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1918 WWI Persian campaign conflict
Battle of Charah
Part of Persian campaign (World War I)
The Fotress of Charah
Date
12–17 March 1918
Location
Kuhnashahir (modern day Tazeh Shahr), Salmas, Persia
Result
Assyrian victory
Belligerents
Assyrian volunteers
Shekak tribe
Commanders and leaders
Agha Petros Malik Khoshaba Dawid Mar Shimun Malik Yaqo
Simko Shikak
Strength
Unknown
Unknown
Casualties and losses
71 killed (during the assassination of Shimun XIX Benyamin)[1]
48 killed (during the battle)[2]
500+ Kurds killed[1]
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Persian Campaign
Dilman
Bushehr
Robat Karim
Heydar Latifiyan
Musalla
Qar-i Shirin
Qom
Kermanshah
1st Hakkari
Hamadan
Seray
2nd Hakkari
1st Urmia
Charah
Suldouze
2nd Urmia
3rd Urmia
Sauj Bulak
Occupation of Tabriz
See also: Persian famine of 1917–1919
The Battle of Charah (12-17 March 1918) or Charah Expedition took place between the Assyrian Volunteers led by Agha Petros and Malik Khsoshaba against Shekak tribesmen led by Simko Shikak in revenge for the assassination of Mar Benyamin Shimun by Simko. Simko Shikak, who was responsible for the murder of the Assyrian patriarch Mar Shimun was staying in the fortress. The fortress had never been conquered despite numerous attempts by the Iranian government.[3]
^ abIsmael 1964, p. 107.
^Ismael 1964, p. 111.
^Ismael, Yaqo Malik (1964). Assyrians and Two World Wars: Assyrians from 1914 to 1945. Ramon Michael. p. 152.
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Global Information
Assyrian volunteers
Shekak tribe