The Battle of Dujaila was fought on 8 March 1916, between British and Ottoman forces during the First World War. The Ottoman forces, led by Colmar Freiherr von der Goltz were besieging Kut, when the Anglo-Indian relief force, led by Lieutenant-General Fenton Aylmer, attempted to relieve the city. The attempt failed, and Aylmer lost 3,500 men.
Lieutenant General Sir Fenton John Aylmer, 13th Baronet of Donadea VC KCB, commander of the Tigris Corps in March 1916
Major-General Henry D'Urban Keary, GOC 3rd (Lahore) Division
Major General George V. Kemball
British infantry advancing through Mesopotamia near the Tigris river in 1916
Ali İhsan Pasha was the commander for the Sixth Army of the Ottoman Empire during World War I. After the war he was exiled to Malta by the British occupation forces. After returning to Turkey, he was appointed to the commandship of the First Army of Turkey. But shortly before the battle of Dumlupınar, he retired.
Ali Ihsan Pasha
The commander of the XIII Corps Ali İhsan Sâbis and his men (Hamedan)
Mustafa Kemal's visit to Çay in the morning of 31 March 1922 during the Turkish War of Independence. Ali Ihsan Pasha can be seen on the far right.