Battle of Robat Karim

The Battle of Rabat Karim (Persian: نبرد رباط کریم, December 27, 1915) was fought by the Iranian people, around Rabat Karim (near Tehran) during the First World War under the command of Heydar Latifiyan against the occupation of Iran by Russian forces.

Battle of Robat Karim
Part of Part of the Persian campaign in the Middle Eastern theatre of World War I and the Russo-Persian Wars
Date27 December 1915
Location
Robat Karim, Tehran Province, Iran
35°28′55″N 51°04′51″E
Result Russian victory
Belligerents

 Russia 1915

Qajar Iran 1915
Commanders and leaders
Czar Nicholas II
Fyodor Chernozubov
Nikolai Baratov
Tovmas Nazarbekian
Andranik Ozanian
Ahmad Shah Qajar
Heydar Latifiyan
Units involved

Russian Caucasus Army

Armenian Volunteers
Popular resistance forces
Persian Gendarmerie
Strength
8000 600-1200
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.