Seraglio


 
 
Seraglio

A seraglio is the sequestered living quarters used by wives and concubines in a Turkish Muslim household, from an Italian variant of Turkish saray, meaning 'palace, enclosed courts'. Topkapi Palace (Topkapı Sarayı) is the main Ottoman palace in Istanbul, now a museum. A caravanserai, an alternate westernization of saray, is an inn or rest stop for caravans. The word has a Persian origin and comes from Persian سرای sar?y.

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It is related to harem, and therefore in the heated European Orientalism imagination a place of dalliance, debauchery and odalisques. The term can also refer to any traditional Turkish palaces and grand houses built around courtyards.

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Wives: REDIRECT Wife...

Concubine: REDIRECT Concubinage...

Turkish: redirect Turk...


Seraglio related Images and Photos (experimental)

The Toilet in the Seraglio
The Toilet in the Seraglio
The Grand Lord  in His Seraglio with the Kislar Agassi  18th Century
The Grand Lord in His Seraglio with the Kislar Agassi 18th Century
Constantinople Under Turkish Rule  The Seraglio Palace in the Foreground the Golden Horn
Constantinople Under Turkish Rule The Seraglio Palace in the Foreground the Golden Horn
A Sultan with a Horse and a Page in the Second Court of the Seraglio
A Sultan with a Horse and a Page in the Second Court of the Seraglio
Osman I Founder of the Ottoman Empire in the Year 1300  from an Original Picture in the Seraglio
Osman I Founder of the Ottoman Empire in the Year 1300 from an Original Picture in the Seraglio

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Introduction
 
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Persian (1) - Caravanserai (1) - Istanbul (1) - Odalisque (1) - Orientalism (1) - Harem (1) - Ottoman (1) - Turkish (1) - Concubine (1) - Wives (1) - Topkapi Palace (1) - Italian (1) - Muslim (1) -
 

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