Battle of Suldouze

Battle of Suldouze
Part of Persian campaign (World War I)

Agha Petros, wearing his distinct white hat, can be seen saluting his soldiers as he rides by a captured Turkish banner.
Date8–13 April 1918
Location
Suldouze, Persia
Result

Assyrian Victory

  • The Turkish force retreated.[1]
Belligerents
Assyrian volunteers  Ottoman Empire
Commanders and leaders
Agha Petros
Malik Khoshaba		 Ottoman Empire Kheiri Bey
Strength
1,500 Horsemen[2] 8,000+[2]
Casualties and losses
300+ killed 5,000+ killed[1]

The Battle of Suldouze (8–13 April 1918) was a military engagement between the Assyrian Volunteers led by Agha Petros And the Ottoman soldiers led by Kheiri Bey who were stationed in Suldouze. 1500 Assyrian horsemen overcame the far larger Ottoman force of over 8000.

  1. ^ a b Savige, Stanley George (1920). Stalky's Forlorn Hope. Melbourne: McCubbin. p. 128.
  2. ^ a b Naayem 2012, p. 281.