Fall of Baghdad

Fall of Baghdad

The Fall of Baghdad may refer to the following:

*Battle of Baghdad (1258), the Mongol Empire's capture of Baghdad, then the capital of the Abbasid Caliphate.
*Fall of Baghdad (1917), the British and Indian capture of Ottoman-controlled Baghdad during the First World War.
*2003 invasion of Baghdad, the US capture of Saddam Hussein-controlled Baghdad following the Coalition's invasion of Iraq.


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