Kermanshah operation

Kermanshah operation
Part of Persian Campaign
General Baratov among his army before the operation started
Date February - March 1916 Location Kermanshah, Qajar Iran Result Russian victory
Belligerents
1st Caucasian Cavalry Corps	Persian gendarmes Persian fedayeen tribal militias German volunteers Sixth Army
Commanders and leaders
Nikolai Baratov	Reżāqoli Khan Neẓām-al-Salṭana Māfi Colonel Bup Shevket Bay
Strength
8,000 men[1]	12,000 including 6,000 horsemen[2]

Kermanshah operation (Russian: Керманшахская операция, Persian: عملیات کرمانشاه) was an offensive operation of units of the Russian 1st Caucasian Cavalry Corps in Western Iran from February - March 1916 during the Persian Campaign of the First World War.