1915 uprising in Karbala

Arab uprising against the Ottoman Empire the Mesopotamian campaign Karbala City 1918.jpg Aerial view of Karbala, 1918 27 June 1915 Karbala, Ottoman Iraq 32.616667 44.033333 title Iraq Yes Ottomans ousted from Karbala Rebel victory Rebels Bani Hasan tribe Ottoman deserters Ottoman Empire No centralized leadership Ottoman Empire Unknown The 1915 uprising in Karbala was an Arab uprising against the Ottoman Empire that took place in June 1915. Background Earlier, the Ottoman defeat in the Battle of Shaiba had damaged the authority of the Ottomans in the eyes of the Arabs,Charles Townsend, Desert Hell, The British Invasion of Mesopotamia (Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 2010), 90-91. and this was exacerbated by the successful ousting of the Ottomans in an uprising in Najaf, which showed the residents of Karbala the potency of a revolt, which they were willing to participate in since the Ottomans had been plundering food, money, and possessions from Karbalans to support the war effort.http://ww1blog.osborneink.com/?p=7281 27 June 1915 - Karbala 2015-06-27 The Great War Blog en-US 2019-11-19 https://web.archive.org/web/20150922223820/http://ww1blog.osborneink.com/?p=7281 22 September 2015 live Emissaries from Najaf had also begun encouraging an uprising in Karbala.Kramer Martin https://books.google.com/books?id=yK2bDwAAQBAJ Shi'ism, Resistance, And Revolution Bakhash Shaul Bailey Clinton Fischer Michael M. J. 2019-05-28 Routledge 978-1-000-31143-3 en Chapter 7 - The Iraqi Shi'is and their fate emissaries from Najaf encouraged similar rebellions in Karbala and nearby Hilla, also predominantly Shi'i. The successful ousting of the Ottomans in Najaf had also turned a potential revolt into a matter of civic pride: popular rhetoric included questions such as "Are the people of Najaf better than us, or braver, or more manly?".Rogan Eugene https://books.google.com/books?id=tP-4BAAAQBAJ&dq=1915%20Karbala&pg=PT257 The Fall of the Ottomans: The Great War in the Middle East, 1914-1920 2015-02-26 Penguin UK 978-0-14-196870-4 en Uprising The uprising began on 27 June 1915,https://books.google.com/books?id=tP-4BAAAQBAJ The Fall of the Ottomans: The Great War in the Middle East, 1914-1920 Rogan Eugene 2015-02-26 Penguin Books Limited 978-0-14-196870-4 en Chapter 9 - The Invasion of Mesopotamia when the Bani Hasan tribe attacked government buildings in Karbala.https://books.google.com/books?id=zZgAAwAAQBAJ The Arab Movements in World War I Tauber Eliezer 2014-03-05 Routledge 9781135199784 30 en Ottoman deserters were also amongst the rebels. The rebel tribesmen, lacking any centralized leadership, burned municipal buildings, government schools, a hospital, and 200 dwellings in the suburbs, most of them belonging to Persians living and trading in the Arab community. Charles R. H. Tripp notes that although the uprising was anti-Ottoman in a broad sense, it was not in support of the British war effort and instead intended to grant the city higher administrative autonomy.https://books.google.com/books?id=WR-Cnw1UCJEC A History of Iraq Tripp Charles Tripp Professor of Middle East Politics Charles 2002-05-27 Cambridge University Press 9780521529006 33 en The uprising ended with an Ottoman withdrawal, securing a rebel victory and Karbala's independence from the Ottoman Empire. Aftermath After becoming independent from the Ottoman Empire, Karbala turned into a place of refuge for Ottoman deserters. However, Karbala suffered from a lack of centralized leadership, and was unable to establish contact with the British forces to the south due to tribes still loyal to the Ottoman Empire separating them. The Ottoman Empire re-established control of Karbala in 1916 following their victory in the Siege of Kut. See also 1991 uprising in Karbala References Category:1915 in Ottoman Iraq Category:Battles of the Mesopotamian campaign Category:Battles of World War I involving the Ottoman Empire Category:1915 conflicts Category:June 1915 in Asia Category:Military history of Karbala Category:Arab rebellions in Iraq Category:Rebellions in the Ottoman Empire Category:Uprisings during World War I