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Baciyani-Rum
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Azerbaijani
Etymology
az trk-oat bâciyân-ı Rûm. Literally, 'Sisters of Sultanate of Rum Rum'.
Proper noun
az proper noun uncountable
az historical a Turkoman (ethnonym) Turkoman female Sufi guild and a female militia organization in the Seljuk Sultanate of Rum, the Ahis Ahi Brotherhood, or the Ahi Republic, and in the Anatolian beyliks Anatolian Turkic beyliks; allegedly created by Ahi Evran Ahi Evran, an Azerbaijan (Iran) Azerbaijani Turkic Sufi saint from Khoy Khoy, and by his wife Fatima.
az Qadınları әxiliyә qәbul etmәyәn Ə.E. onların da tәşkilatlanmasından ötrü Fatimә vasitәsilә “Baciyani-Rum” (Anadolu bacıları) tәşkilatını yaratmışdı. ƏXİ EVRƏN Azərbaycan Milli Ensiklopediyası http://ensiklopediya.gov.az/az/terms/17964/cild/20 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. Baku 20 https://web.archive.org/web/20250502193624/http://ensiklopediya.gov.az/az/terms/17964/cild/20 2 May 2025
Further reading
Bertrandon de La Broquière La Voyage d'outremer Paris 1892 118 https://archive.org/details/levoyagedoutreme00labruoft/page/118/