Iraq Area Command (Ottoman Empire)


The Iraq Area Command or Iraq Regional Command of the Ottoman Empire was one of the military formation of the Ottoman Army. It was formed in Ottoman Iraq in the initial stage of World War I.

Formations

Order of Battle, November 1914

In November 1914, the corps was structured as follows:

Order of Battle, January 1915

In January 1918, the corps was structured as follows:
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.

Order of Battle, Late 1915

In late 1915, the corps was structured as follows: