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 the author 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 leaders . 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 leaders whose . The margins of empire kurdish militias in the ottoman tribal zone klein janet isbn 9781503600614 kostenloser versand fur alle bucher mit versand und verkauf duch amazon. The margins of empire kurdish militias in the ottoman tribal zone english edition ebook janet klein amazonde kindle shop. In the margins of empire janet klein delivers a solidly researched thoughtful and much needed account of the infamous kurdish hamidiye tribal regiments of the late ottoman period established in 1890 by sultan abdulhamid ii from whence they derive their name the hamidiye regiments regularly find mention in histories of the late ottoman period