Assyrian volunteers

Assyrian volunteers
Assyrian volunteers
	The flag that was raised by General Agha Petros Elia of Baz, commander of the Assyrian forces during World War 1
Active	1914–1919
Allegiance	Entente
Size	20,000-25,000+ 6,000-8,000 (After World War I);
Nickname(s)	“The Christian Army Of Revenge Of Agha Petros”
Engagements	Middle Eastern theatre of World War I Persian Campaign Hakkari Expedition 1916; Hakkari Expedition 1917; Battle of Seray Mountain; Battle of Oramar; Urmia Clashes; Battle of Charah; Battle of Suldouze; Battle of Urmia April 1918; Battle of Urmia June 1918; Battle of Sauj Bulak; First Battle of Salmas; Second Battle of Salmas; Battle of Derbend; Mesopotamian campaign Battle of Sharqat; Battle of Mosul 1918; Assyrian rebellion Simko Shikak revolt (1918–1922); Simko Shikak revolt (1926);
Commanders
Notable; commanders	Agha Petros; Malik Khoshaba; Dawid Mar Shimun; Mar Shimun Benyamin (spiritual leader)

The Assyrian volunteers were an ethnic Assyrian military force during WW1, led mainly by General Agha Petros Elia of Baz and several tribal leaders known as Maliks (Syriac: ܡܠܟ) under the spiritual leadership of the Catholicos-Patriarch Mar Shimun Benyamin allied with the Entente Powers described by the English pastor and author William A. Wigram as Our Smallest Ally. The Assyrian volunteers were described as “the Christian army of Revenge” by the British Major E.W.C. Noel.