{"id":2171,"date":"2018-11-02T12:00:07","date_gmt":"2018-11-02T17:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.issendai.com\/16thcenturyistanbul\/?page_id=2171"},"modified":"2021-08-16T12:02:29","modified_gmt":"2021-08-16T17:02:29","slug":"muslim-slave-womens-names","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.issendai.com\/16thcenturyistanbul\/turkish-names\/muslim-names\/the-ladies-of-istanbul\/muslim-slave-womens-names\/","title":{"rendered":"Muslim Slave Women&#8217;s Names"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These names were commonly given to\nslave women upon their conversion. While the occasional freeborn woman bore one\nof these names, to most people the name would strongly suggest that she was or\nhad been a slave.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\u00c2fit\u00e2b:<\/strong> Persian, &#8220;sun.&#8221;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Ayn\u00fclhay\u00e2t:<\/strong> The fountain of life.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bahtiyar<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Belagat<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Benef\u015fe<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Canfed\u00e2<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Cansever:<\/strong> Persian <em>J\u0101ns\u016bw\u0101r<\/em><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cansuz<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\u00c7e\u015fmisiy\u00e2h:<\/strong> Black eyes, a highly desirable characteristic.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cevri<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Cevr\u00fccefa:<\/strong> Arabic, &#8220;suffering.&#8221; [link]<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cihan<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cihan Banu<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dilaver<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dil\u015fad<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dudu<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Felek-naz<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Ferah\u015fad:<\/strong> Persian, &#8220;bringing joy&#8221; (Sobers-Khan, p. 232)<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">G\u00fcla\u00e7maz<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">G\u00fclendam<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">G\u00fclistan<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">G\u00fclizar<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>G\u00fclruh:<\/strong> Persian, &#8220;rose-cheeked&#8221; or &#8220;rose-faced&#8221; (Sobers-Khan, p. 232)<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">G\u00fcl\u015fan<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">G\u00fcl\u015fen<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">G\u00fclsim\u00e2<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Handan<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hemni\u015fin<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hondi<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">H\u00fcmayun<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hur\u015fid<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kadem<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">K\u00e2mile<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">L\u00e2lez\u00e2r<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mahb\u00fclend<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mah\u0131devran<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mahsima<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mahzaman<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Makriye<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mehlika<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mehri<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Melahat<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Meleksima:<\/strong> Persian, &#8220;like an angel&#8221; (Sobers-Khan, p. 232)<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mercan<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Meserret<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mihman<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mihrinaz<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Miyase<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Muhti<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">M\u00fclayim<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">M\u00fc\u015ferrefe<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">N\u00e2zenin<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Niyazi<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nur-saba<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nurban<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Peri-ru<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Peymane<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Reftar<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Riyazi<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ruhisani<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ruhzeyba<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u015e\u00e2kire<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u015eehirben<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u015eehla<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Selver<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u015eemail<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Semenzar<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Seminnaz<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Semra<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Server<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u015eirin<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sureyya<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tuti<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Yasemin:<\/strong> Jasmine<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Yemeni<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Zam\u00e2ne<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Zeliha<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Z\u00fcleyha<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Likely Slave Names<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the sources, these names were\nborne by only one or two women, all of whom were converts. Many of the names\nare the sort of confections favored for slaves, making it likely that many, if\nnot all, of the women who bore these names were or had been slaves.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\u00c2b\u0131kevser:<\/strong> The waters of the Kevser, a life-giving river that flows through Paradise.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00c2sude<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bula<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Canhabib:<\/strong> Heart&#8217;s beloved.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ceyhun<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Devlet<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dilferid<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>D\u00fcnyabola:<\/strong> Possibly <em>d\u00fcnya<\/em> &#8220;world&#8221; + <em>bula<\/em> &#8220;lady&#8221;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Genc-\u00e2s\u00e2<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>G\u00fclbahar:<\/strong> Spring rose.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gulbe\u015fe<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">G\u00fclfidan<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">G\u00fcl\u00fcm<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">G\u00fcly\u00e2r<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hacer<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">H\u00fbr\u00ee<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Husni<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kabile<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kameru\u015f<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mehtab<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mihrimah<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">M\u00fclayime<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">M\u00fbnise<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">M\u00fczeyyen<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nazy\u00fcr\u00fcr<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nergis<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Perizad<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Perv\u00e2ne<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">R\u00e2n\u00e2<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">R\u0131dvan<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ru\u015fen: Shining (Sobers-Khan, p. 232)<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sabiha<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u015eems Peri<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u015eemsimah<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Servinaz:<\/strong> A type of cypress tree. The cypress was a symbol of beauty.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Temenna<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tercuman<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ziy\u00e2de<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Z\u00fchre<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>These names were commonly given to slave women upon their conversion. While the occasional freeborn woman bore one of these names, to most people the name would strongly suggest that she was or had been a slave. \u00c2fit\u00e2b: Persian, &#8220;sun.&#8221; Ayn\u00fclhay\u00e2t: The fountain of life. 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