siege, notable, nineteenth century

Siege of Baghdad

Name: Siege of Baghdad
Location: Baghdad, Iraq

Siege of Baghdad was a siege conducted in 1821 at Baghdad, in what is now Iraq. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at Baghdad. It was part of the Ottoman–Persian War of 1821–23, which ran from 1821 to 1823. The recorded result: Inconclusive; Treaty of Erzurum.

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Fought1821

WhereBaghdad, Iraq33.315N, 44.366E, placed at the location, approximate

OutcomeInconclusive; Treaty of Erzurum

BelligerentsOttoman Empire; Pashalik of Iraqagainstborder|24px Qajar Iran

Casualties and lossesUnknownandHeavy losses due to the pandemic

Part ofOttoman–Persian War of 1821–231821 to 1823

Where it sits in the Ottoman–Persian War of 1821–23

4 placed engagements of the Ottoman–Persian War of 1821–23 in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date	1821 (year precision)
Place	Baghdad, Iraq 33.315N, 44.366E
Kind	Siege, nineteenth century
Strength	Eastern Anatolia; Unknown; 1821 (Baghdad); 10,000 or 3,900 Infantry; 8,800 cavalry; 1822 (Eastern Anatolia); Unknown	Abbas Mirza's forces in Eastern Anatolia; 50,640; 1821 (Iraq); 40,000; 1822 (Eastern Anatolia); 35,000
Casualties and losses	Unknown	Heavy losses due to the pandemic
Commanders	Mahmud II Dawud Pasha of Baghdad Mehmed Emin Rauf Pasha Mir Muhammad of Rawanduz Koca Hüsrev Mehmed Pasha	Fath-Ali Shah Qajar Abbas Mirza Mohammad-Ali Mirza Dowlatshah Mohammad-Hossein Mirza Musa Khamis Ehsan Khan Nakhichevansky

Placed at Baghdad; the exact site is not recorded. with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Capture of Baghdad 1508, same recorded site
Siege of Baghdad 1258, 4.6 km NW
Siege of Baghdad 1401, 4.6 km NW
Capture of Baghdad (1624) 1624, 5.3 km E
Siege of Baghdad 1625, 5.3 km E

In the same war

After: Battle of Erzurum 1821
All 4 engagements of Ottoman–Persian War of 1821–23

Elsewhere in 1821

Siege of Baghdad is one of 3,694 engagements of the 19th century in the atlas and one of 206 in present-day Iraq.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q132555025, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Siege of Baghdad (1821), revision 1385154919, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.