Agha Petros
| Petros Elia of Baz ܦܸܛܪܘܿܣ ܐܹܠܝ݂ܵܐ ܕܒܵܙ |
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| Birth name | Petros Elia |
| Nickname(s) | Agha Petros |
| Born | April 1880 Baz, Hakkari, Ottoman Empire |
| Died | 2 February 1932(51) Toulouse, France |
| Allegiance | Allies of World War I |
| Years of service | 1914 - 1919 |
| Commands held | Assyrian Volunteers, later the Assyrian Levies |
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Croix de guerre (France) |
Croix de guerre (France)
Ordre national de la Légion d'honneur (France)
Cross of St. George (Russia)
Order of Saint Stanislaus (Rusia)
Royal Order of the Lion (Belgium)
Order of the Crown, Commander, (Belgium)
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.
Petros Elia was from the Lower Baz village, Ottoman Empire in 1880. There he received his elementary education before attending a European missionary school in the Iranian city of Urmia. After finishing his studies, he went back to his village of Baz and became a teacher there. It was thanks to his fluency in numerous languages, including Syriac, Turkish, Arabic, French, Persian, Kurdish, English, and Russian, he was appointed by the Ottomans as a secretary, and as a Consul in Urmia briefly in 1909.
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