What the records say
- When
- 12 Jun 1915 – 15 Jun 1915
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 37.49° N, 43.63° E
- Description
- 1915 battle
- War
- World War I
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Battle of Chamba
1915 assault on Chamba
The Battle of Chamba was a military engagement between the Assyrian defenders led by Malik Ismail II, an Assyrian tribal leader, and Artushi Kurdish forces under Simko Shikak in the village of Chamba, Hakkari. This confrontation took place in an attempt to exterminate the Assyrian Christians of the Ottoman Empire during the Sayfo.
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