Meaning of Baciyani-Rum | Babel Free

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a Turkoman female Sufi guild and a female militia organization in the Seljuk Sultanate of Rum, the Ahi Brotherhood, or the Ahi Republic, and in the Anatolian Turkic beyliks; allegedly created by Ahi Evran, an Azerbaijani Turkic Sufi saint from Khoy, and by his wife Fatima.

historical, uncountable

Examples

“Qadınları әxiliyә qәbul etmәyәn Ə.E. onların da tәşkilatlanmasından ötrü Fatimә vasitәsilә “Baciyani-Rum” (Anadolu bacıları) tәşkilatını yaratmışdı.”

Ahi Evran, who did not include women in the Ahi Brotherhood, established the Baciyan-i Rum ("Sisters of Rum") through Fatima to enable them to organize as well.

CEFR level