Agha Petros

Petros Elia of Baz
ܦܸܛܪܘܿܣ ܐܹܠܝ݂ܵܐ ܕܒܵܙ
Petros Elia of Baz; ܦܸܛܪܘܿܣ ܐܹܠܝ݂ܵܐ ܕܒܵܙ
	Agha Petros in his French uniform, in the 1920s
Birth name	Petros Elia
Nickname(s)	Agha Petros
Born	1 April 1880; Baz, Hakkari, Ottoman Empire
Died	2 February 1932 (aged 51); Toulouse, France
Allegiance	Allies of World War I, Assyrian volunteers, Assyrian Levies
Years of service	1906–1926
Commands	Assyrian volunteers, later the Assyrian Levies
Battles / wars	Ottoman invasion of Persia (1906); Persian Constitutional Revolution; World War I Persian Campaign Battle of Dilman; Battle of Tabriz; Hakkari Expedition 1916; Hakkari Expedition 1917; Battle of Seray Mountain; Battle of Oramar; Urmia Clashes; Battle of Charah; Battle of Suldouze; Battle of Ushno; Battle of Urmia April 1918; Battle of Urmia June 1918; Battle of Derbend; Battle of Urmia Lake (1918); Battle of Barrandos of May 1918; Battle of Askarabad; Battle of Chal; Battle of Qarzuli; Battle of Sera; Battle of Qasim Lui River; Battle of Qoqiyeh & Qarabagh; Battle of Qaramnlui; Battle of the Castles; 1st and 2nd Battle of Salmas; Simko Shikak revolt (1918–1922); Simko Shikak revolt (1926); ; Mesopotamian campaign Battle of Mosul 1918; Battle of Sharqat; ; Caucasus campaign Battle of Bitlis; Defense of Van (1915); ; Sinai and Palestine campaign Raid on the Suez Canal; ; ; Surchi Revolt Defense of Jujar; Battle of Aqra Dagh (1920); ;
Awards	Croix de Guerre (France); Ordre national de la Légion d'honneur (France); Cross of St. George (Russia); Order of Saint Stanislaus (Russia); Royal Order of the Lion (Belgium); Order of the Crown, Commander, (Belgium); Order of San Gregorio, Commander, (Vatican Pope Benoit XV) 1921
Relations	Agha Mirza (brother)
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Petros Elia of Baz (Syriac: ܦܸܛܪܘܿܣ ܐܹܠܝ݂ܵܐ ܕܒܵܙ; 1 April 1880 – 2 February 1932), better known as Agha Petros (Syriac: ܐܓܐ ܦܛܪܘܣ), was an Assyrian military leader and statesman, best known for his role during World War I. He is considered a national hero for the Assyrians and other Christian minorities in the Middle East, and became a terror to the Kurds, Turks and other Muslims. By 1918, Agha Petros and his Assyrian forces managed to control vast territory of Iranian Azerbaijan, west of Lake Urmia, where they established self-governance.