Shah Abbas, the Great, defeats the Ottomans

On 25th of the Islamic month of Sha’ban in 993 AH, the Ottomans, taking advantage of the power vacuum in Iran, breached the treaty of peace with the Safavids to occupy the Iranian city of Tabriz. The occupation lasted 18 years until Shah Abbas, after assuming power, inflicted a shattering defeat on the Ottomans to liberate Tabriz, the Caucasus, and eventually Iraq, where he reconstructed the holy shrines in Najaf, Karbala, and Kazemain on a grand scale.

For over two hundred years the Ottomans and the Safavids fought over Iraq
On 16th of the Islamic month of Sha’ban in 1048 AH, Ottoman Grand Vizier, Tayyar Mohammed Pasha was killed by a bullet fired by Iranian defenders during the siege of Baghdad. Tayyar was the fourth Ottoman Grand Vizier to be killed on the battlefield. Incidentally, his father Ogar Mustafa Pasha had also lost his life near Baghdad during the Ottoman-Safavid battle over the city, which was won by the Iranians. For over two hundred years the Ottomans and the Safavids fought over Iraq, which exchanged hands many times.