Battle of Robat Karim

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Battle of Robat Karim
Part of the Persian campaign in the Middle Eastern theatre of World War I and the Russo-Persian Wars
Date 27 December 1915 Location Robat Karim, Tehran Province, Iran 35°28′55″N 51°04′51″E / 35.48194°N 51.08083°E / 35.48194; 51.08083 Result Russian victory
Belligerents
Russia 1915 Armenian Volunteers	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

The Battle of Robat Karim (Persian: نبرد رباط کریم, December 27, 1915) was fought by the Iranian people, around Robat Karim (near Tehran, Iran) during the First World War under the command of Heydar Latifiyan against the occupation of Iran by Russian forces. Although the result of this battle was the victory of the Russians, but in the larger goal, Iran was preserved during the First World War and never became a colony of any country.

This article is part of a series about Heydar Latifiyan
Member of Persian Constitutional Revolution 1905 - 1909 Democrat Party Supporter 1909 - 1915 Primary member of the National Committee 1915 - December 27, 1915 Commander of the Middle East theatre of WWI 1915 - December 27, 1915 The leadership of the national forces 1915 - December 27, 1915 Commander of Battle of Robat Karim December 27, 1915
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