Chronology of יהודים YEHUDIM in the Turkish Empire.

Turkish forces took Baghdad from the Persian Empire.

ט״ז בטבת ה׳שצ״ט 16th 𝑜𝑓 Tevet, AM 5399Precision: day · Basis: not-assessed

ט״ז בטבת ה׳שצ״ט 16th 𝑜𝑓 Tevet, AM 5399: Turkish forces took Baghdad from the Persian Empire. The community memorialized its deliverance through an annual פורים שני PURIM ŜENI.5

Footnotes

  1. Jewish Virtual Library, Baghdad, The placement follows the transmitted communal anniversary. ↩