الجيش الهمايوني السابع لولاية اليمن 1872-1918 (دراسة تأريخية)

Rp-The Seventh Humayun Army of Yemen Region 1872-1918.pdf

Ottoman Army Had significant in Ottoman state policy . Therefore, it possessed a strong army, it focused on having a great army since it is a device for ruling and war where the high state staff were given leadership . The Seventh Humayuni army of Yemen Region was considered one of the most Ottoman army unit that manage the states’ affairs of Yemen and fix its ruling principles, oppressed revolutions of Yemen tribes at that time, as well keep the ottoman state possessions from European competition especially from the French and British.
The current study was limited in 1873; it is the date in which the Seventh Humayuni army of Yemen Region was established in Yemen where Sana’a was its center. Its work area extended to all Yemen regions save Aden which was under British occupation since 1839, whereas the end date was in 1918, it was the end of the first World war and defeat the Seventh Humayuni army of Yemen Region and its surrendering to British forces.
The study was divided into introduction, preface, three chapters, and conclusions. The preface mentioned Ottoman control over Yemen from 1849 to 1872, in addition to reasons of transferring Ottoman ruling on Yemen from artificial ruling to direct ruling. The second chapter revealed policy of the seventh Humayuni of Yemen Region in oppressing resistance movement in Sana’a from 1873 to 1904, and the potential causes behind the movements, its supported parties, with reference to the union and uplift revolution in 1908 against the seventh Humayuni of Yemen Region.
The third chapter shed the light on the political situations in Yemen after De’aan agreement in 1911 between ottoman state and Imam Mohammed bin Yahya and the cooperation between the two sided to defeat revolution of Mohammed Al-Idrisi. The last part of this chapter clarified the role of the seventh Humayuni of Yemen Region in the First World War (1914-1918(.
The researcher reached a number of conclusion. Ottoman sultans’ in the Seventh Humayuni army of Yemen Region increased especially after the increase of Yemen strategic significance after discovering Suez Canal to face competition of French and British greediness. Therefore, the high door granted the Seventh Humayuni army of Yemen Region special importance particularly by granting it the right to impose the internal security though it was out of its main military duties. Besides, the seventh Humayuni of Yemen Region faced many difficulties represented by the repeated revolts that were conducted by Yemeni tribes refusing Ottoman ruling or supporting British forces settled in Aden. Despite these difficulties, the Seventh Humayuni army of Yemen Region could prove its position when it greatly fought in the First World War (1914-1918) in spite of the big loses that it suffered from.
The researcher faced many troubles in preparing the thesis including difficulty in reaching Ottoman documents that are not published in Ottoman archives as well lack of the specialized in translating these documents.
Finally, I don’t claim perfection for my work or I gave the study its right, rather, if I was right, this is due to Allah favor. If I am mistaken, this belongs to me.
The first chapter tackled idea beginnings of establishing the Seventh Humayuni army of Yemen Region, the reasons, and whole display for its military units and formations.