Southern Asia, 29 Dec 1914: Battle of Sarikamish
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Political map of South & Southwest Asia on 29 Dec 1914 (The Great War in the Middle East: Battle of Sarikamish), showing the following events: Battle of Basra; Ottoman Jihad; Battle of Sarikamish.

I n d i a n

E m p i r e(Br. Raj)

R e p u b l i c

o f C h i n a

R u s s i a n

E m p i r e

Dutch
East Indies(Neth.)

French
Indochina(Fr. prot.)

Egypt(Br. prot.)

Afghanistan(Br. prot.)

Malaya(Br. prot.)

Ha'il(Ott. suz.)

Anglo-
Egyptian
Sudan(Br. adm.)

East Africa
Protectorate(Br. prot.)

Br. Som.(Br. prot.)

Muscat
& Oman(Br. garr.)

Aden prot.(Br. Ind. prot.)

Italian
Somalia(It. prot.)

(Russian sphere)

Nepal(Br. prot.)

Bhutan(Br. prot.)

Kuw.(Br. prot.)

Trucial
Oman(Br. prot.)

Yemen(semi-indep)

Andaman

&

Nicobar Is.

Kashmir(Br. Ind. prot.)

Khiva(Rus. prot.)

Bukhara(Rus. prot.)

Hyderabad(Br. Ind. prot.)

Mysore(Br. Ind. prot.)

Baluchistan(Br. Ind. agcy)

Central India(Br. Ind. agcy)

Rajputana(Br. Ind. agcy)

Bihar

&

Orissa

Maldives(Br. prot.)

(British
sphere)

Anaza(Ott. suz.)

Majerteenia(semi-indep)

Hobyo(semi-indep)

Pondichéry(Fr.)

Br.P.Gulf(Br. Ind.)

11–21 Nov 1914British capture Basra

14 Nov 1914Ottomans declare
a jihad on Allies

22 Dec 1914–17 Jan 1915Ottomans invade Russia
but defeated at Sarikamish

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