M. Talha Çiçek <br/><br/>
Negotiating Empire in the Middle East:  Ottomans and Arab Nomads in the Modern Era, 1840-1914 

 - 280 p.,  ill.;  24 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Conflict : the imperial attempts to terminate the nomadic domination in the Arab countryside and the tribal response -- Reinforcement : land settlements and military fortification in the desert and its frontiers, 1840-1870 -- Expansion, reaction, and reconciliation I : establishment of the Deir al-Zor Mutasarrıfate and the reconciliation with the Fid'an and Deir al-Zor's Shammar -- Expansion, reaction and reconciliation II : the nomads and extension of the Ottoman administration into the south of Syria -- Partnership, provincialization and conflict : the Shammar in the provinces of Mosul, Baghdad and Deir al-Zor, 1870-1914 -- Taxation : the collection of the Shammar and Anizah duties -- Justice : the imperial legal system and the Bedouin disputes. 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Central-local government relations--History--Turkey--19th century<br/>Bedouins--Government policy--History--Turkey--19th century<br/>Bedouins--Politics and government--19th century<br/>Bedouins--Social conditions--19th century<br/>Imperialism
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Turkey--Politics and government--19th century<br/>Turkey--History--Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918<br/>Turkey--Colonies--Administration<br/>Middle East--Colonization