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Bruce, A. (n.d.). 17 February – 11 March 1917 – The Capture of Baghdad. [Electronic Version]. An Illustrated Companion to the First World War. Duffy, M. (2002). Battles: The Capture of Baghdad, 1917. The First World War. Retrieved 17 August 2005. Official Dispatch about the Operations Leading to the Fall of Baghdad, General Maude.
It also marked a shift of power away from Baghdad and towards cities like Tabriz, the capital of the Ilkhanate, the khanate founded by Hulegu in the aftermath of the siege. [56] Baghdad's fall was not as era-defining as has been suggested, although the end of the caliphate marked a momentous occasion for the Islamic world. [57]
Capture of Baghdad (1638), during the Ottoman–Safavid Wars; Siege of Baghdad (1733), during the Ottoman–Persian Wars; Fall of Baghdad (1917), during World War I; Capture of Baghdad (1941), during World War II; Battle of Baghdad (2003), during the Iraq War; Battle of Baghdad (2006–2008), during the Iraq War
25 August: Baghdad International Airport reverts to civilian control. 12 September: Haifa Street helicopter incident. 14 September: Bombing. 2005 8 August: Municipal coup d'état. [42] 31 August: 2005 Baghdad bridge stampede. Baghdad International Film Festival begins. [43] 2006 22 February: Battle of Baghdad (2006–2008) 7 April: Buratha ...
Baghdad Vilayet; Basra Vilayet; A map showing the administrative divisions of the Ottoman Empire in 1317 Hijri (1899 Gregorian), including Ottoman Iraq. During World War I, an invasion of the region was undertaken by British Empire forces and was known as the Mesopotamian campaign.
Round city of Baghdad. Baghdad was founded on 30 July 762 CE. It was designed by Caliph al-Mansur. [1] According to 11th-century scholar Al-Khatib al-Baghdadi in his History of Baghdad, [2] each course of the city wall consisted of 162,000 bricks for the first third of the wall's height.
The two Battles of Ramadi were fought between the forces of the British and Ottoman Empires in July and September 1917 during World War I.The two sides contested the town of Ramadi in central Iraq, about 100 km (62 miles) west of Baghdad on the south bank of the Euphrates River, where an important Ottoman garrison was quartered.
The Battle of Baghdad, also known as the Fall of Baghdad, was a military engagement 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 elements, led by the U.S. Army 3rd Infantry Division, captured Baghdad.