Allies of World War I, Assyrian volunteers during World War I
Years of service
1914–1919
Commands held
Assyrian volunteers, later the Assyrian Levies
Battles/wars
World War I
Persian Campaign
Battle of Dilman
Hakkari Expedition 1916
Hakkari Expedition 1917
Battle of Seray Mountain
Urmia Clashes
Battle of Charah
Battle of Suldouze
Battle of Urmia April 1918
Battle of Urmia June 1918
Battle of Sauj Bulak
Battle of Derbend
Battle of Urmia Lake 1918
Battle of Barrandos of May 1918
Battle of Askarabad
Battle of Chall
Battle of Qarzuli
Battle of Sera
Battle of Qasim Lui River
Battle of Qoqiyeh & Qarabagh
Battle of Qaramnlui
Battle of the Castles
1st and 2nd Samas
Mesopotamian campaign
Battle of Mosul 1918
Battle of Sharqat
Awards
Croix de Guerre (France)[1]
Ordre national de la Légion d'honneur (France)[1]
Cross of St. George (Russia)[1]
Order of Saint Stanislaus (Russia)[1]
Royal Order of the Lion (Belgium)[1]
Order of the Crown, Commander, (Belgium)[1]
Order of San Gregorio, Commander, (Vatican Pope Benoit XV) 1921
Petros Elia of Baz (Syriac: ܐܝܠܝܐ ܦܹܛܪܘܼܣ; April 1880 – 2 February 1932), better known as Agha Petros, was an Assyrian military leader during World War I.[2]
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Petros Elia of Baz (Syriac: ܐܝܠܝܐ ܦܹܛܪܘܼܣ; April 1880 – 2 February 1932), better known as AghaPetros, was an Assyrian military leader during World War...
clashes in the city of Urmia between the Assyrian Volunteers led by AghaPetros and Malik Khoshaba against the city mayor Irshad Homayun and his supporters...
1918) was a military engagement between the Assyrian Volunteers led by AghaPetros And the Ottoman soldiers led by Kheiri Bey who were stationed in Suldouze...
May-13 August 1917) took place between the Assyrian Volunteers, led by AghaPetros and Malik Khoshaba, and Ottoman Empire force led by Halil Kut. Over the...
Charah Expedition took place between the Assyrian Volunteers led by AghaPetros and Malik Khsoshaba against Shekak tribesmen led by Simko Shikak in revenge...
The Assyrian forces under the command of Malik Khoshaba and General AghaPetros numbered some 6,000 men, flanked by Allied (mainly Russian) troops. Their...
Ottoman attack. Assyrians led by AghaPetros declared their support for the Entente, and marched in Urmia. AghaPetros later said that he had been promised...
Assyrian Volunteers Assyrian Levies Mar Benyamin Shimun Mar Paulos Shimun AghaPetros Malik Khoshaba Surma Mar Shimun Simko Shikak Revolt (1918-1922) Simko...
World War, the Assyrian volunteers commanded by AghaPetros used a red flag with a white cross. AghaPetros' personal standard was the flag of the Volunteers...
command of AghaPetros, the Assyrians had quite a few successful engagements over the Ottoman forces. Most notably at Suldouze where Petros' 1,500 horsemen...
from Persia, and historic Assyria. The Assyrians, under such leaders as AghaPetros and Malik Khoshaba, scored a number of victories over the Ottoman and...
Theodore in 1906 and Eshai Shimun XXIII, Catholicos Patriarch in 1908. AghaPetros was given command of the left wing of the army of Assyrian volunteers...
and Russian promises of an independent nation, the Assyrians led by AghaPetros and Malik Khoshaba of the Bit-Tyari tribe, fought alongside the Allies...
them 20,000 rifles, and the Assyrian army grew to 20,000 men co-led by AghaPetros of the Bit-Bazi tribe, and Malik Khoshaba of the Bit-Tiyari tribe. Polish...
a time successfully repelled further attacks under the leadership of AghaPetros, seizing control of much of the Urmia region and defeating Ottoman forces...
leaders Sir William Raine Marshall, Sir Alexander Cobbe, Malik Yaqo AghaPetros İsmail Hakkı Bey Strength 2 infantry divisions, 2 cavalry brigades "Tigris...
the next day. Aga Petros and the Assyrians arrived on 3 August and next day the march to Urmia began; at dusk near Sain Kala, Petros was aghast to see...
more than 300 Assyrian families find jobs and housing. Together with AghaPetros, he had presented the sufferings of the Assyrians during the First World...
force, which then came under the command of AghaPetros, who had been made a general by the French. Petros led the Assyrian forces for two years and dreamt...
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