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Battle of Urmia (April 1918)
	Part of Persian Campaign of World War I
Date	April 1918
Location	Urmia, Persia (present-day Iran)
Result	Assyrian and Allied victory
Belligerents
Assyrian volunteers ; Armenian volunteers ; Russian forces	Ottoman Empire ; Kurdish irregulars
Commanders and leaders
Agha Petros ; Other Assyrian leaders	Ottoman commanders
Strength
Several thousand Assyrian and Armenian fighters	Ottoman regular troops + Kurdish militias (numerically superior)
Casualties and losses
Unknown	Unknown (heavy according to Assyrian sources)
	Part of the defense of the Urmia region

The Battle of Urmia (April 1918) was a military engagement in the city of Urmia during the Persian Campaign of World War I. Assyrian volunteers under General Agha Petros, supported by Armenian and Russian forces, defended the city against Ottoman troops and Kurdish irregulars.

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