battle, interwar and Second World War
Battle of Aqra Dagh
Battle of Aqra Dagh was a battle fought in 1920 at Akre, in what is now Iraq. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at Akre. It was part of the Surchi Revolt, which ran from 1919 to 1920. The recorded result: Assyrian victory; Kurds flee to Sharwaneh Mezin; Kurdish villages looted. Recorded strength: 4,000–6,000 against 3 tribes.
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Record
| Date | 1920 (year precision) | |
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| Place | Akre, Iraq 36.760N, 43.894E | |
| Kind | Battle, interwar and Second World War | |
| Strength | 4,000–6,000 | 3 tribes |
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Nearest engagements
- Siege of Akre 1833, same recorded site
- Battle of Khazir AD 686, 60 km SW
- Siege of Erbil (1258) 1258, 64 km S
- Battle of Mount Handrin 1966, 68 km E
- Battle of Gaugamela 331 BC, 73 km SW
In the same war
- Before: Defense of Jujar 1920
Elsewhere in 1920
- Battle of Warsaw Poland
- Battle of Maysalun Syria
- Red Army invasion of Azerbaijan Azerbaijan
- Kyiv offensive Ukraine
- Red Army invasion of Armenia Armenia
Battle of Aqra Dagh is one of 4,429 engagements of the 20th century in the atlas and one of 206 in present-day Iraq.
Sources
Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q135002994, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Aqra Dagh, revision 1370432281, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.