Nader Shah's Mesopotamian campaign

Mesopotamian Campaign
Part of the Ottoman–Persian War (1730–35) and Nader's Campaigns
A Map of the Ottoman Near East
Date December 10, 1732 – December 19, 1733 Location Mesopotamia Result Strategically indecisive Territorial changes No permanent territorial changes
Belligerents
Safavid Empire	Ottoman Empire
Commanders and leaders
Nader	Topal Osman Pasha † Ahmad Pasha
Strength
100,000+	100,000+
Casualties and losses
Baghdad: Unknown Samarra: ~30,000 Kirkuk: negligible	Baghdad: ~60,000 civilians Samarra: 20,000 Kirkuk: 20,000

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The Mesopotamian Campaign of 1732-1733 was a military conflict during the eventful Perso-Ottoman war of 1730-1735. As a direct result of Tahmasp II's blunders in his ill fated invasion of the Ottoman Caucasus all of Nader's previous gains in the theatre were lost and a humiliating treaty had been signed giving away hegemony over the Caucasus to Istanbul. This settlement gave Nader the authority to force Tahmasp's abdication and resume the war against the Turks by launching an invasion of Ottoman Iraq.