Sixteenth-Century Turkish Titles and Bynames

Title or Byname

Meaning

Example

Baghdadi from Baghdad Baghdadi Mercan
Beg provincial governor Çavus, Heyreddin Beg
BostancI official gardener of the Sultan BostancI Yusuf bin Abdullah
Çavus, sergeant, guard, officer Çavus, Heyreddin Beg
ilyas Çavus,
Etci butcher Etci Mehmed
HacI Hadji, pilgrim El-Haci KasIm
HacI Ali bin Mustafa
Hatun Lady, Ms. (feminine) Emine Hatun bint Mehmed
Hâkim ruler, judge, physician Hâkim Sinan Yahudi
Halife Caliph Suleiman Halife
Hoca teacher; hodja, Muslim teacher Hoca Mehmed
Kara black; unlucky, gloomy Kara Mustafa
Mevlana mawlana, teacher, religious teacher Mevlana Mustafa bin Yusuf
Saatçi watchmaker; seller of watches Saatçi Yani bin Demurcu
Yahudi Jewish, Jew Hâkim Sinan Yahudi


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