Ambiguous Muslim Women’s Names

These names were borne by a mix of free, enslaved, and converted women. Because of the data spread, the names couldn’t be conclusively placed in one category or another; there were too many freeborn women bearing them to declare that they were slave names, and too many slave women bearing them to declare that they didn’t imply slavery.

Gülahmer

Gülşah

Hasnâ

Hesnâ

Kumru

Mihriban

Şemsi

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