commander, 5 engagements
Battles of Sakallı Nureddin Paşa
Turkish general and statesperson (1873–1932)
Sakallı Nureddin Paşa is recorded as a commander at 5 placed engagements in the atlas between 1914 and 1919: 3 battles, 1 siege and 1 campaign across 2 present-day countries, most in Iraq (4), Turkey (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 2,333 km apart end to end, 583 km between engagements on average. Most belong to World War I (4), Greco-Turkish War (1).
Engagements by year
In time order
Wars 2
Engagements by date
| Date | Engagement | Place | From the last | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1914 | Mesopotamian campaign | Mesopotamia, Iraq | Allied victory | |
| 28 September 1915 | Battle of Es Sinn | Mesopotamia, Iraq | 253 km SE | British–Indian victory |
| 22 November 1915 | Battle of Ctesiphon | Ctesiphon, Iraq | 134 km NW | Inconclusive |
| 7 December 1915 | Siege of Kut | Kut, Iraq | 135 km SE | Ottoman victory |
| 15 May 1919 | Greek landing at Smyrna | Aydin vilayet, Turkey | 1,811 km NW | Greek victory: occupation of Smyrna; Greco-Turkish War... |
Sources and method
Commanders come from the commander fields of the English Wikipedia infoboxes of these engagements (CC BY-SA 4.0), resolved to one article each; portrait, dates and description from Wikidata (CC0) and Wikimedia Commons, NA, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.