Coercion and mediation: Centralization and sedentarization of tribes in the Ottoman empire

The relationship between sedentarization of tribes and centralization is not much acknowledged in West European nation-state formation with the exception of colonial rule. This article focuses on the Tanzimat reforms, which included sedentarization of semi-nomadic tribes in the Ottoman Empire in the...

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Published in:Middle Eastern studies 2006-05, Vol.42 (3), p.469-491
Main Author: Koksal, Yonca
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Acculturation
Centralization
Coercion
Confederation
Exile
Geographic regions
Governors
History
Middle East
Middle Eastern studies
Native peoples
Nomadism
Nomads
Ottoman Empire
Public administration
Reforms
Sedentarization
Social history
Towns
Tribal chiefs
Tribal land
Tribes
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Summary:The relationship between sedentarization of tribes and centralization is not much acknowledged in West European nation-state formation with the exception of colonial rule. This article focuses on the Tanzimat reforms, which included sedentarization of semi-nomadic tribes in the Ottoman Empire in the period 1839-69.
ISSN:0026-3206
1743-7881
DOI:10.1080/00263200600601171