ACADEMY OF SAINT GABRIEL REPORT 2097
http://www.s-gabriel.org/2097
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26 Jun 2000
From:  (Josh Mittleman)


Greetings from the Academy of Saint Gabriel!

You asked for help choosing a period Turkish name.  In particular, you
asked how Turkish women's names were constructed, to what extent they
incorporated Arabic elements into them, and whether the modern Turkish
given name <Katife> was used in period.  Unfortunately, we cannot answer
any of these questions: We do not have enough information about period
Turkish naming.  You also asked if we knew anything about period Persian
names.  We do not.

As we noted earlier, we have offered previous clients some limited
information on Turkish names.  We provided a short list of period women's
names from medieval Turkish sources in this report

  http://www.panix.com/~gabriel/public-bin/showfinal.cgi?1907

and a list of books that might be useful in further research in this one

  http://www.panix.com/~gabriel/public-bin/showfinal.cgi?357

Both the Turks and the Persians adopted Islam long before the end of our
period, and many Arabic names came into use in both cultures; so the best
suggestion we can make for choosing an authentic name is to pick a typical
Arabic name and hope that it is appropriate.


We hope this letter has been useful.  Please write us again if any part of
it has been unclear or if you have other questions.  I was assisted in
researching and writing this letter by Antonio Miguel Santos de Borja,
Talan Gwynek, Sion Andreas, and Da'ud ibn Auda.

For the Academy,


  Arval Benicoeur
  26 Jun 2000