Urmia clashes

Urmia clashes
	Part of the occupation of Northwestern Iran of the Persian campaign (World War I)
	; Agha Petros (with white Cossack hat) waiting for the Persian mullah's white flag's of surrender
Date	February 1918
Location	Urmia, Persia
Result	Assyrian victory Assyrian control of the city established; Muslims surrender;
Belligerents
Assyrian volunteers Tyari; Armenian fedayi;	Qajar Iran Tribes of Karadagh; Local Persians; Local Afshars; Local Kurds;
Commanders and leaders
Agha Petros; Mar Benyamin Shimun; Malik Khoshaba; Andranik Ozanian;	Arshad-el-Moolk ; Moosa Agha Sadir; Irshad Homayun; Haji Samad; Riza Khan †;
Strength
A few hundred	Around 2,000+
Casualties and losses
Around 80 killed	1,000+ killed

The Urmia clashes (February 1918) or the Urmia revolt was a series of clashes and an Islamist uprising in the city of Urmia between the Assyrian Volunteers, led by Agha Petros and Malik Khoshaba, against the city mayor Irshad Homayun and his supporters, including General Arshad el Moolk. This was caused by the Russian withdrawal from Qajar Iran due to the Russian Revolution. The motive for the uprising was to exterminate the Christian authority in the region.

^ ^a ^b ^c Werda 1924.
^ Lewis Shedd, Mary (1922). The measure of a man : the life of William Ambrose Shedd, missionary to Persia. George H. Doran Company. pp. 231–232.
^ Barton, James.l (1991). Story of Near East Relief (1915-1930). J.C. & A.L. Fawcett. p. 94.
^ Astourian, Stephan (2020). Collective and State Violence in Turkey The Construction of a National Identity from Empire to Nation-State. Berghahn Books. pp. 78–79.
^ Donabed, Sargon (2015). Reforging a Forgotten History: Iraq and the Assyrians in the Twentieth Century. Edinburgh University Press.
^ Lewis Shedd, Mary (1922). The measure of a man : the life of William Ambrose Shedd, missionary to Persia. George H. Doran Company. pp. 231–232.
^ Barton, James.l (1991). Story of Near East Relief (1915-1930). J.C. & A.L. Fawcett. p. 94.
^ Astourian, Stephan (2020). Collective and State Violence in Turkey The Construction of a National Identity from Empire to Nation-State. Berghahn Books. pp. 78–79.
^ Barton, James.l (1991). Story of Near East Relief (1915-1930). J.C. & A.L. Fawcett. p. 94.
^ Barton, James.l (1991). Story of Near East Relief (1915-1930). J.C. & A.L. Fawcett. p. 94.
^ ^a ^b Ismael 1964, p. 91.

[FOOTNOTEWerda1924-1] Werda 1924.

[2] Lewis Shedd, Mary (1922). The measure of a man : the life of William Ambrose Shedd, missionary to Persia. George H. Doran Company. pp. 231–232.

[3] Barton, James.l (1991). Story of Near East Relief (1915-1930). J.C. & A.L. Fawcett. p. 94.

[4] Astourian, Stephan (2020). Collective and State Violence in Turkey The Construction of a National Identity from Empire to Nation-State. Berghahn Books. pp. 78–79.

[5] Donabed, Sargon (2015). Reforging a Forgotten History: Iraq and the Assyrians in the Twentieth Century. Edinburgh University Press.

[6] Lewis Shedd, Mary (1922). The measure of a man : the life of William Ambrose Shedd, missionary to Persia. George H. Doran Company. pp. 231–232.

[7] Barton, James.l (1991). Story of Near East Relief (1915-1930). J.C. & A.L. Fawcett. p. 94.

[8] Astourian, Stephan (2020). Collective and State Violence in Turkey The Construction of a National Identity from Empire to Nation-State. Berghahn Books. pp. 78–79.

[9] Barton, James.l (1991). Story of Near East Relief (1915-1930). J.C. & A.L. Fawcett. p. 94.

[10] Barton, James.l (1991). Story of Near East Relief (1915-1930). J.C. & A.L. Fawcett. p. 94.

[FOOTNOTEIsmael196491-11] Ismael 1964, p. 91.

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