5. The Hamidiye and Its Legacy

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Introduction: The Hamidiye Light Cavalry in the Ottoman Tribal Zone 1
5. 1. A Manifold Mission 20
6. 2. The Hamidiye Under Abdülhamid II, 1890–1908 52
7. 3. The Tribal Light Cavalry Under the Young Turks, 1908–1914 95
8. 4. The Hamidiye and the “Agrarian Question,” 128
9. 5. The Hamidiye and Its Legacy 170
10. Appendix: Map of Hamidiye Regiments, ca. 1900 185
11. Notes 187
12. Bibliography 249
13. Index 263