Battle of Sharqat

Battle of Sharqat
	Part of the Mesopotamian Campaign of World War I
Date	October 23–30, 1918
Location	North of Baghdad, present-day Iraq
Result	British-Assyrian victory.
Belligerents
British Empire India; Assyrian volunteers	Ottoman Empire
Commanders and leaders
Sir William Raine Marshall,; Sir Alexander Cobbe,; Malik Yaqo; Agha Petros	İsmail Hakkı Bey
Strength
2 infantry divisions, 2 cavalry brigades	"Tigris Group" (Dicle Grubu) of Ottoman Sixth Army; five infantry regiments and one rifle regiment
Casualties and losses
1,800	11,322–13,000 POW with many more wounded and killed

The Battle of Sharqat (October 23–30, 1918) was fought between the British and the Ottoman Empire in the Mesopotamian Campaign in World War I, which became the last conflict between the belligerents before of the signing of the Armistice of Mudros.

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