Ottoman garrisons in Yemen

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The Ottoman garrisons in Yemen were the remaining Ottoman military forces stationed in the Yemen region during World War I, whose fate was sealed by the empire’s defeat and subsequent disintegration.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Ottoman military unit
World War I military formation
military garrison
causeOfEnd defeat of the Ottoman Empire in World War I
dissolution of the Ottoman Empire
conflict Arab Revolt
Italo-Turkish War
surface form: Italo-Turkish War aftermath

World War I
country Ottoman Empire
endTime 1918
ethnicComposition Arab soldiers from other Ottoman provinces
Kurdish soldiers
primarily Anatolian Turkish soldiers
fate disbanded after Ottoman defeat in World War I
evacuated or surrendered to local authorities
loss of supply and communication after Ottoman collapse
garrisonFor Ottoman provincial administration
surface form: Ottoman provincial administration in Yemen
historicalRegion Hejaz and Asir borderlands
Yemen
surface form: Yemen Vilayet
languageOfCommand Ottoman Turkish
locatedInTime World War I
early 20th century
location Asir region
Al Hudaydah
surface form: Hudaydah

Sanaʽa
Taiz
Yemen
opposedBy British-supported Arab forces in the region
Ottoman–Zaydi wars
surface form: Zaydi Imamate forces

local tribal forces in Yemen
partOf Ottoman Army
Yemen
surface form: Yemen Vilayet
relatedTo Ottoman garrisons in Yemen self-linksurface differs
surface form: Ottoman withdrawal from Arabia

end of Ottoman rule in Yemen
establishment of Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen
religion Sunni Islam
startTime 1904
strategicImportance control of southern Red Sea
projection of Ottoman power in southern Arabia
protection of approaches to the Hijaz
supplyRoute Red Sea trade corridor
surface form: Red Sea maritime routes

overland routes from Hejaz
task maintaining Ottoman control over Yemen
securing Red Sea approaches
suppressing local rebellions
underCommandOf Ottoman Fourth Army
Ottoman garrisons in Yemen self-linksurface differs
surface form: Ottoman regional governors of Yemen Vilayet

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Armistice of Mudros requiredSurrenderOf Ottoman garrisons in Yemen
Ottoman garrisons in Yemen underCommandOf Ottoman garrisons in Yemen self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Ottoman regional governors of Yemen Vilayet
Ottoman garrisons in Yemen relatedTo Ottoman garrisons in Yemen self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Ottoman withdrawal from Arabia