Cariye

A cariye or imperial concubine.

Cariye (Arabic: جارية, "Jariya") was a title and term used for category of enslaved women concubines in the Islamic world of the Middle East.[1] They are particularly known in history from the era of the Ottoman Empire, where they legally existed until the mid-19th century.


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