The Hejaz Corps or Hejaz Group of the
Ottoman Empire
The Ottoman Empire, * ; is an archaic version. The definite article forms and were synonymous * and el, Оθωμανική Αυτοκρατορία, Othōmanikē Avtokratoria, label=none * info page on book at Martin Luther University) ...
(
Turkish: ''Hicaz Kolordusu'') was one of the
corps
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of the
Ottoman Army
The military of the Ottoman Empire ( tr, Osmanlı İmparatorluğu'nun silahlı kuvvetleri) was the armed forces of the Ottoman Empire.
Army
The military of the Ottoman Empire can be divided in five main periods. The foundation era covers the ...
. 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:
[Edward J. Erickson, ''Order to Die: A History of the Ottoman Army in the First World War'', Greenwood Press, 2001, , p. 181, 188.]
*Hejaz Corps (
'Asir
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)
**
58th Division
**Provisional Infantry Divisions x 3
Sources
Corps of the Ottoman Empire
Military units and formations of the Ottoman Empire in World War I
Ottoman Arabia
1916 establishments in the Ottoman Empire
Arab Revolt
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