Battle of Mount Hamrin

Battle Of Mount Hamrin
Part of the Mesopotamian Campaign of World War I
Date 25 March 1917 Location Near Mount Hamrin and the Diyala River, Baghdad Vilayet, Ottoman Empire (modern Diyala Governorate, Iraq) Result Ottoman victory
Belligerents
British Empire  India  United Kingdom	Ottoman Empire
Commanders and leaders
Major General Henry D'Urban Keary	Ali İshan
Units involved
8th (Jullundur) and 9th (Sirhind) Brigades	XIII Corps of the Ottoman 6th Army
Strength
8,000 men	4,500 men 20 guns
Casualties and losses
1,200 men	Unknown, less than British Empire

The Battle of Mount Hamrin was an unsuccessful British effort to cut off part of the Ottoman Sixth Army after the capture of Baghdad during the Mesopotamia campaign during the First World War.