| Aras War | |||||||||
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| Part of Armenian-Azerbaijani War (1918-1920) | |||||||||
 Drastamat Kanayan and his troops in Nakhichevan | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
 Armenia |
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| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
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Drastamat Kanayan |
 Jafargulu Khan Nakhchivanski Kelbali Khan Nakhchivanski | ||||||||
| Strength | |||||||||
| 18,000[1] | 6,000-10,000[2] | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
| Light[3] | Unknown, but heavy[4] | ||||||||
The Aras War was a military conflict which was fought by the First Republic of Armenia, who had lost the region of Nakhchivan (Nakhichevan) following Muslim uprisings, which led to the formation of the Republic of Aras under Jafargulu Khan Nakhchivanski, who worked closely with the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic. The war lasted from May 1919 until mid-June 1919, with the Republic of Aras forced into a capitulation following the capture of Nakhchivan.[5]
- ^ "New Republics in the Caucasus: Armenia, Azerbaidjan, and Georgia: Their Mutual Relations and Their Present Status". 1920. pp. 491–498. ISSN 2641-080X.
- ^ The Republic of Armenia Volume 2. p. 64.
- ^ The Republic of Armenia Volume 2. p. 64.
- ^ The Republic of Armenia Volume 2. p. 64.
- ^ Hovannisian, Richard G. (1971). The Republic of Armenia: The First Year, 1918-1919.. Vol. 1. Berkeley: University of California Press.. ISBN 978-0520019843.