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    The Mesopotamian campaign or Mesopotamian front (Turkish: Irak Cephesi) was a campaign in the Middle Eastern theatre of World War I fought between the...
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    under the command of Philaretos Brachamios with orders to defend the Mesopotamian frontier. Philaretos was soon defeated by the Turks, whose sack of Iconium...
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    The Mesopotamian Campaign of 1732-1733 was a military conflict during the eventful Perso-Ottoman war of 1730-1735. As a direct result of Tahmasp II's...
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    briefly The 49th Bengalee. It was disbanded in 1920. They fought in Mesopotamian campaign, and were stationed in Baghdad. After the end of World War I, they...
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    Basil I, nicknamed "the Macedonian" (Greek: Βασίλειος ὁ Μακεδών, translit. Basíleios ō Makedṓn; 811 – 29 August 886), was Byzantine emperor from 867 to...
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  • maritime, and aerial conflicts, including campaigns, operations, defensive positions, and sieges. Campaigns generally refer to broader strategic operations...
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    Mesopotamia (redirect from Mesopotamian)
    of Akkad around 2350 BC, characterized the subsequent 2,000 years of Mesopotamian history, marked by the succession of kingdoms and empires such as the...
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    when airboats were used by the British Army in the World War I Mesopotamian Campaign. Civilian use of airboats did not happen in large way until the...
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    Battle of Kirkuk (1733) (category Campaigns of Nader Shah)
    Agh-Darband (Persian: نبرد آق‌دربند), was the last battle in Nader Shah's Mesopotamian campaign where he avenged his earlier defeat at the hands of the Ottoman...
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    Siege of Kut (category Battles of the Mesopotamian campaign)
    p. 233. A. J. Barker: The First Iraq War 1914–1918: Britain’s Mesopotamian Campaign Архивная копия от 27 августа 2016 на Wayback Machine, Enigma Books...
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    The campaigns of Nader Shah (Persian: لشکرکشی‌های نادرشاه), or the Naderian Wars (Persian: جنگ‌های نادری), were a series of conflicts fought in the early...
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    The Mesopotamian campaigns of Ardashir I represented the first episode in a new period of wars between the Romans and Sasanids. The war between the Roman...
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    Kingdom of Iraq, following the defeat of the Ottoman Empire in the Mesopotamian campaign of the First World War. Although a League of Nations mandate was...
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    Fall of Baghdad (1917) (category Battles of the Mesopotamian campaign)
    The fall of Baghdad (11 March 1917) occurred during the Mesopotamian campaign, fought between the forces of the British Empire and the Ottoman Empire...
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    was a British Army officer. He is known for his operations in the Mesopotamian campaign during the First World War and for conquering Baghdad in 1917. Maude...
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    region was undertaken by British Empire forces and was known as the Mesopotamian campaign. Fighting commenced with the Battle of Basra in 1914 and continued...
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    when friendly-fire incidents with the British in 1914 during the Mesopotamian campaign around the river Shatt al-Arab occurred due to Kuwait and the enemy...
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    Western Front, while the peoples of India were more interested in the Mesopotamian campaign and the occupation of Baghdad. Australia did not have a war correspondent...
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  • Other Neolithic sites in Kuwait are located in Khiran and Sulaibikhat. Mesopotamians first settled in the Kuwaiti island of Failaka in 2000 B.C. Traders...
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    Ottoman wars in Europe Ottoman wars in Asia Ottoman wars in Africa Long campaign (1443–1444) Hundred Years' Croatian–Ottoman War (c. 1493 – 1593) Long War...
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  • hundreds of thousands of refugees or internally displaced persons: Mesopotamian campaign (1914–1918) Iraqi revolt of 1920 against the British Simele massacre...
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    West Persian Campaign Nahavand Malayer Tahmasp's Campaign Yerevan Mesopotamian Campaign Siege of Baghdad Samarra Kirkuk Caucasus Campaign Ganja Siege of...
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    Fao Landing (category Battles of the Mesopotamian campaign)
    after intense shelling. It was the first military operation of the Mesopotamian Campaign of World War I which was carried out to protect the British Empire's...
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    Home Rule leagues, and the realisation, after the disaster in the Mesopotamian campaign, that the war would likely last longer, the new viceroy, Lord Chelmsford...
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    Battle of Qurna (category Battles of the Mesopotamian campaign)
    Basra, which they lost at the Battle of Basra (1914) during the Mesopotamian campaign of World War I. By capturing Basra, the British had taken an important...
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    1747, when he was assassinated during a rebellion. He fought numerous campaigns throughout the Middle East, the Caucasus, Central Asia, and South Asia...
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    surrendered and the Armistice of Mudros was signed. The Mesopotamian campaign was largely an Indian Army campaign as the only British formations involved were the...
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    1929–1932: Lt. Colonel Sir Francis Humphrys Guardians of Independence Mesopotamian campaign Ottoman Iraq RAF Iraq Command Wright, Quincy. “The Government of...
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    Western Front, in the Mesopotamian campaign, where he earned the Distinguished Service Order and in the Sinai and Palestine campaign, where he was awarded...
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    Iraq) during World War I. Formed in late 1915, it took part in the Mesopotamian Campaign from 1916 to 1918, providing communications to British forces. Later...
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