Kermanshah operation | |||||||
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Part of Persian Campaign | |||||||
General Baratov among his army before the operation started | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
1st Caucasian Cavalry Corps |
Persian gendarmes | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Nikolai Baratov |
Reżāqoli Khan Neẓām-al-Salṭana Māfi Shevket Bay | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
8,000 men[1] | 12,000 including 6,000 horsemen[2] |
Kermanshah operation (‹See Tfd›Russian: Керманшахская операция, Persian: عملیات کرمانشاه) was an offensive operation of units of the Russian 1st Caucasian Cavalry Corps in Western Iran from February - March 1916 during the Persian Campaign of the First World War.