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Inside the Seraglio takes us behind the doors of Topkapi Sarayi and the other palaces of the Ottoman sultans who for more than six centuries ruled one of the world's most powerful empires. The heart of the palace was the Harem, the women's quarters, ruled by the Valide, or Queen Mother.
Described here and illustrated throughout with images of this sequestered court, is the history and life of this remarkable palace in all its colour and opulence, and the story of its influence on a great empire.
Inside the Seraglio Private Lives of the Sultans in Istanbul
by Freely, JohnFormat: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2001-07-01
Publisher(s): Penguin Books
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Table of Contents
| Picture Acknowledgements | |
| Maps | |
| Preface | |
| Turkish Spelling and Pronunciation | |
| The House of Osman | p. 1 |
| Mehmet the Conqueror | p. 14 |
| The House of Felicity | p. 32 |
| Suleyman the Magnificent | p. 50 |
| Sultanate of Women | p. 70 |
| An Organ for the Sultan | p. 91 |
| Regicide | p. 106 |
| The Procession of the Guilds | p. 122 |
| Three Mad Sultans | p. 140 |
| The Hunter Caged | p. 156 |
| A Cage for Princes | p. 174 |
| Tulip Time | p. 188 |
| Murder in the Music Room | p. 210 |
| The Auspicious Event | p. 231 |
| On the Shores of the Bosphorus | p. 247 |
| The Year of the Three Sultans | p. 266 |
| Imprisoned Sultans | p. 283 |
| The Fall of the House of Osman | p. 302 |
| The Gathering Place of the Jinns | p. 323 |
| Glossary | p. 331 |
| Ottoman Sultans (The House of Osman) | p. 335 |
| Genealogy of the Sultans | p. 336 |
| Mothers of the Sultans | p. 337 |
| Bibliography | p. 339 |
| Index | p. 349 |
| Table of Contents provided by Blackwell. All Rights Reserved. |
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