Siege of Baghdad
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In 1401, Timur besieged Baghdad for forty days and then massacred its inhabitants for resisting. The Mongol army looted the treasury and razed much of the city, except for mosques and madrasas. Contemporaries reported that each Mongol soldier was ordered to bring at least one severed head of an inhabitant. Only one out of a hundred of the city's inhabitants reportedly survived the massacre to be sold into slavery.
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Location: 33.3153, 44.3661, KML, Cluster Map, Maps,
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1401 Siege of Baghdad
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Siege of Baghdad, Folio from a Dispersed copy of the Zafarnama (Book of Victory) of Sharaf al-din 'Ali Yazdi, by Ya'qub ibn Hasan, known as Siraj al-Husaini (MET, 67.266.1)
Siege of Baghdad, Folio from a Dispersed copy of the Zafarnama (Book of Victory) of Sharaf al-din 'Ali Yazdi, by Ya'qub ibn Hasan, known as Siraj al-Husaini (MET, 67.266.1)
Siege of Baghdad, Folio from a Dispersed copy of the Zafarnama (Book of Victory) of Sharaf al-din 'Ali Yazdi, by Ya'qub ibn Hasan, known as Siraj al-Husaini, verso (MET, 67.266.1)
Conquest of Baghdad by Timur, Folio from a Zafarnama (Book of Victory), painting by Unknown, Ya'qub ibn Hasan, known as Siraj al-Husaini (MET, 55.121.17)
Conquest of Baghdad by Timur, Folio from a Zafarnama (Book of Victory), painting by Unknown, Ya'qub ibn Hasan, known as Siraj al-Husaini (MET, 55.121.17)
Conquest of Baghdad by Timur, Folio from a Zafarnama (Book of Victory), painting by Unknown, Ya'qub ibn Hasan, known as Siraj al-Husaini (MET, 55.121.17)| Type | Subtype | Date | Description | Notes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| area | region | 1920 | Mandatory Iraq | Wikidata | |
| area | region | 1921 | Kingdom of Iraq | Wikidata | |
| area | region | 1958 | Unknown | Wikidata | |
| area | region | 1968 | Ba'athist Iraq | Wikidata | |
| area | region | 2003 | Coalition Provisional Authority | Wikidata | |
| event | armed conflict | Battle of Youssoufiya | battle | Wikidata | |
| event | armed conflict | Bekir Subaşı incident | rebellion | Wikidata | |
| event | armed conflict | Bombing of Amiriya's shelter | bombardment | Wikidata | |
| event | armed conflict | 400 | Battle of Cunaxa | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 633 | Battle of Husayd | Sasanian Empire, battle, Rashidun Caliphate | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 812 | Siege of Baghdad | al-Maʾmun, Al-Amin, siege | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 932 | Battle of Baghdad | Abbasid Caliphate, battle, Mu'nis al-Khadim | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 946 | Battle of Baghdad | Buyid dynasty, Hamdanid dynasty, battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1136 | Siege of Baghdad (1136) | Abbasid Caliphate, siege, Seljuk Empire | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1157 | Siege of Baghdad (1157) | Abbasid Caliphate, Zengid dynasty, Seljuk Empire, siege | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1258 | Siege of Baghdad | Abbasid Caliphate, Kingdom of Georgia, battle, Ilkhanate, siege, Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia, sack | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1401 | Siege of Baghdad | siege, Timurid Empire, Jalayirid Sultanate | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1508 | Capture of Baghdad | battle, Aq Qoyunlu, Safavid Iran | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1524 | Capture of Baghdad | battle, Kalhure, Safavid Iran | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1534 | Capture of Baghdad | Ottoman Empire, siege, Safavid Iran | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1624 | Capture of Baghdad (1624) | Ottoman Empire, battle, Safavid Iran | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1625 | Siege of Baghdad | Ottoman Empire, siege, Safavid Iran | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1630 | Siege of Baghdad | Ottoman Empire, siege, Safavid Iran | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1638 | Capture of Baghdad (1638) | Ottoman Empire, siege, Safavid Iran | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1733 | Siege of Baghdad (1733) | Ottoman Empire, siege, Safavid Iran | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1821 | Siege of Baghdad | Ottoman Empire, siege, Qajar Iran | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1917 | Samarrah Offensive | offensive | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1918 | Battle of Sharqat | British Empire, Ottoman Empire, battle, Assyrian volunteers | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1935 | 1935–1936 Iraqi Shia revolts | rebellion | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1948 | Al-Wathbah uprising | rebellion | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1980 | Operation Scorch Sword | battle, military operation | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1981 | Operation Opera | airstrike | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1991 | Amiriyah shelter bombing | airstrike, massacre | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 2003 | Battle of Baghdad | United States, Iraq, battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 2004 | Siege of Sadr City | siege | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 2004 | Haifa Street helicopter incident | armed conflict | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 2004 | Operation Plymouth Rock | United States, battle, military operation | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 2005 | Battle of Abu Ghraib | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 2007 | Battle of Haifa Street | United States, battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 2007 | July 12, 2007 Baghdad airstrike | airstrike | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 2007 | Operation Imposing Law | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 2020 | assassination of Qasem Soleimani | targeted killing, drone warfare, missile strike, assassination | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 2020 | 2020 Camp Taji attacks | missile strike | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 2021 | 2021 Baghdad clashes | armed conflict | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 2022 | 2022 Iraq parliament attack | protest, armed conflict | Wikidata |
| event | war | 238 | War of the Brothers | civil war | Wikidata |
| event | war | 1941 | Anglo-Iraqi War | United Kingdom, war, Australia, Nazi Germany, Kingdom of Iraq, Kingdom of Italy, Kingdom of Greece, Dominion of New Zealand, 'Abd al-Ilah | Wikidata |
| organisation | arms industry | State Company for Military Industries | arms industry, business, enterprise | Wikidata | |
| commons | image | Siege of Baghdad, Folio from a Dispersed copy of the Zafarnama (Book of Victory) of Sharaf al-din 'Ali Yazdi, by Ya'qub ibn Hasan, known as Siraj al-Husaini (MET, 67.266.1) | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Siege of Baghdad, Folio from a Dispersed copy of the Zafarnama (Book of Victory) of Sharaf al-din 'Ali Yazdi, by Ya'qub ibn Hasan, known as Siraj al-Husaini (MET, 67.266.1) | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Siege of Baghdad, Folio from a Dispersed copy of the Zafarnama (Book of Victory) of Sharaf al-din 'Ali Yazdi, by Ya'qub ibn Hasan, known as Siraj al-Husaini, verso (MET, 67.266.1) | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Conquest Baghdad Zafarnama Met 55.121.17 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Conquest of Baghdad by Timur, Folio from a Zafarnama (Book of Victory), painting by Unknown, Ya'qub ibn Hasan, known as Siraj al-Husaini (MET, 55.121.17) | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Conquest of Baghdad by Timur, Folio from a Zafarnama (Book of Victory), painting by Unknown, Ya'qub ibn Hasan, known as Siraj al-Husaini (MET, 55.121.17) | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Conquest of Baghdad by Timur, Folio from a Zafarnama (Book of Victory), painting by Unknown, Ya'qub ibn Hasan, known as Siraj al-Husaini (MET, 55.121.17) | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Siege of Baghdad, Folio from a Dispersed copy of the Zafarnama (Book of Victory) of Sharaf al-din 'Ali Yazdi, by Ya'qub ibn Hasan, known as Siraj al-Husaini, recto (MET, 67.266.1) | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Timur at the Siege of Baghdad (July 1401), in the Zafarnama of 1436 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Timur takes Baghdad in August 1401. Zafarnama of 1436. Facing folios 346v (left) 345r (right) | Commons | ||



