Persian Campaign
| Persian Campaign | ||||||||
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| Part of the Middle Eastern theatre of World War I | ||||||||
 The Ottoman Army in Urmia, 1916. |
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| Belligerents | ||||||||
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.svg){kind=small} Assyrian forces |
 German Empire
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Tangistani Tribesmen Laristani Tribesmen |
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| Commanders and leaders | ||||||||
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 Lionel Dunsterville
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Captain Folke |
.svg){kind=small} Ibrahim Khan Qavam-ul-Mulk |
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| Units involved | ||||||||
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Russian Caucasus Army |
Detachment (German soldiers and agents) |
Persian Gendarmerie |
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| Strength | ||||||||
Total: 51,000June 1916:  ~20,000 |
Total: ?June 1916:  25,000 |
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| Casualties and losses | ||||||||
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? 3,000 2,474+ killed 471+ wounded |
2,529 853 killed/missing 1,676 wounded unknown captured few thousand died of disease |
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Military stalemate
Armenian forces
Persia Jangal movement of Gilan
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