02842nam 2200649 a 450 991046136240332120200520144314.00-8047-7775-610.1515/9780804777759(CKB)2670000000094449(EBL)692463(OCoLC)731213012(SSID)ssj0000524058(PQKBManifestationID)12185318(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000524058(PQKBWorkID)10543480(PQKB)11340839(StDuBDS)EDZ0000127804(MiAaPQ)EBC692463(DE-B1597)564817(DE-B1597)9780804777759(Au-PeEL)EBL692463(CaPaEBR)ebr10470191(OCoLC)1198930535(EXLCZ)99267000000009444920101013d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe margins of empire[electronic resource] Kurdish militias in the Ottoman tribal zone /Janet KleinStanford, Calif. Stanford University Press20111 online resource (288 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-5036-0061-0 0-8047-7570-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.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.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 story of this militia, Klein explores the contradictory logic of how states incorporate groups they ultimately aim to suppress and how groups who seek autonomy from the state often attempt to do so through state channels.In the end, Armenian revolutionaries were not suppressed and Kurdish lKurdsTurkeyHistoryKurdsTurkeyGovernment relationsTurkeyMilitiaHistoryTurkeyArmed ForcesMinoritiesHistoryTurkeyEthnic relationsHistoryElectronic books.KurdsHistory.KurdsGovernment relations.355.3/708991597056Klein Janet1969-1033786MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910461362403321The margins of empire2452513UNINA