Ottoman Empire
The Ottoman Empire (), also called the Turkish Empire, was an empire, imperial realm that controlled much of Southeast Europe, West Asia, and North Africa from the 14th to early 20th centuries; it also controlled parts of southeastern Centr ...
( 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 formally introduced March 1, 1800, when Napoleon ordered Gener ...
of the
Ottoman Army
The Military of the Ottoman Empire () was the armed forces of the Ottoman Empire. It was founded in 1299 and dissolved in 1922.
Army
The Military of the Ottoman Empire can be divided in five main periods. The foundation era covers the years ...
. 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
Erzurum
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. The Corps before the
First Balkan War
The First Balkan War lasted from October 1912 to May 1913 and involved actions of the Balkan League (the Kingdoms of Kingdom of Bulgaria, Bulgaria, Kingdom of Serbia, Serbia, Kingdom of Greece, Greece and Kingdom of Montenegro, Montenegro) agai ...
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,
Erzurum
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** 28th Infantry Division, Erzurum
***82nd Infantry Regiment, Erzurum
***83rd Infantry Regiment, Erzurum
***84th Infantry Regiment, Hasankale
***28th Rifle Battalion,
Yemen
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***28th Field Artillery Regiment, Erzurum
***28th Division Band, Erzurum
** 29th Infantry Division,
Bayburt
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***87th Infantry Regiment,
Trabzon
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***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
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