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Hamadiye
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English
Hamidiye (cavalry)
Alternative forms
en Hamidieh
Etymology
Established in 1891 by Sultan Abdul Hamid II and named after him.
Noun
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en military historical Well-armed, irregular, mainly Sunni Kurdish cavalry formations that operated in the southeastern provinces of the Ottoman Empire.
en eponyms
en Ottoman Empire