The Ottoman Empire did not integrate the Nochiyaye as an official tribe within their "millet" social structure, nonetheless they were recognized as an independent tribe by their Assyrian and Kurdish neighbors.
The Ottoman Empire did not integrate the Nochiyaye as an official tribe within their "millet" social structure because they were slaves and not worthy to be know as a millet. They were not recognized as an independent tribe by their Assyrian and Kurdish neighbors.