Military Campaigns
Militarily, Murad IV's reign is most notable for the war against Persia in which Ottoman forces invaded Azerbaijan, occupied Revan, Tabriz and Hamadan, and recaptured Baghdad in 1638. The sultan had a famous quote about the fall of Baghdad: "Bağdat'ı almaya çalışmak, Bağdat'ın kendinden daha mı güzeldi ne" ("Trying to conquer Baghdad, was almost more beautiful than Baghad itself.").
Murad IV himself commanded the Ottoman army in the last years of the war, and proved to be an outstanding field commander. He was the second and last Ottoman Sultan to command an army on the battlefield since death of Suleiman the Magnificent at 1566 . During his campaign to Iran, he annihilated all rebels in Anatolia and restored the order of the state.
The war was concluded by the Treaty of Kasrı Şirin in May 1639, which restored Mesopotamia to the Ottomans. After his return to Constantinople, he ordered respected statesmen of the Empire to prepare a new economic and political project to return to the Empire the old successful days.
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