Battle of Chamba
| Battle of Chamba | |||||||
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| Part of Persian campaign (World War I) | |||||||
A bridge in Chamba, Hakkari, in 1912. House of Malik Ismail II guarded by Assyrian fighters. | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Tyari Assyrians | Artushi Kurds | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Malik Ismail II Deacon Dinkha |
Simko Shikak Rashid Beg Haider Beg Soto Agha | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 100 (reinforcement) | Unknown | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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7 killed 16 wounded |
15 Killed 40 Rifles abandoned | ||||||
The Battle of Chamba (12-15 June 1915) was a military engagement between the Assyrian defenders led by Malik Ismail II, an Assyrian tribal leader, and Artushi Kurdish forces under Simko Shikak in the village of Chamba, Hakkari. The Assyrians emerged victorious, leading to Kurdish retreat on the 15th of June. This confrontation took place in an attempt to exterminate the Assyrian Christians of the Ottoman Empire during the Sayfo.