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===Conquests in Middle East and North Africa===
[[Image:Sueleymanname nahcevan.jpg|250px|right|thumb|A miniature depicting Suleiman the
As conflict raged along the European borders of Suleiman's domain, success continued on another front: the longstanding rivalry with the [[Shi'a]] [[Safavid dynasty]] of [[Persia]] ([[Iran]]). Suleiman waged three campaigns against the [[Safavids]]. In the earliest, the historically important city of [[Baghdad]] fell to his forces in [[1534]], and the city, once the most populous in the Middle East, fell into decline, eclipsed by the growing population and wealth of the Sultan's [[Istanbul]].
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