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29 Dec 217 – Fragile frontiers: Sayyid Taha II and the role of Kurdish religio-political leadership in the Ottoman East during the First World War
At the start of the First World War the Committee of Union and Progress (CUP), the ruling party of the Ottoman Empire, used numerous means to ensure that the Kurdish leaders remained allies. Interpretations of Jihad became a major tool for recruitment of Kurdish soldiers by all sides in the war, including the Ottomans, Russians, British and Kurds, though the tactic had limited success. During this period, several religio-political leaders emerged among the Sufi orders in Kurdistan and created their own regiments that fought alongside the Ottomans. Other leaders sided with Russian and… More https://www.academia.edu/35410609/Fragile_frontiers_Sayyid_Taha_II_and_the_role_of_Kurdish_religio-political_leadership_in_the_Ottoman_East_during_the_First_World_War?auto=download&campaign=weekly_digest