Abstract:

During the Classical period, Üsküdar was much more populated and active in economic, social, political, religious and ethnic terms than the Anatolian settlements of the classical period, due to its proximity to the Ottoman capital and its strategic location connecting Asia and Europe. This region, which has been located on migration routes due to its political past and is sometimes a stopover point and sometimes a settlement for ethnic groups due to its social characteristics, has also come to the fore with its trade. Thanks to the presence of goods on the transit route from Europe to Asia and then to Anatolia, cultural, political and economic interactions have gained great dynamism. Wealthy women from Üsküdar also engaged in trade. For this reason, they sometimes applied to Üsküdar courts to collect their debts to the foundations, their debts from the foundations, and sometimes to collect their receivables from their mothers, siblings, spouses, close relatives, or from the dhimmis with whom they did business and business. Not only women who were engaged in trade, but also those who were not engaged in trade, came to the court to demand receivables. The main factors in debtor lawsuits are the fact that if people reclaim any commodity that they have entrusted to another, the person to whom the commodity was entrusted does not want to be delivered to them again, and the fact that it has been sold over time has made women plaintiffs. Likewise, hostage issues are among the reasons that bring women to court for different reasons. Üsküdar sharia registry was consulted to obtain and examine all this information.

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