Zangezur Expedition

Zangezur Expedition or Battle of Zangezur
	Part of the Armenian-Azerbaijani War during the Caucasus Campaign of World War I and Southern Front of the Russian Civil War
	; On November 23, 1919, the Azerbaijan-Armenia agreement was signed in Tbilisi. Seated (from left to right): Colonel James Rey, acting as the Allied High Commissioner; Alexander Khatisyan, Head of the Armenian Government; Nasib bey Yusifbeyli, Head of the Azerbaijani Government; and Evgeni Gegechkori, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia.
Date	3/4–9 November 1919 ; (5/6 days)
Location	Zangezur uezd
Result	Armenian victory Status quo ante bellum; Withdrawal of Azerbaijani troops following Armenian counteroffensive.; Tiflis Agreement was signed, but military actions and ethnic cleansings continued despite the agreement.;
Belligerents
Azerbaijan; Turkish platoons; Auxiliary Kurdish cavalry	Armenia
Commanders and leaders
Javad bey Shikhlinski; Davud bey Yadigarov; Sultan bey Sultanov; Vladimir Levestam; Halil Kut	Arsen Shahmazian; Garegin Nzhdeh; Misha Iskhanian
Strength
1,500–5,500	Unknown
Casualties and losses
45 killed, 75 wounded (according to Azerbaijani sources) Several hundreds (according to Armenian sources)	Unknown

Zangezur Expedition (Azerbaijani: Zəngəzur ekspedisiyası) (Armenian: Ճակատամարտ Զանգեզուրի համար) also referred to as the Zangezur Operation, Azerbaijani invasion of Zangezur or the Battle for Zangezur, was an incursion by Azerbaijani regular forces from Karabakh into Zangezur region contested by the nascent republics of Azerbaijan and Armenia—with the aim of eliminating the last barrier between Turkey and Azerbaijan. This operation was accompanied by a parallel invasion by Nakhchivan militias, supported by two Turkish platoons from Nakhchivan.