There were 161 inventories in my original sample:<\/p>\n
I removed the non-Muslim and unknown inventories because members of different religious groups dressed differently. Of the remaining Muslim inventories, I removed 4 Muslim male inventories because of oddities, complexities, and miscellaneous complications.<\/p>\n
Because women wore feraces in public for modesty, we think of them as a uniquely feminine garment. The data says otherwise:<\/p>\n
Of the 56 Muslim women represented, 31 (55%) owned feraces. There were a total of 46 feraces, or 1.48 feraces per woman who owned a ferace. The rough average price of a woman’s ferace was 607\u00a0ak\u00e7es.<\/p>\n
Of the 96 Muslim men represented, 72 (75%) owned feraces.\u00a0There were a total of 204\u00a0feraces, or 2.83\u00a0feraces per man who owned a ferace. The\u00a0very rough average price for a man’s ferace was 823 ak\u00e7es.<\/p>\n
Of the 56 Muslim women represented, 39\u00a0(70%) owned z\u0131b\u0131ns. There were a total of 84 z\u0131b\u0131ns, or 2.15\u00a0z\u0131b\u0131ns per woman who owned a z\u0131b\u0131n. The average price of a woman’s z\u0131b\u0131n\u00a0was 196\u00a0ak\u00e7es.<\/p>\n
Of the 96 Muslim men represented, 37 (39%) owned z\u0131b\u0131ns.\u00a0There were a total of 62\u00a0z\u0131b\u0131ns, or 1.68\u00a0z\u0131b\u0131ns per man who owned a z\u0131b\u0131n.<\/p>\n
Of the 56 Muslim women represented, 38\u00a0(68%) owned kaftans. There were a total of 117\u00a0kaftans, or 3.08\u00a0kaftans per woman who owned a kaftan. (The winner was \u0130smihan Hatun bt. \u0130lyas, who had 19.) The average price of a woman’s kaftan was 713 ak\u00e7es, but\u00a0F\u00e2t\u0131ma Hatun bt. Hasan’s 12,500-ak\u00e7e ser\u00e2ser kaftan broke the curve. Take it out, and the average was 608\u00a0ak\u00e7es.<\/p>\n
Of the 96 Muslim men represented, 47\u00a0(49%) owned kaftans.\u00a0There were a total of 112\u00a0kaftans, or 2.38\u00a0kaftans per man who owned a kaftan. (Mehmed Reis had 15.) The average price for a man’s kaftan was 653\u00a0ak\u00e7es.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
There were 161 inventories in my original sample: 56 Muslim females 96 Muslim males 3 non-Muslim females 4 non-Muslim males 1 unknown I removed the non-Muslim and unknown inventories because members of different religious groups dressed differently. Of the remaining Muslim inventories, I removed 4 Muslim male inventories because of\u2026<\/p>\n