The Hamidiye corps were well-armed, irregular Sunni

Sunni Islam

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 Kurdish

Kurdish people

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, Turkish

Turkish people

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, Turkmen

Turkmen

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and Yörük

Yörük

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 cavalry formations that operated in the eastern regions of the Ottoman Empire

Ottoman Empire

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. Established by and named after Sultan Abdul Hamid II

Abdul Hamid II

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 in 1890, they were intended to be modeled after the Russian Cossacks and were supposedly tasked to patrol the Russo-Ottoman frontier. However, the Hamidiye were more often used by the Ottoman authorities to harass and assault Armenians

Armenians

Armenian people or Armenians are a nation and ethnic group native to the Armenian Highland.The largest concentration is in Armenia having a nearly-homogeneous population with 97.9% or 3,145,354 being ethnic Armenian....

 living in Western Armenia

Western Armenia

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Units

Hamidiye Regiments were structured as follows:

Number Tribe Place Cavalry Cavalry Cavalry or horsemen were soldiers or warriors who fought mounted on horseback. Cavalry were historically the third oldest and the most mobile of the combat arms... Infantry Infantry Infantrymen are soldiers who are specifically trained for the role of fighting on foot to engage the enemy face to face and have historically borne the brunt of the casualties of combat in wars. As the oldest branch of combat arms, they are the backbone of armies... Total 1 Spikân Dutak Tutak Tutak is a town and a district of Ağrı Province in the Eastern Anatolia region of Turkey. It is located on a small plain surrounded by high mountains and watered by the Murat River, on the road from the city of Ağrı to the district of Patnos. It covers an area of 1,562 km², and the altitude is... 400 250 650 2 Spikân Hosuna 400 175 575 3 Spikân Cemal Verdi 400 225 625 4 Zilan Toprakkale 250 360 610 5 Zilan Karakilise Agri Agri may refer to:* As shorthand or prefix referring to agriculture* Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development * Azerbaijan–Georgia–Romania Interconnector * Ağrı, a city in eastern Turkey* the Agri in southern Italy... 450 250 700 6 Karapapak Karapapak The Karapapak are a small ethnic group of Turkic-speaking people who mainly live in Azerbaijan, in Georgia, in the northeast of Turkey near the border with Georgia and Armenia, primarily in the provinces of Ardahan , Kars and Iğdır, and in Iran...  and Kurds Eleşkirt Eleskirt Eleşkirt, formerly Alashkert or Kurdish Zêdikan , is a town and district of Ağrı Province in Turkey.The mayor is Mehmet Nuri Çelik .-Places to see:...  and Karakilise 400 150 650 7 Terekeme and Kurds Tulak - Kalakilise 300 200 500 8 Keşvan Hasankale Pasinler Pasinler is a town and district of Erzurum Province in the Eastern Anatolia region of Turkey. The mayor is Ünsal Sertoğlu . The population is 13,513 .... 200 175 475 9 Şapikan and Badayan Kızıldiz 250 325 575 10 Taşkesen, Diyadin Kasatkanlı 198 350 548 11 Mikaili Karakilise, Diyadin Diyadin Diyadin is a district of Ağrı Province of Turkey, at the foot of Mount Tendürek, a high peak in the Aladağlar range that stands between Ağrı and the north shore of Lake Van... 175 325 500 12 Hamdiki, Başımi, Hal Hesini Karakilise, Diyadin 225 350 525 13 Haydaran Bergiri (Muradiye) 200 318 518 14 Haydaran Bergiri (Muradiye) 175 350 525 15 Şevli Van, Timar 200 350 550 16 Kalıkan, Livi Livi Līvi is a Latvian hard rock band, that was influential in forming the Latvian rock music culture. Their signatures are poetic lyrics and guitar solos.... Erciş Ercis Ercis may refer to:* Erciş, a district of Van province in the east of Turkey* European Research Center for Information Systems... 