Iraq Area Command (Ottoman Empire)

Iraq Area Command
Irak ve Havalisi Genel Komutanlığı
ActiveAugust 26, 1914[1] – April 19, 1916[2]
Country Ottoman Empire
TypeCorps-Army
Garrison/HQBasra, Baghdad
PatronSultans of the Ottoman Empire
EngagementsMesopotamian campaign
Fao Landing
Battle of Basra
Battle of Qurna
Battle of Es Sinn
Battle of Ctesiphon
Siege of Kut
Sheikh Sa'ad
Battle of Wadi
Battle of Hanna
Battle of Dujaila
Commanders
Notable
commanders
Cavit Pasha (August 26, 1914[1] – January 20, 1915[3]
Kaymakam Süleyman Askerî Bey (December 20, 1914[4]/January 20, 1915[3] – April 14, 1915)
Miralay Nureddin Bey (April 20, 1915[5] – January 10, 1916[2])
Miralay Halil Bey (January 10 – April 19, 1916[2])

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.

  1. ^ a b Birinci Dünya Harbi'nde Türk Harbi: Irak-İran Cephesi, 1914–1918, Vol. III, Part I, Genelkurmay Basım Evi, 1979, p. 42. (in Turkish)
  2. ^ a b c Orhan Avcı, Irak'ta Türk ordusu (1914–1918), Vadi Yayınları, 2004, ISBN 978-975-6768-51-8, p. 30. (in Turkish)
  3. ^ a b Emin Demirel, Teşkilat-ı Mahsusa'dan Günümüze Gizli Servisler, IQ Kültür Sanat, 2002, p. 180. (in Turkish)
  4. ^ Orhan Avcı, Irak'ta Türk Ordusu (1914–1918), Vadi Yayınları, 2004, ISBN 975-6768-51-7, p. 28. (in Turkish)
  5. ^ T.C. Genelkurmay Harp Tarihi Başkanlığı Yayınları, Türk İstiklâl Harbine Katılan Tümen ve Daha Üst Kademelerdeki Komutanların Biyografileri, Genelkurmay Basım Evi, 1972, p. 32. (in Turkish)