• Source: Iraq Area Command (Ottoman Empire)

The Iraq Area Command or Iraq Regional Command of the Ottoman Empire (Turkish: Irak ve Havalisi Genel Komutanlığı) was one of the military formation of the Ottoman Army. It was formed in Iraq in the initial stage of World War I.




Formations






= Order of Battle, November 1914

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In November 1914, the corps was structured as follows:

Iraq Area Command (Commander: Cavit Pasha)
38th Division




= Order of Battle, January 1915

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In January 1918, the corps was structured as follows:

Iraq Area Command (Commander: Kaymakam Süleyman Askerî Bey)
38th Division
Sahrıca Detachment (Provisional Dicle Division since January 25, 1915)
Kerha Group
Fırat Group
Because Süleyman Askerî Bey committed suicide on April 14, 1915, Nureddin Bey was appointed the commander on April 20. Nureddin Bey arrived in June to take command of the Iraq Area Command and he was appointed the Governor of Basra Province and Baghdad Province at the same time. On December 21, 1915, German Generalfeldmarschall Colmar von der Goltz arrived at Baghdad and changed the name of the Command as the Iraq Army (Irak Ordusu).




= Order of Battle, Late 1915

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In late 1915, the corps was structured as follows:

Iraq Area Command (Commander: Miralay Nureddin Bey)
XIII Corps
35th Division, 38th Division
XVIII Corps (Commander: Miralay Halil Bey)
45th Division, 51st Division




Sources

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Khalid bin Walid
• Iraq Area Command (Ottoman Empire)
• Partition of the Ottoman Empire
• Administrative divisions of the Ottoman Empire
• Dissolution of the Ottoman Empire
• Ottoman Empire
• Armenians in the Ottoman Empire
• Ottoman Empire in World War I
• History of Iraq
• Mandatory Iraq
• Iraqi Turkmen