The British-Ottoman Conflict In Yemen During World War I 1914-1918AD

Abstract

 The research deals with the political and military clashes that took place between the ottoman empire and britain on yemeni lands during the first world war 1914-1918 ad. It also sheds light on the situations of both parties, including their military capabilities and their communication with their governments. It also talks about the yemeni forces that each party sought to recruit to its side, such as the idrisis in asir, the abdali sultans in lahj, and imam yahya in northern yemen, each of them sought his own political interests, and each of them had a role in this war that differed according to his capabilities, geographical location, and the party he sided with. The research also presents the internal confusion in the ranks of the ottomans as a result of the british naval blockade of the yemeni coast. The research explains the military method used by the british in aden to confront the ottoman forces in yemen, which varied according to the circumstances and stages of the war until the defeat of the ottoman empire and germany in the main battlefields and their request for a truce. It also explains how the ottomans in yemen received this disastrous news for them, and were forced to withdraw from yemen after surrendering themselves to the british army, which deported them to türkiye.