IX Corps (Ottoman Empire)

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IX Corps
Dokuzuncu Kolordu
Active1911–
CountryFlag of the Ottoman Empire (1844-1922).svg  Ottoman Empire
Type Corps
Garrison/HQ Erzurum
PatronImperial standard of the Ottoman Sultan.svg Ottoman Sultan
Engagements Caucasus Campaign (World War I)
Battle of Sarikamish
Commanders
Notable
commanders		 Mirliva Ahmet Fevzi Pasha
Mirliva Remzi Pasha
Mirliva Hüsamettin Pasha
Miralay Ali İhsan Bey (September 30, 1915-February 1916 [1] )
Mirlaya Nurettin Bey (January–October 1916 [2] )

The IX Corps of the Ottoman Empire (Turkish: 9 ncu KolorduorDokuzuncu Kolordu) was one of the corps of the Ottoman Army. It was formed in the early 20th century during Ottoman military reforms.

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Formation

Order of Battle, 1911

With further reorganizations of the Ottoman Army, to include the creation of corps level headquarters, by 1911 the IX Corps was headquartered in Erzurum. The Corps before the First Balkan War in 1911 was structured as such: [3]

Balkan Wars

Order of Battle, July 1913

World War I

Order of Battle, August 1914

In August 1914, the corps was structured as follows: [4]

Order of Battle, November 1914, Late April 1915, Late Summer 1915, January 1916, August 1916

In November 1914, Late April 1915, Summer 1915, January 1916, August 1916, the corps was structured as follows: [5]

Sources

  1. ↑ T.C. Genelkurmay Harp Tarihi Başkanlığı Yayınları, Türk İstiklâl Harbine Katılan Tümen ve Daha Üst Kademelerdeki Komutanların Biyografileri, Genkurmay Başkanlığı Basımevi, Ankara, 1972, p. 130. (in Turkish)
  2. ↑ T.C. Genelkurmay Harp Tarihi Başkanlığı Yayınları, Türk İstiklâl Harbine Katılan Tümen ve Daha Üst Kademelerdeki Komutanların Biyografileri, Genkurmay Başkanlığı Basımevi, Ankara, 1972, p. 32. (in Turkish)
  3. ↑ Edward J. Erickson, Defeat in Detail, The Ottoman Army in the Balkans, 1912–1913, Westport, Praeger, 2003, pp. 379–380.
  4. ↑ Edward J. Erickson, Order to Die: A History of the Ottoman Army in the First World War, Greenwood Press, 2001, ISBN   0-313-31516-7, p. 38.
  5. ↑ Edward J. Erickson, Order to Die: A History of the Ottoman Army in the First World War, Greenwood Press, 2001, ISBN   0-313-31516-7, p. 43, 86, 109, 126, 134.

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