Battle of Dilman

Battle of Dilman
Part of the Persian Campaign of World War I
DateApril 15, 1915
LocationDilman (modern Salmas, Iran)
Result Decisive Russian victory[1]
Belligerents

 Russian Empire

  Ottoman Empire
Commanders and leaders
Tovmas Nazarbekian
Andranik Ozanian[2]		 Halil Kut
Strength
10 battalions of Russian Caucasus Army
1 battalion of Armenian volunteers		 248 Officers
10,920 troops
12,000 irregular Kurdish cavalry[1]
Casualties and losses
Unknown 3,500 killed(non-Ottoman sources)[1]
  • Battle of Dilman
  • Battle of Musalla
  • Battle of Qasr-i-Shirin
  • Battle of Qom
  • Battle of Hamadan
  • Occupation of Tabriz

The Battle of Dilman (April 15, 1915) was a battle fought at Dilman between the Russian Empire and the Ottoman Empire. More than half of the Ottoman troops were Kurdish, almost all of whom deserted.[3] The result was a Russian-Armenian victory under Tovmas Nazarbekian[4] and Andranik Ozanian. Apart from the Armenian officers who served under Tovmas Nazarbekian's Russian Caucasus Army, the Armenians also deployed a volunteer battalion under the leadership of their commander Andranik and with the participation of Smbat Baroyan.

References

  1. 1 2 3 The Ottoman Treatment of the Assyrians, David Gaunt, A Question of Genocide, ed. Ronald Grigor Suny, Fatma Muge Gocek, Norman M. Naimark, (Oxford University Press, 2011), 255
  2. ↑ Bryce, James (2000). The Treatment of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire, 1915–1916. p. 109.
  3. ↑ Trapped between the map and reality. Geography and perceptions of Kurdistan. Maria T. O'Shea. Routledge 2004. ISBN 0-415-94766-9 p. 95
  4. ↑ America and the Armenian Genocide of 1915, p. 95 by Jay Murray Winter

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