Cariye

A cariye or imperial concubine.

Cariye was the name given to enslaved women concubines in the Islamic world of the Middle East.[1] They were especially known from the Ottoman Empire, where this title existed until the mid-19th century.

  1. Junius P. Rodriguez: Slavery in the Modern World: A History of Political, Social, and Economic

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