You could buy seven women slaves for 1,000 to 2,000 kurush. One horse cost 5,000.
Lavishly illustrated, which initially led me to regard this book with some suspicion, but in the end lots of interesting information of harem life and history. That the author has a family history that reaches back to the seraglio and that she has included a photo of her great-uncle with his odalisque is convincing in…
Read more You could buy seven women slaves for 1,000 to 2,000 kurush. One horse cost 5,000.
