Regional1920

Battle of Samawah

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Iraq

Estimated casualties

Casualty figures unrecorded for this conflict.

Battle of Samawah (1920), part of the Iraqi Revolt. United Kingdom defeated Iraqi Rebels.

Belligerents2

United Kingdom
Iraqi Rebels

ON THE MAPBritish Empire (1921)

Conflict graph

PART OFIraqi revolt of 1920

Sources

HCED — Miller & Bakar (2023), Historical Conflict Event Dataset, J. Conflict Resolution 67(2-3)
Jaques, Dictionary of Battles and Sieges (HCED primary source)

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Cite as: Battle of Samawah (1920). War Atlas. https://waratlas.org/c/battle-of-samawah · Sources & methodology