The IX Corps of the

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( Turkish: ''9 ncu Kolordu'' ''or'' ''Dokuzuncu Kolordu'') was one of the

corps Corps (; plural ''corps'' ; from French , from the Latin "body") is a term used for several different kinds of organization. A military innovation by Napoleon I, the formation was first named as such in 1805. The size of a corps varies great ...

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 in the early 20th century during Ottoman military reforms.

Formation

Order of Battle, 1911

With further reorganizations of the Ottoman Army, to include the creation of corps level headquarters, by 1911 the IX Corps was headquartered in

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. The Corps before the

First Balkan War The First Balkan War ( sr, Први балкански рат, ''Prvi balkanski rat''; bg, Балканска война; el, Αʹ Βαλκανικός πόλεμος; tr, Birinci Balkan Savaşı) lasted from October 1912 to May 1913 and invo ...

in 1911 was structured as such:Edward J. Erickson, ''Defeat in Detail, The Ottoman Army in the Balkans, 1912–1913'', Westport, Praeger, 2003, pp. 379–380. *IX Corps,

** 28th Infantry Division, Erzurum ***82nd Infantry Regiment, Erzurum ***83rd Infantry Regiment, Erzurum ***84th Infantry Regiment,

Hasankale Pasinler or Basean ( tr, Pasinler; hy, Բասէն, translit=Pasēn; ka, ბასიანი, tr; la, Phasiani; el, Φασιανοί, translit=Phasianoí; formerly Hasankale and Hesenqele, meaning "the fortress of Hasan"), is a town in Erzur ...

***28th Rifle Battalion,

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***28th Field Artillery Regiment, Erzurum ***28th Division Band, Erzurum ** 29th Infantry Division,

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***85th Infantry Regiment, Bayburt ***86th Infantry Regiment, İşhan ***87th Infantry Regiment,

Trabzon Trabzon (; Ancient Greek: Tραπεζοῦς (''Trapezous''), Ophitic Pontic Greek: Τραπεζούντα (''Trapezounta''); Georgian: ტრაპიზონი (''Trapizoni'')), historically known as Trebizond in English, is a city on the B ...

***29th Rifle Battalion, Erzurum ***29th Field Artillery Regiment, Bayburt ***29th Division Band, Trabzon *Units of IX Corps *9th Rifle Regiment, Erzurum *21st Cavalry Regiment, Erzurum *2nd Horse Artillery Battalion, Erzurum *9th Engineer Battalion, Erzurum *9th Transport Battalion, Erzurum * Erzurum Fortified Area Command, Erzurum **12th Heavy Artillery Regiment, Erzurum **Engineer Platoon, Erzurum *Border companies x 12

Balkan Wars

Order of Battle, July 1913

*IX Corps (Caucasus) ** 33rd Division

World War I

Order of Battle, August 1914

In August 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. 38. *IX Corps (Caucasus) ** 17th Division, 28th Division, 29th Division, 9th Cavalry Brigade

Order of Battle, November 1914, Late April 1915, Late Summer 1915, January 1916, August 1916

In November 1914, Late April 1915, Summer 1915, January 1916, August 1916, 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, 86, 109, 126, 134. *IX Corps (Caucasus) **17th Division, 28th Division, 29th Division

Sources

{{Ottoman Forces during World War I Corps of the Ottoman Empire Military units and formations of the Ottoman Empire in World War I History of Erzurum 1911 establishments in the Ottoman Empire