ORDER OF BATTLE // January 1, 1821
Siege of Baghdad
Estimated force strength by side, with confidence labels per surviving record.
Forces engaged
2 sides catalogued · combined 52,461 estimated
Ottoman Empire
1,821
Medium-confidence figure
Qajar Iran
50,640
Medium-confidence figure
Battle context
The supplied overview describes the 1258 Mongol siege of Baghdad under Hulegu rather than the Ottoman–Persian War of 1821–23 battle indicated by the structured facts. Because the overview text does not correspond to the battle in question, and the structured facts provide no outcome, terrain, or operational detail for the 1821 siege, no grounded significance can be constructed from these inputs.
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