IX Corps (Ottoman Empire)

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

IX Corps
Dokuzuncu Kolordu
Active1911–
CountryOttoman Empire
TypeCorps
Garrison/HQErzurum
PatronSultans of the Ottoman Empire
EngagementsCaucasus 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])

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]

  • IX Corps, Erzurum
    • 28th Infantry Division, Erzurum
      • 82nd Infantry Regiment, Erzurum
      • 83rd Infantry Regiment, Erzurum
      • 84th Infantry Regiment, Hasankale
      • 28th Rifle Battalion, Yemen
      • 28th Field Artillery Regiment, Erzurum
      • 28th Division Band, Erzurum
    • 29th Infantry Division, Bayburt
      • 85th Infantry Regiment, Bayburt
      • 86th Infantry Regiment, İşhan
      • 87th Infantry Regiment, Trabzon
      • 29th Rifle Battalion, Erzurum
      • 29th Field Artillery Regiment, Bayburt
      • 29th Division Band, Trabzon
  • Units of IX Corps
  • 9th Rifle Regiment, Erzurum
  • 21st Cavalry Regiment, Erzurum
  • 2nd Horse Artillery Battalion, Erzurum
  • 9th Engineer Battalion, Erzurum
  • 9th Transport Battalion, Erzurum
  • Erzurum Fortified Area Command, Erzurum
    • 12th Heavy Artillery Regiment, Erzurum
    • Engineer Platoon, Erzurum
  • Border companies x 12

Balkan Wars

Order of Battle, July 1913
  • IX Corps (Caucasus)
    • 33rd Division

World War I

Order of Battle, August 1914

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

  • IX Corps (Caucasus)
    • 17th Division, 28th Division, 29th Division, 9th Cavalry Brigade

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]

  • IX Corps (Caucasus)
    • 17th Division, 28th Division, 29th Division

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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