Talk:Capture of Baghdad (1534)

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Capture or a battle ?

I think this article should be renamed Capture of Baghdad. In the reference (Masters, Bruce Alan) there is no mention of a battle around Baghdad. Furthermore, according to to Joseph von Hammer Baghdad governor had fled from Baghdad and Ottoman army had no difficulty in entering Baghdad, almost without fighting. Thus there seems to be no battle and the name of the article is misleading. Nedim Ardoğa (talk) 13:01, 22 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

If there was no battle or any other notable event, then this article should be deleted. Constantine ✍ 13:03, 22 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

It still seems a notable turn of events during the campaign by the Ottomans, opening up the area for swift capture. Surely there are some socio-political aspects to the topic I can dig up as well as the military ones. I have no objection to the name change. S.G.^(GH) _ping! 15:21, 25 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

If you can find something more substantial, then fine, but if there was no notable event during the capture of the city that can stand alone, then a whole dedicated article is redundant. These aspects can be merged into the relevant article on the war, perhaps under a dedicated paragraph, since that is the topic where the impact actually occurred and where more background and context can be provided. Constantine ✍ 12:41, 26 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I found this new source that states that there as a battle in Baghdad it is very brief but states that the garrisson of Baghdad agreed to desert and join Suleiman however there were 300 men and the city commander still loyal to the Safavids and needed to be defeated by the Ottomans and the Takkalu troops which deserted. The battle was very brief.

Source: Iran Under the Safavids By Roger Savory — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cauca50 (talk • contribs) 05:08, 24 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The Commander wasn't Tahmasp since Suleiman outmaneuvred Tahmasp and invaded Iraq, so at the time Tahmasp was in North Western Iran.

The source is the same as before. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cauca50 (talk • contribs) 16:57, 24 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]