Agha Petros, Assyrian general and politician (born 1880)

Agha Petros

Assyrian military leader (1880–1932)

Petros Elia of Baz, better known as Agha Petros, was an Assyrian military leader and statesman, best known for his role during World War I. He is considered a national hero for the Assyrians and other Christian minorities in the Middle East, and became a terror to the Kurds,…