Founded in the waning years of the Ottoman Empire, the Imperial School for Tribes (Asiret Mektebi) was an initiative by Sultan Abdulhamid II to bring the sons o

Founded in the waning years of the Ottoman Empire, the Imperial School for Tribes (Asiret Mektebi) was an initiative by Sultan Abdulhamid II to bring the sons o

This first comprehensive study on Ottoman educational reform is based on archival material and providing new information on curricular policies applied in the p

British Imperialism and 'The Tribal Question' reconstructs the history of Britain's presence in the deserts of the interwar Middle East, making the case for its

There has been a growing interest in recent years in reviewing the continued impact of the Ottoman empire even long after its demise at the end of the First Wor