The Persian campaign or invasion of Iran was a series of military conflicts between the Ottoman Empire, British Empire and Russian Empire in various areas of what was then neutral Qajar Iran, beginnin
The commander of the XIII Corps Ali İhsan Bey and his men in Hamadan
British Indian Army in Mesopotamia
Nikolai Baratov commanded Terek Cossacks under Russian Caucasus Army
Persian Cossack Brigade
The Middle Eastern theatre of World War I saw action between 30 October 1914 and 30 October 1918. The combatants were, on one side, the Ottoman Empire, with some assistance from the other Central Powe
Persian campaign (World War I)
…various areas of what was then neutral Qajar Iran, beginning in December 1914 and ending with the Armistice of Mudros on 30 October 1918, as part of the Middle Eastern Theatre of World War I. The fighting also involved local Persian units, who fought against the Entente and Ottoman forces in Iran. The conflict proved to be a devastating…
A timeline of events on the Eastern and Middle-Eastern theatres of World War I
The Gallipoli Campaign, February–April 1915
War Minister Ismail Enver of the Ottoman Empire
Austrian troops marching up Mount Zion in Jerusalem, 1916