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Gender Roles and Women's Status in Central Asia and Anatolia Between the Thirteenth and Sixteenth Centuries a Thesis Submitted GENDER ROLES AND WOMEN’S STATUS IN CENTRAL ASIA AND ANATOLIA BETWEEN THE THIRTEENTH AND SIXTEENTH CENTURIES A THESIS SUBMITTED TO THE GRADUATE SCHOOL OF NATURAL AND APPLIED SCIENCES OF MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY BY NİLGÜN DALKESEN IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY IN INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING AUGUST 20 Approval of the Graduate School of Social Sciences Prof. Dr. Sencer Ayata Director I certify that this thesis satisfies all the requirements as a thesis for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. Prof. Dr. Seçil Karal Akgün Head of Department This is to certify that we have read this thesis and that in our opinion it is fully adequate, in scope and quality, as a thesis for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. Prof. Dr. İsenbike Togan Supervisor Examining Committee Members Prof. Dr. Emine Gürsoy-Naskali (MARMARA, LIT) Prof. Dr. İsenbike Togan (METU, HIST) Prof. Dr. Yıldız Ecevit (METU, SOC) Prof. Dr. Özer Ergenç (BİLKENT, HIST) Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mustafa Soykut (METU, HIST) I hereby declare that all information in this document has been obtained and presented in accordance with academic rules and ethical conduct. I also declare that, as required by these rules and conduct, I have fully cited and referenced all material and results that are not original to this work. Name, Last name : Nilgün Dalkesen Signature : iii ABSTRACT GENDER ROLES AND WOMEN’S STATUS IN CENTRAL ASIA AND ANATOLIA BETWEEN THE THIRTEENTH AND SIXTEENTH CENTURIES Dalkesen, Nilgün Ph.D., Department of History Supervisor: Prof. Dr. İsenbike Togan August 2007, 352 Pages This study examines changing gender roles and women’s status under the light of töre/yasa and sharī‘a among the Inner Asian Turkic and Mongolian societies and Ottomans in Anatolia especially between the thirteenth and the first half of the sixteenth centuries. In this frame, this study traces gender roles and women’s status in Inner Asia before the influence of Islamic culture and civilizations by using oral and written sources as well as anthropological studies. It also focuses on the formation of töre and yasa among Inner Asian societies and sharī‘a in the Muslim world. Finally, this study investigates gender roles and women’s status in relation with customary (yasa/töre and örf-i sultani) and religious laws (sharī‘a ) among the Mongol Ilkhans, Timurids and Ottomans. Gender roles and women’s status are examined according to political, social and cultural characteristics of these dynasties from a comparative perspective. Keywords: Gender, Women’s Studies, Muslim Women, Turkish Women, Islamic and pre-Islamic Dichotomy, Yasa, Töre, Örf-i Sultani, Marriage Patterns, Levirate, Hypergamy, Hypogamy, Hierogamy, Dowry, Bride Service, Bride Price, Mongols, Ilkhans, Timurids, Temür, Osman Beg, Ottomans, Tribal Societies in Inner Asia, Terken Khatun, Baghdad Khatun, Padshah Khatun, Delshad Khatun, Amir Chopan, Satı Bik, Khanzada, Saray Mulk Khanum, Gawharshad, Hürrem Sultan, Mal Khatun. iv ÖZ ONÜÇÜNCÜ VE ONALTINCI YÜZYILLAR ARASINDA ORTA ASYA VE ANADOLUDA KADIN-ERKEK ROLLERİ VE KADINLARIN STATÜSÜ Dalkesen, Nilgün Doktora, Tarih Bölümü Tez Yöneticisi: Prof. Dr. İsenbike Togan Ağustos, 2007, 352 Sayfa Bu çalışma Türk ve Moğol toplumlarında değişen kadın erkek (toplumsal cinsiyet) rollerini ve kadının konumunu töre/yasa ve şeriat uygulamaları çerçevesinde incelemektedir. Bu amaçla, bu çalışmada İslam kültür ve medeniyetinin tesiri altına girmemiş olan Orta Asya Türk ve Moğol toplumları arasında değişen kadın ve erkek rolleri, sözlü ve yazılı kaynaklara dayanarak sosyolojik ve antropolojik veriler ışığında değerlendirmeye çalışılmıştır. Ayrıca, töre ve Cengiz Han yasa’sının oluşumu ve içeriği; daha sonra ise şeriat’ın oluşumu ve Türk ve Moğol topluluklarının İslam kültür ve medeniyetinin etkisi altına girmeleri incelenmiştir. Daha sonra, birbirlerinden sosyal ve siyasal ve kültürel bakımdan farklı İlhanlı, Timur ve Osmanlı hanedanlıkları içerisinde, kadın erkek rolleri ve kadınların konumu karşılaştırmalı bir açıdan çalışılmıştır. Anahtar Kelimeler: Kadın Çalışmaları, Toplumsal Cinsiyet, Müslüman Kadın, Türk ve Moğol Kadınları, İslam Öncesi ve Sonrası İkilemi, Yasa, Töre, Örf-i Sultani, Evlenme Biçimleri, Kayın Alma Evliliği , Hipergami, Hipogami, Hiyerogami, Çeyiz, Güvey Hizmeti, Başlık Parası, Moğollar, İlhanlılar, Timurlular, Timur, Osmanlılar, Terken Hatun, Bağdat Hatun, Padişah Hatun, Dilşad Hatun, Emir Çoban, Satı Bik, Hanzade, Saray Mülk Hanım, Gevherşad, Mal Hatun v To My Parents vi ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS First, I want to thank my advisor İsenbike Togan as she encouraged me to pursue my Ph.D while I was a teaching in a high