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Kurdish-Armenian Relations in the Late Ottoman Empire: Power Structures and Interactive Behavior KURDISH-ARMENIANKURDISH-ARMENIAN RELATIONRELATIONSS IINN THETHE LATLATEE OTTOMANOTTOMAN EMPIRE:EMPIRE POWEPOWERR STRUCTURESSTRUCTURES ANANDD INTERACTIVINTERACTIVEE BEHAVIORBEHAVIOR bbyy BradBrad DennisDennis A thesisthesis submittedsubmitted ttoo thethe facultyfaculty ofof ThThee UniversitUniversityy ooff UtahUtah iinn partialpartial fulfillmentfulfillment ooff ththee requirementrequirementss foforr ththee degredegreee ofof MasteMasterr ooff ArtsArts IIIin MiddlMiddlee EasEastt Studies/HistoryStudies/History DepartmentDepartment ofof LanguageLanguagess andand LiteratureLiterature ThThee UniversitUniversityy ofof UtahUtah DecembeDecemberr 20082008 CopyrighCopyrightt © BraBradd DenniDenniss 20082008 AlAlll RightRightss ReservedReserved THE UNIVERSJTY OF UTAH GRADUATE SCHOOL SUPERVISORY COMMITTEE APPROVAL of a thesis subm itted by Brad R. Dennis This thesis has been read by each member of the following supervisory committee and by majority vote has been found to be satisfactory. Chair: Peter Sluglett Peter von Sivers M. Hakan Yavuz THE U N J V E R S J T Y 0 F UTAH G R A D U ATE S C 1-] 0 0 L FINAL READING APPROVAL To the Graduate Counci I of the Unive rsity of Utah: J ______ rad e s _____ have read the thesis of B_ _ _R_. D_ J_U_li_ _ in its final form and have found that (1) its format, citations, and bibliographic style are consistent and acceptable; (2) its illustrative materials including figures, tables, and charts are in place; and (3) the final manuscript is satisfactory to the supervisory committee and is ready for submission to The Graduate School. �.�� P:: Date Peter Sluglett (; Chair: Supervisory Committee Approved for the Major Department Ch�ir/Dean Approved for the Graduate Council David S. Chapman Dean of The Graduate School ABSTRACABSTRACTT WhaWhatt explainsexplains collaboratiocollaborationn andand conflicconflictt betweebetweenn KurdisKurdishh anandd ArmenianArmenian societiessocieties durinduringg ththee LatLatee OttomaOttomann periodperiod?? InIn ordeorderr ttoo answeanswerr thithiss questioquestionn thisthis thesithesiss focusesfocuses onon ththee relationshiprelationship betweebetweenn structurestructuress iinn KurdisKurdishh anandd ArmeniaArmeniann societiessocieties anandd politicalpolitical behaviorbehavior.. 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KURDISH-ARMENIAKURDISH-ARMENIANN RELATIONRELATIONSS 1839-18761839-1876:: TRANSFORMATIONTRANSFORMATION OOFF TRADITIONATRADITIONALL POWEPOWERR STRUCTURESTRUCTURESS ............................................. 9 IdentityIdentity,, StructureStructure,, anandd AgencAgencyy iinn KurdisKurdishh anandd ArmeniaArmeniann SocietieSocietiess .................... 9 ThThee Socio-EconomiSocio-Economicc GeographGeographyy ooff EasterEasternn AnatoliAnatoliaa .................................... 2020 TheThe Tanzimat anandd KurdisKurdishh SocietySociety ......................................................... 3232 BedBedrr KhaKhann ................................................... , .................................. 3434 ThThee Tanzimat anandd ArmeniaArmeniann SocietySociety ......................................................... 3939 2.2. THETHE RUSSO-TURKISRUSSO-TURKISHH WARWAR,, ITITSS AFTERMATHAFTERMATH,, ANANDD ITSITS EFFECTSEFFECTS ONON KURDISKURDISHH ANANDD ARMENIANARMENIAN SOCIETYSOCIETY 1876-18821876-1882 ............................. .4747 TheThe Russo-TurkishRusso-Turkish WarWar 1877-81877-8 .............................................................. .4848 TheThe AftermathAftermath ofof thethe War.War ................................................................... 5757 TheThe RiseRise ofof SultanSultan AbdulhamidAbdulhamid II:II: PerceptionsPerceptions ofof HimHim inin HistoryHistory ..................... 6161 EffectsEffects ofof thethe WarWar onon ArmenianArmenian andand KurdishKurdish LoyaltiesLoyalties ................................. 6464 3.3. THETHE EARLYEARLY SULTANSULTAN ABDULHAMIDABDULHAMID PERIODPERIOD 1882-1896:1882-1896: THETHE INFLUENTIALINFLUENTIAL FACTORSFACTORS OFOF CONFLICTCONFLICT BETWEENBETWEEN THETHE KURDSKURDS ANDAND ARMENIANSARMENIANS ........................................................................... 7575 ArmenianArmenian RevolutionariesRevolutionaries andand thethe KurdsKurds ................................................... 7676 ComplaintsComplaints ofof KurdishKurdish AttacksAttacks ............................................................... 818 TheThe EmergenceEmergence ofof thethe NewNew ArmenianArmenian RevolutionaryRevolutionary .................................... 8686 TheThe FormationFormation ofof thethe HamidiyeHamidiye CavalryCavalry ................................................... 9393 FromFrom TensionTension toto ConflictConflict ............................................. , ...................... 11000 0 CONCLUSIONCONCLUSION .................................................................................... 110no REFERENCESREFERENCES ............................................................................. " ..... 11511 INTRODUCTIOINTRODUCTIONN TheThe mid-1890mid-1890ss wawass ththee scenescene ooff massivmassivee violencviolencee anandd sociasociall strifestrife amonamongg andand betweebetweenn ththee KurdisKurdishh anandd AnnenianArmenian populationpopulationss ofof eastereasternn AnatoliaAnatolia.. 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