The Imperial Harem (Ottoman Turkish: حرم همايون, romanized: Harem-i Hümâyûn) of the Ottoman Empire was the Ottoman sultan's harem – composed of the wives...

of Valide Sultans List of Ottoman Sultans Peirce, Leslie P (1993). The Imperial Harem: Women and Sovereignty in the Ottoman Empire. New York: Oxford University...

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early 20th century. A member of the Ottoman slave class, called a kul in Turkish, could achieve high status. Eunuch harem guards and janissaries are some...

who guarded the Ottoman Imperial Harem in Constantinople. Established in 1574, the post ranked among the most important in the Ottoman Empire until the...

system existed in the Ottoman Empire far into the 19th century and is most famous within the Ottoman Imperial Harem of the Ottoman court. It has often been...

court ladies in the household of the Ottoman sultan. In western European usage, the term came to mean the harem concubine, and refers to the eroticized...

are accessible to the public as of 2020[update], including the Ottoman Imperial Harem and the treasury, called hazine where the Spoonmaker's Diamond and...

concurrence of two significant events: the end of Ottoman expansion, and the absorption of the Ottoman Imperial Harem into the palace proper. During the reign...

administrative/supervisory officers of the harem. The titles usta and kalfa belong to the terminology of Ottoman guild organization and other hierarchically-organized...

significant political influence as a class in Persia. Abbasid harem Qajar harem Ottoman Imperial Harem Sussan Babaie, Kathryn Babayan, Ina Baghdiantz-MacCabe...

also Christians), who acted as agents for the women of the Ottoman sultan's Imperial Harem. The method of using non-Muslim women as intermediaries between...

The Kafes (Ottoman Turkish: قفس, romanized: kafes, from Arabic: قفص), literally "cage", was the part of the Imperial Harem of the Ottoman Palace where...

The Ottoman dynasty (Turkish: Osmanlı Hanedanı) consisted of the members of the imperial House of Osman (Ottoman Turkish: خاندان آل عثمان, romanized: Ḫānedān-ı...

During the Ottoman Empire and Persian Safavid and Qajar dynasties, Circassian women living as slaves in the Sultan's Imperial Harem and Shah's harems started...

surviving male member of the Ottoman dynasty, Ibrahim was encouraged by his mother Kösem Sultan to distract himself with harem girls and soon fathered three...

The harem was under the administration of the eunuchs, of which there were two categories, black and white eunuchs. An important figure in the Ottoman court...

Ikbal (Ottoman Turkish: اقبال) was the title given to the imperial consort of the sultan of the Ottoman Empire, who came below the rank of kadın. The word ikbal (اقبال)...

taken via the Crimean slave trade to Istanbul, the Ottoman capital. She entered the Imperial Harem where her name was changed to Hürrem, rose through...

context of the Ottoman Empire, however, the word 'harem' is inextricably linked to the Imperial Harem, where female members of the Ottoman court spent a...

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normally not allowed to visit the harem, but Jewish tradeswomen were allowed in to sell their wares, such as clothes, to the harem inhabitants. The Khivan slave...

khedives being the Egyptian viceroys of the Ottoman sultans. Similar to the Ottoman Imperial harem, the harem of the khedive was modelled on a system of...

royal harem of Zanzibar were similar to most royal harems at the time. Enslaved eunuchs were employed to guard and manage the affairs of the harem, while...

renowned ruler of the Ottoman Empire. As his power and influence spread and grew, it impacted him and those within the imperial household: his friend...

holding a bottle and glass. harem concubine of Naser al-Din Shah Qajar. Abbasid harem Safavid harem Ottoman Imperial Harem Golestan Palace Slavery in Iran...

head of the House of Osman is Harun Osman. The Harem was one of the most important powers of the Ottoman court. It was ruled by the Valide sultan (Sultana...

focusing more on relatively privileged slaves in the Ottoman Imperial Harem. However, descriptions of Ottoman times do mention slaves owned by commoners in contemporary...

manumission altogether. Slavery in the Ottoman Empire gradually became less central to the functions of Ottoman society throughout the late 19th and early...

eunuchs. The harem system was fairly the same during the Ottoman Empire, with only minor changes in the model of the Imperial Harem. Harem#Umayyad and...