Battle of Oramar
| Battle of Oramar (1917) | |||||||
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| Part of Persian campaign (World War I) | |||||||
An old Image of Oramar in the year 1922 | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
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Assyrian volunteers Russian Cossacks | Oramar tribe | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Agha Petros Dawid Mar Shimun Shimun XIX Benyamin | Soto Agha | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| Unknown | Unknown | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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1 dead 2 wounded |
16+ killed 30 captured | ||||||
The Battle of Oramar or Oramar Expedition, was a battle in the present-day village of Dağlıca, Yüksekova, in Hakkari, that took place in September 1917 between the Assyrian volunteers of Agha Petros, supported by Russian Cossacks, against the Kurds of Soto Agha. The Assyrian forces initiated the attack with the goal of recapturing Oramar that was held by the Kurds since 1914, in order to punish Soto Agha for his previous crimes against the Assyrians during Sayfo.