. 1917
   Left Ottoman rule

   In the First World War the British took the city.

   Sultan: Mehmed V

How the total is counted: years of actual Ottoman rule are added up. Temporary occupations shorter than a year (that were reversed) are not subtracted; they appear as notes in the chronology.

In the atlas

On the atlas map the city lies in the region “Baghdad–Basra”. Map colours work at region level, so the city's own dates may differ from the region's by a few years.

Source: TDV Encyclopedia of Islam, “BAĞDAT” (Turkish); text written for the atlas.