Hejaz_Corps_(Ottoman_Empire)

Hejaz Corps (Ottoman Empire)

Hejaz Corps (Ottoman Empire)

Military unit

This article is about an Ottoman corps stationed at 'Asir. For an Ottoman expeditionary force to Medina, see Hejaz Expeditionary Force.

The Hejaz Corps or Hejaz Group of the Ottoman Empire (Turkish: Hicaz Kolordusu) was one of the corps of the Ottoman Army. It was formed during World War I.

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Formations

Order of Battle, January, June 1918

In January, June 1918, the corps was structured as follows:[2]

  • Hejaz Corps ('Asir)
    • 58th Division
    • Provisional Infantry Divisions x 3

Sources

  1. [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. 19. (in Turkish)
  2. [2]
    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. 181, 188.


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