# Hamadiye

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. Well-armed, irregular, mainly Sunni Kurdish cavalry formations that operated in the southeastern provinces of the Ottoman Empire.

## Etymology
Established in 1891 by Sultan Abdul Hamid II and named after him.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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