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The Margins of Empire : Kurdish Militias in the Ottoman Tribal Zone /

At the turn of the twentieth century, the Ottoman state identified multiple threats in its eastern regions. In an attempt to control remote Kurdish populations, Ottoman authorities organized them into a tribal militia and gave them the task of subduing a perceived Armenian threat. Following the stor...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Klein, Janet, 1969- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2011, ©2011.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : the Hamidiye Light Cavalry in the Ottoman tribal zone
  • A manifold mission
  • The Hamidiye under Abdülhamid II : 1890-1908
  • The tribal light cavalry under the Young Turks : 1908-1914
  • The Hamidiye and the "agrarian question"
  • The Hamidiye and its legacy.