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:Edward J. Erickson, Order to Die: A History of the Ottoman Army in the First World War, Greenwood Press, 2001, , p. 43.
Iraq Area Command (Commander: Cavit Pasha) 38th Division
Order of Battle, January 1915 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 In late 1915, the corps was structured as follows:Orhan Avcı, Irak'ta Türk Ordusu (1914–1918), Vadi Yayınları, 2004, , p. 29.
Iraq Area Command (Commander: Miralay Nureddin Bey) XIII Corps 35th Division, 38th Division XVIII Corps (Commander: Miralay Halil Bey) 45th Division, 51st Division
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