{"id":1015,"date":"2017-08-29T03:00:38","date_gmt":"2017-08-29T03:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/issendai.com\/tereke\/?p=1015"},"modified":"2026-04-24T13:58:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T13:58:11","slug":"emine-hatun-bt-abdullah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/issendai.com\/tereke\/estate-inventory\/emine-hatun-bt-abdullah\/","title":{"rendered":"Emine Hatun bt. Abdullah"},"content":{"rendered":"

Emine Hatun’s modest estate is typical: a handful of cushions, the fundamental item of furniture in any house. Rugs, bedding, a set of cookware that’s complete but without a single frill. An incomplete set of clothing; if we assume she was buried in her daily wear, then she could afford to own an extra set of undergarments, a ferace, and a coat, but not much more. She had a bath shirt but not the basin, bowl, and mat that completed the set.<\/p>\n

There are some telling omissions. She didn’t own a lantern or candlestick, or the set of tray (sini<\/em>) and stand (sofra<\/em>) that were used as a table for meals. Did she do without? Many of her belongings were old and worn, she was a widow, and her son, Ramazan, was missing and no one knew whether he was alive or dead. Perhaps she lived alone, and poor.<\/p>\n

On the other hand, she owned quite a few cushions for a woman who lived alone. She owned only one mattress, but five sheets and two quilts. That’s a lot of expensive textiles for a woman who went without a table at meals and a light at night. Did she rent a room with people who provided furnishings? Did she take in boarders? Was she sharing quarters with someone else who owned the things missing from her estate?<\/p>\n