Hamawand rebellion
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Date1908–1911 (continuing until WWI)
Location
Result
Rebellion suppressed
| Hamawand Rebellion | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Part of Kurdish rebellions during World War I and Young Turk Revolution | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Hamawand tribe |
 CUP | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Unknown | Nadim Pasha (Governor of Baghdad) † | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 250[1] | 8,000[1] | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| Unknown |
12 were killed 40–50 injuries[1] | ||||||
The Hamawand rebellion was a Kurdish uprising by the Hamawand tribe in the Mosul Vilayet which began in 1908, in opposition to the Young Turks revolution and in support of the Ottoman sultan.[2]
