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'''HL Rashida bint Yusuf''' is mostly known for archery, marshaling, and asking how she can help you.  She can also identify the insects in your encampment.
 
 
=Background and History=
 
 
==Historically Speaking==
 
 
In July 1492, the Jews were expelled from Spain, and like many, Joseph the Tailor and his pregnant wife Mira left the country rather than convert.  Also like many, they accepted the invitation from Sultan Bayezid II to settle in Ottoman lands and become citizens of the Ottoman Turkish empire.
 
 
Said Bayezid II, The Just, in comment to Spain on the Inquisition and subsequent flood of Jews immigrating to his lands, "You venture to call Ferdinand a wise ruler, he who has impoverished his own country and enriched mine!"  Indeed, Joseph and Mira found the Sephardic Jewish community in Istanbul welcoming, a place of learning and comparative religious freedom.  Still a bit distrustful, given their recent experiences in Spain, Joseph and Mira decided that their new daughter should be integrated into the local community and named her "Rashida bint Yusuf", Rashida, the daughter of Joseph, according to Turkish convention. 
 
 
Rashida spent most of her time in the 1520s working with her father as a tailor`s assistant.  As she made more and more deliveries to clients in the upper classes, she eventually found herself joining the ranks of Jewish women who were ''kiras'' to Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent.  A ''kira'' was a woman (usually Jewish, but also Greek or Albanian) who acted as personal merchants to the women of Suleiman’s harem, bringing them goods to buy from different markets.
 
 
On these many trips to the Old Palace and the New Palace (Topkapi), buying and selling wares, Rashida would occasionally come across discarded items she might not have found otherwise….
 
 
==A Little More Modern==
 
 
At some point, seeking greater freedom to travel, enamored with bow and armor scavenged from the streets, Rashida disguised herself and joined a caravan as a seamstress, seeking to explore a bigger world of possibilities.  She eventually found her way to the northern isles, where an archer of great renown saw her shooting anonymously in a skirmish.  He and his Lady took her under
 
their wing in their castle and estates. 
 
 
In these modern Middle Ages, Rashida is an Arcuarius-- a dependable target archer and a noted combat archer.  When she stands still, a cloud of children sometimes forms around her, awaiting the next youth activity.  When she`s on the move, and not doing archery or watching kids, she might be marshaling, dancing, beading, armoring, embroidering (sort of), being a waterbearer, or looking for a place to sit down.  She has also rediscovered a great love of group sing-a-longs. 
 
All knowledge is worth having, and Rashida loves nothing better than learning something new.
 
 
====Alternative History====
 
Occasionally, you can find Rashida shooting with the Chandler's Guild Militia of Gent under the name "Beatrix Iager".
 
 
 
=SCA Résumé=
 
 
 
===The Basics===
 
 
Resident of:
 
 
[[Dragon's Mist]] (April 2018 – present)
 
 
[[Wastekeep]] (May 2013 – March 2018), where I am a Yeoman of the Sergeantry
 
 
 
Arcuarius to HL Archos Ronan Mackay (Summer 2014 – Summer ’19)
 
 
Arcuarius to Viscount [[Tryggr Tyresson]] (Summer 2019 – present)
 
 
Marshaling student of Baron [[Drakkus Blackrogue]]
 
 
My enthusiastic Man-at-Arms: Beren Styrkarsson
 
 
Warband: Member of the Chandler’s Guild Militia of Gent
 
 
 
===Awards and Championship Titles===
 
[https://op.antirheralds.org/index.php?who=8859 Rashida's OP Entry]
 
 
 
 
===Offices===
 
Family Activities Coordinator, Wastekeep, Fall 2013 - Winter 2015
 
 
Baronial YAC Marshal, Wastekeep, Summer 2014 – January 2018
 
 
Inlands Regional Archery Marshal, Spring 2016 – March 2018
 
 
Baronial Archery Marshal, Wastekeep, August 2016 – January 2018
 
 
Deputy Inlands Regional YAC Marshal to HL Steinbjorn Tros, 2016 – March 2018
 
 
Youth Archery Marshal, Dragon’s Mist, September 2019 – present
 
 
Baronial Archery Marshal, Dragon’s Mist, October 2020 - present
 
 
 
===Event Stewardship===
 
Co-Event Steward of Wastekeep Springfest 2015
 
 
Co-Event Steward of Wastekeep Seargent`s Trials 2017 
 
 
Co-Event Steward of Wastekeep Yule 2017
 
 
 
===Marshal Authorizations===
 
Search for Rashida at the [https://antirlists.org/auth/index.php?function=show_static_page&id_static_page=1 An Tir Lists Database]
 
 
'''Other:''' I have a current SCA Background Check.
 
 
 
===YAC MIC Events===
 
Wastekeep Springfest 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017
 
 
Wastekeep Baron`s Ball 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017
 
 
Vulkanfeldt Baroness War/ Hoping Phules (Vulkanfeldt) 2016, 2017
 
 
Akornebir Newcomers’ Event 2017
 
 
An Tir May Crown, 2017
 
 
 
===Target archery MIC Events===
 
Wastekeep Baron’s Ball 2016, 2017
 
 
Akornebir Newcomers’ Event 2017
 
 
Wastekeep Springfest 2017
 
 
Tri-Batt Missile Tournament and Dragon’s Mist Martial Championship 2019
 
 
Dragon's Mist Boar’s Head 2019
 
 
 
Rashida has also sponsored archery shoots at a number of events.
 
 
 
===Missile Combat MIC Events===
 
Mountain's Edge Acorn War 2018, 2019
 
 
 
===Publications and Classes Taught===
 
Rashida's articles about archery basics may be found in the following issues of the [https://dragonsmist.antir.sca.org/dragon-tongue-archive/ Dragon's Tongue]: November 2018, July 2019, February 2020, November 2020
 
 
“All About Bows”, Youth Archery class taught at Carnivale di Venezia, Dragon’s Mist 2020
 
 
 
===Special Activities===
 
Official Minion to the Event Steward, An Tir May Crown 2014 and 2016
 
 
Lady in Waiting to HG [[Dagrun Stjarna]] July 2014- January 2015
 
 
Renew and improve Wastekeep YAC loaner gear, 2016
 
 
Queen’s Guard to HG [[Dagrun Stjarna]] January- July 2017
 
 
Woodburned blasted tree design into wooden awl; Wastekeep Baronial Awl for waterbearers, Springfest 2017
 
 
 
===Pretty Neat===
 
2nd place finish at An Tir Kingdom Protector competition 2016
 
 
 
 
[[Category:People]] [[Category:16th Century Personas]] [[Category:Ottoman Personas]] [[Category:Arcuarius]] [[Category:Jewish Personas]]
 

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