{"id":2699,"date":"2024-02-13T23:46:09","date_gmt":"2024-02-14T04:46:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.issendai.com\/16thcenturyistanbul\/?page_id=2699"},"modified":"2024-08-29T20:54:49","modified_gmt":"2024-08-30T01:54:49","slug":"the-women-of-bursa-1580-1583","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.issendai.com\/16thcenturyistanbul\/turkish-names\/muslim-names\/the-women-of-bursa-1580-1583\/","title":{"rendered":"The Women of Bursa, 1580-1583"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>These names were extracted from the 1580-1583 court records for the city of Bursa, Turkey. They include the names of free Muslim women, free ethnic Greek women, and suspected or confirmed enslaved Muslim women.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Muslim Women<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>These names belonged to Muslim women who appear to have been free-born. Most were born to Muslim fathers, but a handful were converts to Islam.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.34%\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Ai\u015fe<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Amine<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Asale<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ayn<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ayni<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ba\u011fdad<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Bah\u015fayi\u015f<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Cennet<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>D\u00f6ne<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Durkad\u0131n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Durpa\u015fa (or Turpa\u015fa)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Elif<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Emine <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Fahriye<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Fat\u0131ma<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>G\u00fclli<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>G\u00fclnaz<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>G\u00fcls\u00fcn<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hadice<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hani<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Has Kad\u0131n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hatun\u015fah<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.34%\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Huban Hatun<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>H\u00fcsna<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Kad\u0131n\u015fah<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Kamer<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Kerime<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Kostant\u0131niyye<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Leyla<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mehriban<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Melike<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Meryem<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mihma<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mihri<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mihriban<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>M\u00fcberra<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Muhtiy<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>M\u00fcmine<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Nefise<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Rabia<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Rahime<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Raz\u0131ye<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>R\u0131dvan (usually a male name)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>R\u0131dvane<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Ruk\u0131yye\/Ruk\u0131ye<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sabire<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Safiye<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Saliha<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u015eami<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sat\u0131<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u015eehriban<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u015eehzade<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sekile<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Selcik<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Selime<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Selva<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u015eems<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u015eemse<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sitti<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Su\u011fra<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sultan<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u00dcmmi<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u00dcmm\u00fchani<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u00dcnzile<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Zahide<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Zeliha<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The raw data contains the names of all women whose names appeared with a patronymic. Duplicates were removed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\"><summary>Raw Data for Muslim Women<\/summary>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Ai\u015fe bt. Abdullah<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ai\u015fe bt. Ahmed<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ai\u015fe bt. Ali<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ai\u015fe bt. Bilal<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ai\u015fe bt. Emir<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ai\u015fe bt. Hasan<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ai\u015fe bt. Mehmed<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ai\u015fe bt. Yakub<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ai\u015fe bt. Yard\u0131m<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ai\u015fe Hatun ibnu Abdullah<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Amine bt. Abdullah<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Amine bt. Hamza<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Amine bt. Mirza<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ayni bt. Mahmud<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ba\u011fdad bt. Ali<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ba\u011fdad bt. Mehmed<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Cennet bt. \u0130brahim<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Cennet bt. Torbal\u0131<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Durkad\u0131n bt. \u00d6mer<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Durpa\u015fa (or Turpa\u015fa) bt. \u00d6mer<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Elif bt. Seydi Ali<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Emine bt. Bekta\u015f<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Emine bt. Hamza<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Emine bt. H\u0131z\u0131r<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Emine bt. S\u00fcleyman<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Fahriye bt. Cihan\u015fah<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Fat\u0131ma bt. Abdullah<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Fat\u0131ma bt. Emir\u015fah<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Fat\u0131ma bt. H\u00fcseyin<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Fat\u0131ma bt. \u0130sa<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Fat\u0131ma bt. Mehmed \u00c7elebi<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Fat\u0131ma Hatun<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Fat\u0131ma Hatun bt. Piri<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>G\u00fclli bt. Mahm\u00fcd<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hadice bt. Mehmed \u00c7elebi<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hadice bt. Mente\u015f<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hadice bt. Musa<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hani bt. Mahmud<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hani bt. Vahid<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hatun\u015fah bt. Hamza<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>H\u00fcsna bt. Abdullah<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Kamer bt. Mustafa<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Kamer bt. Nebi<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Kamer bt. Seydi<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Kamer bt. Seydi Ali<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Kamer bt. Timur<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Kerime bt. Ali<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Leyla bt. H\u0131z\u0131r<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mehriban Hatun<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Melike