The margins of empire : Kurdish militias in the Ottoman tribal zone / Janet Klein.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Klein, Janet, 1969- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ethnic relations.

History.

Kurds.

Armed Forces.

Minorities.

Militia.

Turkey--Militia--History.

Turkey.

Turkey--Armed Forces--Minorities--History.

Kurds--Turkey--History.

Kurds--Turkey--Government relations.

Turkey--Ethnic relations--History.

Physical Description:

xi, 275 pages : map ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2011]

Summary:

This work explores the history of the Hamidiye, Kurdish tribal militias created by the Ottoman state in the late 19th century in an effort to bind the Kurds on the periphery of the empire to the state and to deploy them as a means of suppressing Armenian nationalist-revolutionary activity. Klein (history, U. of Akron) details how the changes wrought by the institutionalization of the Hamidiye frequently went beyond, and even undermined, these Ottoman state goals, describing the way that the militias helped transform the local power structures and social and political organization of Kurdish society, changed structures of land tenure, exacerbated Armenian grievances against the Ottoman state, and strengthened the authority of Kurdish leaders against the authority of the state. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780804775700

0804775702

OCLC:

670375499