Ottoman Iraq was the Ottoman name for the region of Iraq that was under their control. Historians often divide its history into five main periods. The first began with Sultan Süleyman I's conquest in
Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent enters Baghdad (1534).
Ottoman Conquest of Baghdad (1638) by Caspar Luyken.
19th-century manuscript with verses lamenting Sheikh Abdul Ghani Al-Jamil, Mufti of Baghdad, who revolted against Ottoman governor Ali Rıza Pasha in 1832.
Namık Pasha, two-time Ottoman Viceroy of Baghdad, 1851–1852 and 1861–1868.
The Mamluk dynasty of Iraq was a dynasty of Georgian Mamluk origin which ruled over Iraq in the 18th and early 19th centuries.
Ottoman Iraq
…I's conquest in 1534 and ended with the Safavid capture of Baghdad in 1623. The second lasted from the Ottoman reconquest in 1638 to the start of Mamluk self-rule in 1749. The third period, from 1749 to 1831, was marked by the Georgian Mamluk dynasty's semi-autonomous governance. The fourth stretched…
A Mamluk cavalryman, as drawn by Carle Vernet in 1810.