Rayhana’s Repositorium
Rayhana bint Estafanos al-Abbas is a 16th-century Ottoman persona in the Kingdom of Caid. This site holds her Arts & Sciences documentation, handouts from the classes she teaches, and research on Ottoman dress, cooking, and performance. It also has browser tools for drafting patterns and running events. The focus is pre-1600.
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Arts & Sciences
Documented projects, class handouts, and research on Ottoman dress, cooking, and performance.
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Tools
Pattern generators and event calculators. Everything runs in your browser.
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Pattern generators
Enter your own measurements and get a to-scale cutting diagram with every dimension marked. Nothing you type is saved or sent anywhere.
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Şalvar Pattern Generator
Enter your measurements and get a to-scale cutting diagram for Turkish pants, with every dimension marked.
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Kaftan Pattern Generator
Draft every piece of an Ottoman kaftan to scale — body panels, front and side gores, gussets, and three sleeve styles.
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Ottoman Spiced Şerbat
A spiced pomegranate şerbet syrup built from a 13th-century Andalusian recipe and 16th-century eyewitness accounts of what Ottomans were actually drinking.
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Ottoman Costuming Basics
A layer-by-layer introduction to 16th-century Ottoman garb for men and women, with fabric guidance and recreation notes.
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Guide to Making Turkish Pants (Şalvar)
Pattern drafting and construction for şalvar, the essential Ottoman lower layer, using rectangular construction.
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Accessible A&S: A Parent's Guide to Youth Pentathlon
How I helped my third-grader enter and win the full Caid Pentathlon — a practical guide to supporting young artisans through big A&S projects, with a kid-friendly documentation template.
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Halloum with Tatbila
Home-made halloumi cheese aged two months, finished with a 14th-century seasoned paste of garlic, lime, walnuts, and herbs from al-Warraq.
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Karagöz & Hacivat Play
An original shadow play in the Ottoman Karagöz tradition — hand-painted goat skin puppets, a backlit screen, and a script that sends Karagöz volunteering at Great Western War.