Kut-al-Amara

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human settlement town

Kut-al-Amara is a town in southeastern Iraq on the Tigris River, historically notable as the site of a major World War I siege and British-Indian Army defeat.

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Label Occurrences
Kut-al-Amara canonical 3

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf human settlement ⓘ
town ⓘ
associatedWith British Indian Army ⓘ
Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force ⓘ
Ottoman Army ⓘ
besiegedByDuringWWI Armed forces of the Ottoman Empire ⓘ
surface form: Ottoman forces
casualtiesContext heavy losses for British-Indian forces in World War I ⓘ
controlledByDuringWWI Ottoman Empire ⓘ
coordinateLocation approximately 32.5°N 45.8°E ⓘ
country Iraq ⓘ
dateOfEvent Battle of Kut ⓘ
surface form: Siege of Kut (December 1915 – April 1916)
defendedByDuringWWI British Indian Army garrison ⓘ
eventLocation Mesopotamian campaign (World War I) ⓘ
surface form: First World War Mesopotamian campaign

Battle of Kut ⓘ
surface form: Siege of Kut
hasEconomicActivity agriculture ⓘ
trade ⓘ
historicalEra League of Nations mandates over former Ottoman Arab provinces ⓘ
surface form: British Mandate period

Ottoman period ⓘ
historicallyNotableFor Battle of Kut ⓘ
surface form: Siege of Kut

World War I military operations in Mesopotamia ⓘ
historicalPopulationContext regional market town in southern Iraq ⓘ
languageUsed Arabic ⓘ
locatedIn southeastern Iraq ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeEntity Maysan Governorate ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone UTC+3 ⓘ
locatedNorthOf Basra ⓘ
locatedOnRiver Tigris ⓘ
surface form: Tigris River
locatedSoutheastOf Baghdad ⓘ
memorializedIn British military history ⓘ
Indian military history ⓘ
Ottoman and Turkish military history ⓘ
militarySignificance site of prolonged siege in 1915–1916 ⓘ
namedAfter a bend (kut) in the Tigris River ⓘ
nearbyWaterBody Tigris ⓘ
surface form: Tigris River
notableDefeatOf British Empire forces ⓘ
British Indian Army ⓘ
partOf Mesopotamia ⓘ
partOfConflict Mesopotamian campaign (World War I) ⓘ
World War I ⓘ
region Lower Mesopotamia ⓘ
surface form: southern Mesopotamia
religionMajority Islam ⓘ
resultOfSiege surrender of British-Indian garrison to Ottoman forces ⓘ
riverFeature situated on a loop of the Tigris River ⓘ
strategicImportance control of river communications on the Tigris ⓘ
gateway to Baghdad from the south ⓘ
transportRole river transport node on the Tigris ⓘ
usedAs military base during World War I ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

British Indian Army 6th (Poona) Division → associatedWith → Kut-al-Amara ⓘ
Battle of Kut → location → Kut-al-Amara ⓘ
Major-General Charles Townshend → surrenderedAt → Kut-al-Amara ⓘ
subject surface form: Charles Townshend