Negotiating empire in the Middle East : Ottomans and Arab nomads in the modern era, 1840-1914 / M. Talha Çiçek.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.