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:
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 Lone Pine, Landing at Suvla Bay, Battle of Chunuk Bair, Battle of Scimitar Hill |
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 |
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:
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) |
Aylmer Hunter-Weston |
Landing at Cape Helles, First Battle of Krithia, Second Battle of Krithia, Third Battle of Krithia, Battle of Gully Ravine |
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 |
Stepan Shahumyan |
Battle of Baku |
References