 After defeating the Safavids on December 31, 1534, Suleiman entered Baghdad and set about reconstructing the physical infrastructure in the province and ordered the construction of a dam in Karbala and major water projects in and around the city's countryside.Once the new governor was appointed, the town was to be composed of 1,000 foot soldiers and another 1,000 cavalry.However, war broke out after 89 years of peace and the city was besieged and finally conquered by Abbas the Great in 1624.