battle, early modern

Battle of Chamchamal

Name: Battle of Chamchamal
Location: Chamchamal, Iraq

Battle of Chamchamal was a battle fought in 1774 at Chamchamal, in what is now Iraq. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at Chamchamal. It was part of Q4203073. The recorded result: Ottoman victory. Recorded strength: 3,000 against 12,000.

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Fought1774

WhereChamchamal, Iraq35.533N, 44.834E, placed at the location, approximate

OutcomeOttoman victory

Belligerents22px Ottoman Empireagainst22px Zand Iran

Casualties and lossesUnknownand4,000–5,000 dead

Part ofQ4203073

Where it sits in Q4203073

5 placed engagements of Q4203073 in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date	1774 (year precision)
Place	Chamchamal, Iraq 35.533N, 44.834E
Kind	Battle, early modern
Strength	3,000	12,000
Casualties and losses	Unknown	4,000–5,000 dead

Placed at Chamchamal; the exact site is not recorded. with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Battle of Kirkuk (1733) 1733, 41 km SW
Battle of Arrapha 616 BC, 47 km W
Battle of Kirkuk 1991, 47 km W
Battle of the Stragna River 1048, 63 km W
Siege of Erbil (1258) 1258, 104 km NW

In the same war

Before: Battle of Sulaymaniyah 1678
After: Battle of Sanandaj 1777

Elsewhere in 1774

Battle of Chamchamal is one of 2,009 engagements of the 18th century in the atlas and one of 173 in present-day Iraq.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q118929917, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Chamchamal, revision 1380933723, 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.