Tag Archives: Evliya Effendi

drinking on the job

Posted on May 21, 2012 by Dave

Drinking, and fighting in heavy armor, high speed horse chases, bowstring accuracy, and axe-swinging don’t apparently mix well together. The Battle of Nicopolis was the last great battle of the Crusades; and with it also marked the beginning of the … Continue reading →

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no naughty bits

Posted on May 21, 2012 by Dave

The life of a eunuch. Its from a bygone era, but one not form a so-distant past. In Ottoman Turkey, the eunuch, both white and black enjoyed a certain status of the social scale, and those scales seemed to be … Continue reading →

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caucasian cream of the crop

Posted on May 20, 2012 by Dave

In selecting a concubine, a Sultan held a regular weekly levee at which the virgins of the harem were brought in for his inspection; he dropped a hankerchief at the feet of the one who pleased him most, indicating she … Continue reading →

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a happy home

Posted on May 20, 2012 by Dave

The inner and residential part of the Seraglio was called the House of Happiness. It was hard to imagine who was happy there. Certainly not the fifteen hundred women of the harem. For most of them life was like that … Continue reading →

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dinner is served: lonely at the top in the HMS Sultan

Posted on May 20, 2012 by Dave

The social life in the Grand Seraglio was not all it had been cracked up to be. The power exercised there by the Sultan was absolute to be sure. But did it bring bliss? … When the Sultan got back … Continue reading →

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wild and wooly: oh effendi!

Posted on May 18, 2012 by Dave

the Turks. The young turks,the old turks, they were all wild; from the quiet tranquility of the garden to the live action slicing and dicing of the human body, there was rarely a dull moment in the Ottoman Turkish empire. … Continue reading →