List of commanders in the Middle Eastern theatre of World War I

The list of commanders in the Middle Eastern theatre of World War I gives the engagements and the respected officers during the conflicts.

Central Powers

Commander-in-chiefs:

• Ottoman Empire: Deputy commander-in-chief (Başkomutan Vekili) Enver Pasha (1914–1918)

Commanders:

Name	Conflicts
Enver Pasha	Sarikamish (1914)
Djemal Pasha	First Suez Offensive, Arab Revolt
Mehmed Esad Pasha
Ahmed Izzet Pasha	Third Army Commander, Second Army Commander
Djevat Pasha	Dardanelles Campaign
Hasan Izzet Pasha
Mahmud Kâmil Pasha	Third Army Commander in 1916 Battle of Erzurum
Vehib Pasha
Mustafa Fevzi Pasha	Battle of Krithia Vineyard
Nureddin Pasha
Mersinli Djemal Pasha
Yakub Shevki Pasha
Hafiz Hakki Pasha	Sarikamish (1914), Third Army Commander
Halil Pasha
Nuri Pasha
Ali Ihsan Pasha
Mustafa Kemal Pasha	Landing at Anzac Cove, Battle of Sari Bair, Battle of Hill 60, Landing at Suvla Bay, Battle of Chunuk Bair, Battle of Scimitar Hill, Battle of the Nek, Battle for Baby 700, Battle for No.3 Post, Battle of Bitlis, Charge at Haritan
Ali Fuad Pasha	Dardanelles Campaign
Ismet Bey
Sami Bey	Landing at Cape Helles Third Battle of Krithia First Battle of Krithia
Faik Pasha	Battle of Gully Ravine Battle of Sari Bair
Colmar von der Goltz
Erich von Falkenhayn
Otto Liman von Sanders	Dardanelles Campaign
Kress von Kressenstein
Major Ali Quli Khan Pesyan[1]	Conquest of Shiraz
Captain Gholam Reza Khan Pesyan	Conquest of Shiraz
Georg von Kaunitz	Battle of Qasr-i-Shirin
Colonel Bup	Battle of Qasr-i-Shirin
Major Mohammad Taghi Khan Pesyan	Battle of Musalla, Defense of Hamadan
Heydar Latifiyan	Battle of RobatKarim
Major Azizollah Zarghami	Battle of Musalla, Defense of Hamadan
Major Masoud Kayhan	Battle of Soltanabad
Mirza Kuchik Khan	Battle of Manjil, Battle of Rasht

Allies

Commander-in-chiefs:

• Russia (Caucasus & Persia): Illarion Ivanovich Vorontsov-Dashkov (1914 – January 1915); Nicholas Nikolaevich (January 1915 – May 1917); Vasily Kharlamov (May 1917 – 1918)
• British:
• Armenia: Tovmas Nazarbekian (1918)

Commanders:

Name	Conflicts
Lionel Dunsterville	Battle of Baku
Sackville Carden	Naval operations
John de Robeck	Naval operations
Émile Guépratte	Naval operations
Ian Hamilton	Sari Bair
Harold Bridgwood Walker	Lone Pine
Frederick Stopford	Suvla Bay
William Birdwood, 1st Baron Birdwood	Anzac Cove Battle of Hill 60 (Gallipoli)
Alexander Godley	Anzac Cove, Chunuk Bair, Sari Bair
John Maxwell	Commander of British forces in Egypt; see Raid on the Suez Canal
Aylmer Hunter-Weston	Landing at Cape Helles, First Battle of Krithia, Second Battle of Krithia, Third Battle of Krithia, Battle of Gully Ravine
Albert d'Amade	Commander of Expeditionary Corps of the Orient (at Gallipoli)
Henri Gouraud	first Commander of Expeditionary Corps of the Dardanelles
Maurice Bailloud	second Commander of Expeditionary Corps of the Dardanelles
Alexander Myshlayevsky	Battle of Sarikamish
Nikolai Yudenich
Andranik Ozanian	Battle of Dilman, Battle of Bitlis
Tovmas Nazarbekian	Battle of Dilman, Battle of Mush, Battle of Bitlis, Battle of Karakilisa, Battle of Sardarabad
Aram Manukian	Siege of Van, Battle of Sardarabad
Garegin Nzhdeh	Armenian battalions, Battle of Karakilisa
Drastamat Kanayan	Battle of Abaran
Movses Silikyan	Battle of Sardarapat
Agha Petros	Hakkari Expedition 1917, Battle of Seray Mountain, Urmia Clashes, Battle of Charah, Battle of Suldouze, Battle of Urmia April 1918, Battle of Urmia June 1918, Battle of Sauj Bulak, Battle of Mosul 1918
Malik Khoshaba	Hakkari Expedition 1916, Hakkari Expedition 1917, Battle of Seray Mountain, Urmia Clashes, Battle of Charah, Battle of Suldouze, Battle of Urmia April 1918, Battle of Urmia June 1918, Battle of Sauj Bulak, Battle of Mosul 1918
Stepan Shahumyan	Battle of Baku

References

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