# 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

Commander-in-chiefs:
* Ottoman Empire: Deputy commander-in-chief (Başkomutan Vekili) Enver Pasha (1914–1918)
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 Hill 60, Landing at Suvla Bay, Battle of Chunuk Bair, Battle of Scimitar Hill, Battle of the Nek, Battle for Baby 700, Battle for No.3 Post, Battle of Bitlis, Charge at Haritan |
| 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 | 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 |
| Heydar Latifiyan | Battle of RobatKarim |
| 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

Commander-in-chiefs:
* Russia (Caucasus & Persia): Illarion Ivanovich Vorontsov-Dashkov (1914 – January 1915); Nicholas Nikolaevich (January 1915 – May 1917); Vasily Kharlamov (May 1917 – 1918)
* British:
* Armenia: Tovmas Nazarbekian (1918)
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) |
| Alexander Godley | Anzac Cove, Chunuk Bair, Sari Bair |
| John Maxwell | Commander of British forces in Egypt; see Raid on the Suez Canal |
| Aylmer Hunter-Weston | Landing at Cape Helles, First Battle of Krithia, Second Battle of Krithia, Third Battle of Krithia, Battle of Gully Ravine |
| Albert d'Amade | Commander of Expeditionary Corps of the Orient (at Gallipoli) |
| Henri Gouraud | first Commander of Expeditionary Corps of the Dardanelles |
| Maurice Bailloud | second Commander of Expeditionary Corps of the Dardanelles |
| 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 |
| Agha Petros | 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 Mosul 1918 |
| Malik Khoshaba | 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 Mosul 1918 |
| Stepan Shahumyan | Battle of Baku |