Hamidiye regiments

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The Hamidiye regiments were irregular Ottoman cavalry units, largely composed of Kurdish tribes and created under Sultan Abdul Hamid II to secure the empire’s eastern frontiers and counter Armenian revolutionary activity.

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Ottoman Army notableUnit Hamidiye regiments