Atlas of Battles

commander, 9 engagements

Battles of Kâzım Karabekir

Battles of Kâzım Karabekir

Turkish general and statesperson (1882–1948)

Kâzım Karabekir is recorded as a commander at 9 placed engagements in the atlas between 1917 and 1921: 9 battles across 4 present-day countries, most in Turkey (4), Armenia (3), Iraq (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 1,762 km apart end to end, 220 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Turkish–Armenian War (5), World War I (2), Middle Eastern theater of World War I (1).

Battle of SarikamishBattle of SurmaluBattle of AlexandropolBattle of BatumiSecond Battle of KutBattle of KarakilisaBattle of SardarabadBattle of OltuBattle of KarsSecond Battle of KutBattle of KarakilisaBattle of SardarabadBattle of OltuTehranBaghdadAnkaraTel AvivAleppoDamascusBakuBeirutIsfahanTbilisi500 km37.080N, 43.730E
9 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1917: 1 engagements1918: 2 engagements1920: 5 engagements5 in 19201921: 1 engagements19171921
9 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Second Battle of Kut, 1917Battle of Karakilisa, 1918Battle of Sardarabad, 1918Battle of Oltu, 1920Battle of Sarikamish, 1920Battle of Surmalu, 1920Battle of Kars, 1920Battle of Alexandropol, 1920Battle of Batumi, 192119171921
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 3

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
1917Second Battle of KutKut, IraqBritish Empire victory
1918Battle of KarakilisaVanadzor, Armenia929 km NTactical Ottoman victory; Strategic Armenian victory as...
22 May 1918Battle of SardarabadSardarapat, Armenia91 km SWArmenian victory
1920Battle of OltuOltu, Turkey173 km WFirst battle: Armenian victory; Second Battle: Turkish...
29 September 1920Battle of SarikamishSarıkamış, Turkey54 km SETurkish victory
1920Battle of SurmaluTurkey133 km EArmenian victory
30 October 1920Battle of KarsKars, Turkey111 km NWTurkish victory; Turkish capture of Kars leading to...
1920Battle of AlexandropolArmenia65 km ETurkish victory; Treaty of Alexandropol
1921Battle of BatumiGeorgia207 km NWGeorgian victory

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, Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.