TADİV

Timeline

From Ganja to Baku, 1918

Under each event, the catalogue records that mention it directly are listed; context records are sources covering the surrounding period. to be verified · contested

Before the campaign

November 1914 – May 1918
Istanbul

The Ottoman Empire enters the war; the Caucasus Front opens

17 context records ▸

The Sarıkamış campaign begins

17 sources ▸

The Bolshevik Revolution; the Russian Caucasus Army begins to dissolve

21 sources ▸

Armistice of Erzincan between the Ottomans and Russia

5 sources ▸
– 13 February 1918

The Ottoman 3rd Army resumes the advance; Erzincan retaken

1 source ▸

Treaty of Brest-Litovsk: Kars, Ardahan and Batum ceded to the Ottomans

30 sources ▸
– 14 April 1918Trebizond

Trebizond peace conference between the Ottomans and Transcaucasia

5 sources ▸
– 2 April 1918Baku

The March 1918 events: violence by Bolshevik-Dashnak forces against Baku's Muslim population

contested
56 sources ▸
Tbilisi

Proclamation of the Transcaucasian Democratic Federative Republic

187 context records ▸
Kars

Kars recovered; the 1877 frontier reached

1 source ▸
Batumi

The Batum conference opens; the Mountain Republic of the North Caucasus declares independence

4 sources ▸

The campaign

May – September 1918
Tbilisi

Proclamation of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic in Tiflis

185 sources ▸
Batumi

Treaty of Batum: Ottoman-Azerbaijani friendship and military assistance

24 sources ▸
Kurdamir

Baku Soviet forces launch an offensive toward Ganja

9 context records ▸
Ganja

The Caucasus Islamic Army is organised at Ganja (5th Caucasian Division and the Azerbaijani Corps)

to be verified
6 sources ▸
Ganja

The ADR government moves from Tiflis to Ganja

185 context records ▸
– 1 July 1918Goychay

Battle of Goychay: the Caucasus Islamic Army's first major victory

9 sources ▸
Aghsu

Aghsu taken; the advance toward Baku continues

1 source · 16 context records ▸
Kurdamir

Kurdamir taken

1 source · 16 context records ▸
Shamakhi

Shamakhi liberated

12 sources · 16 context records ▸
Baku

General Dunsterville arrives in Baku

24 context records ▸
– 15 September 1918Baku

Main phase of the Battle of Baku: assaults around Binagadi and the city's approaches

24 sources ▸
Baku

The final assault begins; Dunsterforce evacuates Baku overnight

24 context records ▸
Baku

Liberation of Baku: the Caucasus Islamic Army enters the city

135 sources ▸
– 17 September 1918Baku

The September 1918 events: civilian casualties in Baku

contested
135 context records ▸
Baku

Nuri Pasha enters Baku; victory parade

135 context records ▸
Baku

The ADR government moves from Ganja to Baku

135 context records ▸

Aftermath

October 1918 – 1920
– 1 November 1918Shusha

The Karabakh operation; entry into Shusha

to be verified
5 sources ▸
Derbent

The 15th Infantry Division takes Derbent (Dagestan operation)

6 sources ▸
Mudros

Armistice of Mudros: Ottoman forces to withdraw from the Caucasus

55 sources ▸
Petrovsk (Makhachkala)

Entry into Petrovsk (Makhachkala); end of the Dagestan operation

6 sources ▸
Baku

The Caucasus Islamic Army is dissolved; Nuri Pasha leaves Baku

55 context records ▸
Baku

British forces under General Thomson enter Baku as Ottoman troops withdraw

55 context records ▸
Baku

The Azerbaijani Parliament opens in Baku

4 context records ▸
Baku

The Red Army enters Baku; the end of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic

6 sources ▸

Memory and commemoration

1949 – today
Istanbul

Nuri Pasha (Killigil) dies in the Sütlüce factory explosion

6 sources ▸
Baku

Opening of the Turkish Martyrs' Memorial in Baku (Martyrs' Lane)

19 sources ▸
Baku

Centenary commemorations of the liberation of Baku

15 sources ▸