The margins of empire : Kurdish militias in the Ottoman tribal zone /
Janet Klein.
- Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2011],
- xi, 275 pages : map ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (pages [249]-261) 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.