ARŞİV BELGELERİNDE PEŞKİR VE PEŞKİR TÜRLERİ

Towels, a product of a forgotten hand craftsmanship, was an indispensable element of everyday life in Ottoman culture. As one of the most common items in use, towels provide information about the cultural characteristics of people, such as the habits of the people, the etiquette of the times. In this study, the meaning expressed by the "peşkir" word defined in dictionaries and travelogue type sources has been tried to be redefined with the archival documents. In this study, peşkir/towels are examined in the houses of 18th century Istanbul high-ranking state officials according to the Muhallefat Defters in the Ottoman Archives of the Turkish Prime Ministry. Confiscation of the property and registering the goods in the sealed houses by the officers enabling us to reach important information like detailed presentation of places and their furnishing. Thus, through the detailed records, it was tried to reveal which areas of the textile products that the upper class people have, the types of the towels, areas they are used and their values is explained.