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Revolt · 1911
The revolt begun by Sheikh al-Idrisi in Asir in 1909 flared up again in 1911 with the growing rising of Imam Yahya, and Sanaa was besieged. On 28 February 1911 the Ottoman government sent Ahmed İzzet Pasha to Yemen aboard the cruiser Hamidiye. With the Seventh Army in Yemen and the troops he had gathered, some 50,000 men, İzzet Pasha raised the siege of Sanaa and on 13 October 1911 concluded an agreement with Imam Yahya. The mountainous Zaydi regions, Sanaa included, were left to the imam's administration; he could not make treaties with foreign states and was to receive 20,000 Ottoman gold pieces a year.
| Date | 1909 – 13 October 1911 |
|---|---|
| Location | Yemen and Asir |
| Result | Ahmed İzzet Pasha raised the siege of Sanaa; under the agreement of 13 October 1911 the Zaydi highlands, including Sanaa, were left to the administration of Imam Yahya |
| Belligerents | Ottoman Empire (Mehmed V) | Imam Yahya and the Zaydis Sheikh al-Idrisi (Asir) |
|---|---|---|
| Commanders | Ahmed İzzet Pasha | Imam Yahya Sheikh al-Idrisi |
Took place during the reign of Mehmed V (1909–1918). Mehmed V
Open the reign of Mehmed V on the mapBy the atlas's calculation the Ottoman lands covered about 2,996,000 km² in 1911; at the start of Mehmed V's reign they measured 2,996,000 km², at its end 742,000 km².
During Mehmed V (1909–1918) the atlas records 3 regions gained and 16 regions lost.
Regions gained: Kars–Ardahan–Artvin (1918), Batumi (Adjara) (1918), Akhaltsikhe (Childir) (1918).
Regions lost: Tripolitania (1912), Benghazi–Barca (1912), Fezzan (1912), Macedonia (Skopje–Bitola) (1912), Thessaloniki–Chalkidiki–Mount Athos (1912), Kosovo (1912), Southern and Central Albania (Vlorë–Berat–Elbasan) (1912), Aegean Islands (Lesbos–Lemnos–Samos) (1912), and 8 more.
The first Ottoman sultan whose powers were limited by the constitution; real power lay with the Committee of Union and Progress. In nine years the African and Balkan territories were lost and the empire entered the First World War.
Areas are land area computed from the atlas's region data; see Method and sources.
Source: TDV Encyclopedia of Islam, “Yemen” (Turkish); text written for the atlas.