List of commanders in the Middle Eastern theatre of World War I

The list of commanders in the Middle Eastern theatre of World War I gives the engagements and the respected officers during the conflicts.

Central Powers
Enver Pasha of the Ottoman Empire.

Commander-in-chiefs:

Commanders:

Name Conflicts
Enver Pasha Sarikamish (1914)
Djemal Pasha First Suez Offensive, Arab Revolt
Mehmed Esad Pasha
Ahmed Izzet Pasha Third Army Commander, Second Army Commander
Djevat Pasha Dardanelles Campaign
Hasan Izzet Pasha
Mahmud Kâmil Pasha Third Army Commander in 1916 Battle of Erzurum
Vehib Pasha
Mustafa Fevzi Pasha Battle of Krithia Vineyard
Nureddin Pasha
Mersinli Djemal Pasha
Yakub Shevki Pasha
Hafiz Hakki Pasha Sarikamish (1914), Third Army Commander
Halil Pasha
Nuri Pasha
Ali Ihsan Pasha
Mustafa Kemal Pasha Landing at Anzac Cove, Battle of Sari Bair, Battle of Lone Pine, Landing at Suvla Bay, Battle of Chunuk Bair, Battle of Scimitar Hill
Ali Fuad Pasha Dardanelles Campaign
Ismet Bey
Sami Bey Landing at Cape Helles Third Battle of Krithia First Battle of Krithia
Faik Pasha Battle of Gully Ravine Battle of Sari Bair
Colmar von der Goltz
Erich von Falkenhayn
Otto Liman von Sanders Dardanelles Campaign
Kress von Kressenstein
Major Ali Quli Khan Pesyan[1] Conquest of Shiraz
Captain Gholam Reza Khan Pesyan Conquest of Shiraz
Georg von Kaunitz Battle of Qasr-i-Shirin
Colonel Bup Battle of Qasr-i-Shirin
Major Mohammad Taghi Khan Pesyan Battle of Musalla, Defense of Hamadan
Major Azizollah Zarghami Battle of Musalla, Defense of Hamadan
Major Masoud Kayhan Battle of Soltanabad
Mirza Kuchik Khan Battle of Manjil, Battle of Rasht

Allies
Illarion of Russia.

Commander-in-chiefs:

Commanders:

Name Conflicts
Lionel Dunsterville Battle of Baku
Sackville Carden Naval operations
John de Robeck Naval operations
Émile Guépratte Naval operations
Ian Hamilton Sari Bair
Harold Bridgwood Walker Lone Pine
Frederick Stopford Suvla Bay
William Birdwood, 1st Baron Birdwood Anzac Cove Battle of Hill 60 (Gallipoli)
Aylmer Hunter-Weston Landing at Cape Helles, First Battle of Krithia, Second Battle of Krithia, Third Battle of Krithia, Battle of Gully Ravine
Alexander Myshlayevsky Battle of Sarikamish
Nikolai Yudenich
Andranik Ozanian Battle of Dilman, Battle of Bitlis
Tovmas Nazarbekian Battle of Dilman, Battle of Mush, Battle of Bitlis, Battle of Karakilisa, Battle of Sardarabad
Aram Manukian Siege of Van, Battle of Sardarabad
Garegin Nzhdeh Armenian battalions, Battle of Karakilisa
Drastamat Kanayan Battle of Abaran
Movses Silikyan Battle of Sardarapat
Stepan Shahumyan Battle of Baku

References
  1. Cronin, S. (1997). The Army and Creation of the Pahlavi State in Iran, 1921-1926. I. B. Tauris. p. 256. ISBN 9781860641053. Retrieved 2015-05-13.
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