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    Ottoman Iraq

    Ottoman Iraq refers to the period of the history of Iraq when the region was ruled by the Ottoman Empire. Before reforms, Iraq was divided into four Eyalets:

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    Ottoman Iraq was later divided into the three vilayets:
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    • Baghdad Vilayet…
    • Basra Vilayet…
    During World War I, an invasion of the region was undertaken by British Empire forces and was known as the Mesopotamian campaign. Fighting commenced with the Battle of Basra in 1914 and continued for the duration of the war. The most notable action was the siege of Kut, which resulted in the surrender of the British and British Indian Army garrison of the town in April 1916, after a siege of 147 days. Wikipedia

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  2. en.wikipedia.org

    Ottoman Iraq (Arabic: العراق العثماني) refers to the period of the history of Iraq when the region was ruled by the Ottoman Empire (1534-1920; with an interlude from 1704 to 1831 From Independence under the Mamluk state of Iraq). Before reforms (1534-1704), Iraq was divided into four Eyalets (provinces): Baghdad Eyalet; Shahrizor Eyalet ...
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  4. en.wikipedia.org

    With the Treaty of Zuhab in 1639, most of the territory of present-day Iraq came under the control of the Ottoman Empire as the eyalet of Baghdad as a result of wars with the neighboring rival, Safavid Iran. Throughout most of the period of Ottoman rule (1533-1918), the territory of present-day Iraq was a battle zone between rival regional ...
  5. en.wikipedia.org

    The Mamluk dynasty of Mesopotamia (Arabic: مماليك العراق, romanized: Mamālīk al-ʻIrāq) was a dynasty of Georgian Mamluk origin which ruled over Iraq in the 18th and early 19th centuries. [2] [3]In the Ottoman Empire, Mamluks were freedmen who converted to Islam, were trained in a special school, and then assigned to military and administrative duties.
  6. britannica.com

    4 days agoIraq - Conquest, Suleyman, Regime: The 16th-century conquest of Iraq, Syria, Egypt, and the Hejaz brought the holiest cities of Islam, the most important of the pilgrimage routes, and all the former seats of the caliphate under Ottoman rule and thereby reinforced the dynasty's claim to supreme leadership within the Sunni Muslim world. In Iraq, Ottoman rule represented the victory of Sunnism.
  7. history-maps.com

    Oct 18, 2024The Ottoman rule in Iraq, spanning from 1534 to 1918, marked a significant era in the region's history. In 1534, the Ottoman Empire, led by Suleiman the Magnificent, first captured Baghdad, bringing Iraq under Ottoman control. This conquest was part of Suleiman's broader strategy to expand the empire's influence in the Middle East.
  8. origins.osu.edu

    The Ottoman Empire ended 100 years ago, but its legacy still influences sectarian relations in Iraq.When European powers disbanded it after World War I, most power brokers in its Iraqi provinces were Sunni Arabs who had proven loyal to the Ottomans in the 19 th and early 20 th centuries. This would have long-term implications for the development of modern Iraq, because these Sunnis and their ...
  9. britannica.com

    4 days agoThe most dramatic and far-reaching changes in Iraq are associated with the introduction of the new Ottoman provincial system and the governorship of Midhat Paşa (1869-72). Midhat was one of the chief architects of the Ottoman Vilayet Law of 1864, and he had applied it with great success to a vilayet elsewhere in the empire before arriving in Baghdad in 1869 with a handpicked corps of ...
  10. historyworld.net

    From that time until the end of the Ottoman empire the development of Iraq is part of the history of Mesopotamia. For almost four centuries from the arrival of the sultan and his army in 1534 the region of Iraq is under the nominal rule of the Ottoman dynasty in Istanbul, conducted through a provincial governor based in Baghdad.
  11. Feb 5, 2024Iraq was no longer the centre of empires, but incorporated into the vast Ottoman Empire and remained under the Ottoman rule until the fall of the empire at the end of World War I in 1918. When the Ottomans conquered Iraq, they established the provinces of Baghdad, Basra, and Mosul as administrative centres.

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