The Safavid dynasty briefly retook Baghdad from the Ottomans in 1624 and held it for 14 years, during which Constantinople tried and failed to recapture the city several times before Murad IV finally succeeded in 1638. The Ottoman Empire's control of Mesopotamia, which lasted until its dissolution after WWI, was then confirmed by the Treaty of Zuhab.
Assuming things so sideways for Murad (whose brother and successor, Ibrahim, was insane), could the Safavids hold Baghdad indefinitely, or would the Ottomans come back again and again until they finally reach the Persian Gulf?
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Assuming things so sideways for Murad (whose brother and successor, Ibrahim, was insane), could the Safavids hold Baghdad indefinitely, or would the Ottomans come back again and again until they finally reach the Persian Gulf?