Dirhem - Murad IV

Murad IV recaptured Baghdad from Safavid Persia in 1638 after a siege of roughly 39 days, ending nearly two decades of Persian occupation. The Treaty of Zuhab, signed shortly after, fixed the Ottoman-Safavid border in terms that held, with minor adjustments, for over a century. This dirhem was struck in the immediate aftermath — a fresh mint reasserting Ottoman authority in a city that had changed hands twice within living memory.