Jan 29, 2018
Southern Asia 103 years ago today: Ottoman Raids in Persia and Sinai (29 Jan 1915) http://omniatlas.com/maps/southasia/19150129/ The defeat at Sarikamish did not end smaller scale Ottoman offensives, with one Turkish unit even managing to briefly capture the poorly defended Persian city of Tabriz from the Russians. Further south the Ottomans expanded the war in Persia by allying with local tribesmen to threaten the British-held oilfields, while in Egypt they crossed the Sinai to contest British control of the Suez Canal. #southasia #history #welovemaps #1910s #1915 #egypt #greatbritain #hail #iran #january #january29 #maps #russia #saudiarabia #suezcanalzone #turkey #worldwari #ww1 (at Abadan, Iran)