school and she supported me in the Ph.D program continuously. Her wisdom, knowledge and commitment to the highest standards inspired and motivated me. She was always there to listen and gave advice. It has been privilege to work with her. Secondly, I want to thank Cemal Kafadar who is responsible for helping my acceptance to the Harvard University Center for Middle Eastern Studies as a research scholar. He also shared his vision and invaluable comments with me. I also wish to express my warm and sincere thanks to Beatrice Frobes Manz who volunteered to guide me in my studies in Boston. She listened to me with a warm patience, and encouraged me to work more effectively and productively with her comments. I would also like to thank my thesis committee: Yıldız Ecevit's theoretical discussions helped the consolidation of the theoretical basis of this study; Özer Ergenç showed me to approach the Ottoman history from a different perspective; Emine Gürsoy Naskali encouraged me to further study the oral sources of the Inner Asian societies; and Mustafa Soykut provided me with a wider perspective to view historical events. I am grateful to Elif Ekin Akşit-Vural for her help during this study for sharing her experience of the dissertation writing endeavor with me; her grammatical revision of the thesis; and for listening to my complaints and frustrations. Thank you Elif for everything. I would also like to thank Himmet Taşkömür, who helped me to read the Persian sources and provided me his unpublished translation on Hürrem Sultan's Vakfiyya in Palestine, İlker Evrim Binbaş who helped me with the bibliography and Selim Karahasanoğlu who read sections from my dissertation and encouraged me with his comments. I would like to thank Güçlü Tülüveli for he listened to me, helped me with sources, vii commented on my subject, and most important, he boosted my morale when I most needed it. I also want to thank Zeynel Doğan for his technical support and Özden Erdoğan for sharıng her sources generously wıth me, my friends Leyla Güzel, S. Buket Meydan, Belgin Alsancak, Sual Bora, Güner Coşkunsu, Tracy Smith, Martha and Tom Barret for all kinds of support. Last, but, not least, I would like to thank my family; my parents Mehmet Ali Dalkesen and Emine Dalkesen, my brothers Aydın and Orhan and my sisters Emine and İslim. Lastly and mostly I would like to thank the Turkish Academy of Sciences (TÜBA) which awarded me with a scholarship and supported my studies. viii TABLE OF CONTENTS PLAGIARISM…………………………………………………………………iii ABSTRACT…………………………………………………………………....iv ÖZ……………………………………………………………………………….v DEDICATION………………………………………………………………....vi ACKNOWLEDGEMENT……………………………………………………..vi TABLE OF CONTENTS………………………………………………………ix A NOTE ON TRANSLITERATION, TRANSLATIONS AND DATES…....xiv ABBREVIATIONS OF JOURNALS AND REFRENCE WORKS……..……xv CHAPTERS 1. INTRODUCTION…………………………………………………………....1 1.1 Contemporary Developments in Women’s Studies in General……....2 1.2 Basic Approaches to Muslim Women’s Studies in General………....7 1.2.1 Islam as Women’s Benefactor…………...……………………9 1.2.2 Pre-Islamic Traditions Evaluated in a Positive Light …...…..13 1.3 Studies Related to Women in Turkey and Central Asia.…………….16 1.4. From Women’s History to Gender History: Reflections on Muslim Women ……………………………………………………….20 1.4.1 Beyond the Dichotomy of pre- and after- Islam……………..21 1.4.2 Tribal and State Traditions as a Tool of Analysis……………23 1.4.2.1 Customary Law (yasa, töre) and Islamic Law Sharī‘a in Inner Asian Tribal and State Formations………...24 1.4.2.2 Gender Strategies in State Formations ………….......25 2. GENDER RELATIONS REGULATED BY CUSTOMARY LAW: AS REFLECTED THROUGH LEGENDS AND HISTORICAL RECORDS…………………………………………………………………….30 2.1 Definition ………………………………………..…………..……...32 2.1.1 Women in the Northerly Group………………..……………33 2.1.2 Women in the Southerly Group……………………………..35 ix 2.2 Gender Relations in a Historical Perspective ……………………….37 2.2.1 The “Northerly” Group as Reflected in Legends……...…….40 2.1.1 Hakas’ Altın Arığ Legend……………………………...41 2.1.2 Yakut’s Er-Sogotoh Legend…………………………..46 2.2.2 The First Group of Altai Legends……...……………………50 2.2.2.1 Maaday Kara Legend………………………………..53 2.2.2.2 Er-Samr and Ak Tayçı Legends……………………..54 2.2.2.3 Kökin Erkey Legend…………………………………56 2.2.3 The Second Group of Altai Legends………………………...56 2.2.3.1 Altay Buuçay Legend………………………………..57 2.3.3.2 Közüyke Legend……………………………………..59 2.3 The “Southerly” Group as Reflected in Historical Source ………....60 2.3.1 The Xiongnu (Huns)…………………………………...62 2.3.2 The Early Türk (Göktürks) ………………………........64 2.3.3 Uighurs ………………………………………………..69 2.4 Consolidation of Patrilineality through Supernatural Female Beings…………………………………………………………...70 2.5 Marriage Patterns …………………………………………………..76 2.5.1 Polygamy…………………………………………………….79 2.5.2 Exogamy, Bride Price, Bride Service and Dowry …………..82 2.5.3 Levirate and Widow Marriage………………………………86 2.5.4 Gender
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