bt. Habib<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Melike bt. Osman<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Meryem bt. Nasuh<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mihma bt. M\u00fcmin<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mihri bt. H\u00fcseyin<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mihriban Hatun bt. Ramazan<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>M\u00fcberra Hatun bt. M\u00fcmin<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Nefise bt. Hasan Toba<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Pervane bt. Abdullah<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Rabia bt. Karag\u00f6z<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Rahime bt. Mehmed<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Raz\u0131ye bt. H\u00fcseyin<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Raz\u0131ye bt. Mustafa<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Safiye bt. M\u00fcmin<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u015eami bt. Abd\u00fclkerim<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sat\u0131 bt. H\u0131z\u0131r<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u015eehriban bt. S\u00fcleyman<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sekile bt. \u015eevki<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Selcik bt. Mehmed<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Selcik bt. \u015eevki<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Selime bt. Abdullah<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Selime bt. Bayram<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Selime bt. Mahmud<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Selime bt. O\u011ful Bey<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Selime bt. Ramazan<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Selime bt. Sinan<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Selime bt. Yusuf<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Selva bt. \u0130sa<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u015eems bt. Ahmet<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u015eemse bt. Ali<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sitti (or Siti) bt. \u0130brahim<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sultan bt. Bali<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sultan bt. Hamza<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sultan bt. Hasan<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sultan bt. \u0130skender<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u00dcmmi bt. Bekir<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u00dcmmi bt. Karaba\u015f<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u00dcmmi bt. Karaba\u015f Ali<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u00dcmmi bt. Yunus<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u00dcmmi Hat\u00fcn bt. Seca&#8217;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u00dcnzile bt. Cihan\u015fah<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u00dcnzile bt. H\u00fcdayi<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u00dcnzile bt. Murad<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Zahide bt. Mahmud<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ziyade bt. Bali<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Greek Women<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>These women were described as <em>zimmi<\/em>, a term that broadly refers to any non-Muslim living in Muslim lands, but at this time usually referred to Greek Catholics. The identifiable names are a mix of Turkicized Greek (Arkodiye, Efersine, Engeline, Marola, Todora) and Turkish (Diyane, D\u00f6\u011fne, Erd\u00f6\u011fe, Sultane) with the occasional Persian name (Cennet) tossed in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Arkodiye<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Arkonya<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Atalyos<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Cennet<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Diyane (or Deyyane)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>D\u00f6\u011fne (possibly the same name as D\u00f6ne)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Efersine<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Engeline<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Erd\u00f6\u011fe<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Evine<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Firenko<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>G\u00fcletse<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>G\u00fcrce (or Kerce)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Harsafine\/H\u0131rsafine<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Le\u011fri<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Marola<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>M\u00fcnkise<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Sakine Marole (&#8220;Calm\/Quiet Marole&#8221;)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u015eemniye<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sultane<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tarmakad<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Todora<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Uzgori<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Yavone<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The raw data contains the names of all women whose names appeared with a patronymic. There were no duplicates to remove.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\"><summary>Raw Data for Greek Women<\/summary>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Atalyos bt. Efsari<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Diyane bt. Torki Arya<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>D\u00f6\u011fne bt. Yorgi<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Efersine bt. K\u00f6rtegi<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Evine bt. Kosta<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Firenko bt. Bulata<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>G\u00fcrce bt. Teranoz<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Harsafine bt. Aleksi<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Kerce bt. Terenoz<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Kostant\u0131niyye bt. Nikola<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>M\u00fcnkise bt. Yani<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sakine Marole bt. Kosta?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u015eemniye bt. Dimitri<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sultane bt. Yani<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Todora bt. Fehami<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Uzgori bt. Suvasdos<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Yavone bt. Yorgi<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Enslaved or Freed Women<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Only one woman was identified as a slave, &#8220;M\u0131s\u0131ri&#8217;l-asl Mercani nam &#8216;arab-\u0131 ab\u0131k-\u0131 cariye,&#8221; &#8220;an elderly Black Egyptian slave named Mercani.&#8221; The name Mercani, &#8220;coral,&#8221; follows the empire-wide custom of naming female slaves after gems and precious stones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Two women&#8217;s names gave me pause: H\u00fcrrem bint Abdullah and Pervane bint Abdullah. &#8220;Bin\/bint Abdullah&#8221; means that a person has converted to Islam, exchanging their birth name for a Muslim personal name and replacing the name of their father with &#8220;Abdullah.&#8221; Upon conversion, free women usually received Arabic-derived names of religious figures or moral virtues, but enslaved women frequently received fanciful Turkish or Persian names that marked them as slaves. H\u00fcrrem, a Persian word meaning &#8220;cheerful,&#8221; and Pervane, a Persian word meaning &#8220;moth&#8221; (&#8220;like a moth to the flame of passion&#8221;), are two such names. There&#8217;s nothing in these women&#8217;s cases that clearly states they were freed slaves, but the connection between those names, their conversion status, and slavery is strong enough for me to pull their names out of the list of free Muslim women&#8217;s names.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Bibliography<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>S\u00f6nmezi\u015fik , Z\u00fcleyha Y\u00f6rdem. <em><a href=\"http:\/\/nek.istanbul.edu.tr:4444\/ekos\/TEZ\/35876.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Bursa A-119 Numarali \u015eer&#8217;iyye Sicili Tahlil ve Transkripsiyonu<\/a><\/em>. Master&#8217;s thesis. \u0130stanbul \u00dcniversitesi: Sosyal Bilimler Enstit\u00fcs\u00fc, 2001.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>These names were extracted from the 1580-1583 court records for the city of Bursa, Turkey. They include the names of free Muslim women, free ethnic Greek women, and suspected or confirmed enslaved Muslim women. Muslim Women These names belonged to Muslim women who appear to have been free-born. 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