255 270 525 17 Mukuri Saray 215 315 530 18 Takari Zermaniz, Saray 300 380 680 19 Milli Milli Milli is a prefix in the metric system denoting a factor of one thousandth . Adopted in 1795, the prefix comes from the Latin mille, meaning one thousand .... , Şemsiki Saray 225 425 650 20 Şkeftka Eblak 327 213 540 21 Adaman, Zilan, Hecidıran Erciş 250 275 525 22 Haydaran Erciş 175 350 525 23 Haydaran Adilcevaz Adilcevaz Adilcevaz is a small town and district capital of the same-named district within Bitlis Province of Turkey. The mayor is Adnan Göksoy .- External links :*... 200 350 550 24 Heydaran Erciş 175 350 525 25 Marhoran Adilcevaz 250 300 550 26 Hasenan Hınıs Hinis Hınıs is a town and district of Erzurum Province in the Eastern Anatolia Region region of Turkey. The mayor is Enver Taçyıldız . The population is 9,792 ....  (Kumdeban) 335 205 540 27 Hasenan Malazgirt Malazgirt Malazgirt is a town in Muş Province in eastern Turkey, with a population of 23,697 .-Founding:... 340 200 540 28 Hasenan Malazgirt (Diknuk, Dinbut) 304 230 534 29 Hasenan Moranköyü 310 230 540 30 Hasenan Bullanık 308 232 540 31 Cibran Gümgüm 308 232 540 32 Cibran Hınıs 310 235 545 33 Cibran Varto 315 330 545 34 Zirkan Tekman 300 250 550 35 Zirkan Söylemez 375 500 875 36 Cibran Kiği 285 265 550 37 Celali Bayezit (Örtülü kışlağı) 305 370 540 38 Celali Bayezit (Şeyhlu kışlağı) 300 240 540 39 Takori Mahmudiye (Saray) 305 301 606 40 Kafkasya muhacirleri Sivas 275 500 775 41 Milli Mardin Mardin Mardin is a city in southeastern Turkey. The capital of Mardin Province, it is known for its Arabic-like architecture, and for its strategic location on a rocky mountain overlooking the plains of northern Syria.-History:... 275 265 540 42 Milli Siverek Siverek Siverek is a town and district in the south-east of Turkey, in Şanlıurfa Province. Population 107,634 ; 247,000 .Siverek is in Şanlıurfa province but closer geographically to the large city of Diyarbakır... 255 375 630 43 Milli Siverek 303 247 550 44 Karakeçi Siverek 305 225 530 45 Kikan Ra's al-'Ayn Ra's al-'Ayn Ra's al-'Ayn is a Syrian city administratively belonging to Al-Hasakah Governorate. Ra's al-'Ayn has an altitude of 360 m. It has a population of 55,247, many of them being Assyrian/Syriacs, Arabs, Kurds, Armenians, Chechens, or Syrian Turkmen. There is a border crossing to Ceylanpınar in Turkey... , Mardin 350 270 620 46 Tay (Arab Arab Arab people, also known as Arabs , are a panethnicity primarily living in the Arab world, which is located in Western Asia and North Africa. They are identified as such on one or more of genealogical, linguistic, or cultural grounds, with tribal affiliations, and intra-tribal relationships playing... ) Nusaybin 445 185 630 47 Karakeçi Siverek 310 230 540 48 Miran Miran Miran may refer to:Places*Miran, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan*Miran, Kabul, Afghanistan*Miran, Wardak, Afghanistan*Miran People* Miran better known nickname of Mir Sadiq Ali Khan son of Mir Jafar*Miran Bux*Mahmoud Miran*Miran Shah... Cezire 335 205 540 49 Miran Cezire 308 232 540 50 Ertoşi Elbak 375 300 625 51 Kays KAYS Kays or KAYS may refer to:* KAYS , a radio station licensed to Hays, Kansas, United States* the ICAO code for Waycross-Ware County Airport in Waycross, Georgia, United States... Urfa 450 200 650 52 Kays Harran Harran Harran was a major ancient city in Upper Mesopotamia whose site is near the modern village of Altınbaşak, Turkey, 24 miles southeast of Şanlıurfa... 400 150 550 53 Berazı Urfa 250 300 550 54 Berazı Urfa 300 300 600 55 Berazı Urfa 275 300 575 56 Gevdan Hakkari Hakkari Hakkâri , is a city and the capital of the Hakkâri Province of Turkey. The name Hakkâri is derived from the Syriac word, Akkare, meaning farmers... 200 300 500 57 Şadili Sadili Şadılı is a village and municipality in the Goranboy Rayon of Azerbaijan. It has a population of 579.... Hasankale 300 250 550 58 Adaman Erciş 200 350 550 59 Pinyan Hakkari 150 400 550 60 Şidan Hakkari 350 300 650 61 Kasıkan Söylemez 250 300 550 62 Kiki Harran 250 350 600 63 Milli Viranşehir Viransehir Viranşehir is a market town serving a cotton-growing area of Şanlıurfa Province, in southeastern Turkey, 93 km east of Şanlıurfa city and 53 km north-west of the Syrian border at Ceylanpınar... 550 250 800 64 Milli Viranşehir 600 225 825 65 Belideyi Erciş, Patnos Patnos Patnos is a district of Ağrı Province of Turkey on a plain surrounded by high mountains including Süphan, watered by tributaries of the Murat River. 82 km south of the city of Ağrı on the road to Van... , Malazgirt 250 200 450