Agha Petros

Petros Elia of Baz ܦܸܛܪܘܿܣ ܐܹܠܝ݂ܵܐ ܕܒܵܙ
Agha Petros in his French uniform (after World War I)
Birth name	Petros Elia
Nickname(s)	Agha Petros
Born	(1880-04-01)1 April 1880 Baz, Hakkari, Ottoman Empire
Died	2 February 1932(1932-02-02) (aged 51) Toulouse, France
Allegiance	Allies of World War I, Assyrian volunteers during World War I
Years of service	1914–1926
Commands	Assyrian volunteers, later the Assyrian Levies
Battles / wars	World War I Persian Campaign Battle of Dilman Hakkari Expedition 1916 Hakkari Expedition 1917 Battle of Seray Mountain Urmia Clashes Battle of Charah Battle of Suldouze Battle of Urmia April 1918 Battle of Urmia June 1918 Battle of Sauj Bulak Battle of Derbend Battle of Urmia Lake 1918 Battle of Barrandos of May 1918 Battle of Askarabad Battle of Chall Battle of Qarzuli Battle of Sera Battle of Qasim Lui River Battle of Qoqiyeh & Qarabagh Battle of Qaramnlui Battle of the Castles 1st and 2nd Samas Mesopotamian campaign Battle of Mosul 1918 Battle of Sharqat Simko Shikak revolt (1918–1922) Simko Shikak revolt (1926) Caucasus campaign Battle of Bitlis[1] Defense of Van (1915)[1]
Awards	Croix de Guerre (France)[2] Ordre national de la Légion d'honneur (France)[2] Cross of St. George (Russia)[2] Order of Saint Stanislaus (Russia)[2] Royal Order of the Lion (Belgium)[2] Order of the Crown, Commander, (Belgium)[2] Order of San Gregorio, Commander, (Vatican Pope Benoit XV) 1921

Petros Elia of Baz (Syriac: ܐܝܠܝܐ ܦܹܛܪܘܼܣ; April 1880 – 2 February 1932), better known as Agha Petros, was an Assyrian military leader during World War I.^[3] He is considered a national hero for the Assyrians and other Christian minorities in the Middle East, Whose name also became a terror to the Muslims.^[4] By 1918, Agha Petros and his Assyrian forces controlled parts of Iranian Azerbaijan, west of Lake Urmia, where they established a form of self-governance.^[5] Petros also instigated the massacre of 1,000 Kurds in Kuhnashahir as revenge for the assassination of Mar Benyamin Shimun.^[6] Men, women, and children fell victim to this massacre—no one was spared.