Safavid Situation and European Sales

January 1659

Baghdad City, Safavid Empire

'' Boom! ''

'' Boom! ''

'' Boom! ''

The loud explosions from cannon fire echoed throughout the city of Baghdad, a city whose importance to the Atashban family was second only to their own Hamedan region.

Kaveh Atashban was currently leading a charge against the enemy general Mosul Kufa, who was fortified inside the Fortress of Baghdad, with a stern expression on his face while volleys of cannons fired right next to him.

Kaveh initially wanted to feign an attack on Baghdad and target other, less-guarded locations. However, due to the orders he received from his sister and the persistent suggestions made by military officers sent by the Bharatiya Empire, he ultimately had to relent.

In the end, why Baghdad?