Battle of Binagadi

Battle of Binagadi
Part of the Armenian–Azerbaijani War in the Caucasus Campaign of World War I and the Southern Front of the Russian Civil War

Ottoman artillery bombarding the city.
Date26 August 1918 – 1 September 1918
Location
Binəqədi, Baku, Azerbaijan
Result Ottoman–Azerbaijani victory
Belligerents
 Ottoman Empire
Azerbaijan Democratic Republic Azerbaijan

Centrocaspian Dictatorship
Dashnaktsutyun
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland United Kingdom
White Russians

Baku Commune
Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Russian SFSR
Commanders and leaders
Ottoman Empire Enver Pasha
Ottoman Empire Nuri Pasha
Ottoman Empire Mürsel Bey
Ottoman Empire Süleyman Izzet Bey
Azerbaijan Democratic Republic Ali-Agha Shikhlinski
Azerbaijan Democratic Republic Gaimmegam Hasan Bey		 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Lionel Dunsterville
General Dokuchaev[1]
Colonel Avetisov
Hamazasp Srvandztyan[2]

The Battle of Binagadi (Azerbaijani: Binəqədi döyüşü; Turkish: Binegedi savaşı) took place between 26 and 31 August 1918 during World War I and saw Soviet Russia briefly re-enter the war. Ottoman–Azerbaijani coalition forces led by Nuri Pasha fought British–Armenian–White Russian forces led by Lionel Dunsterville.[3] It was an important part of the Battle of Baku.

  1. ^ "Lionel Dunsterville Diary". www.gwpda.org.
  2. ^ Anastas Mikoyan. Так было. Moscow: Vagrius, 1999; Ch. 2.
  3. ^ Yale, William (1968) Near East: A Modern History p. 247