Рет қаралды 113,121
The source of concubines in the Ottoman harem were slave markets. Beautiful girls were supplied to them by pirates, bandits and merchants. Children were abducted from their families as a result of raids and wars. But, even in peacetime, a teenage girl could become a slave, and, at the own will of her parents.
The parents of Circassian girls who had serious financial problems could sell their daughters into captivity to traders with their own hands. The most important excuse for this offense was that the daughter would definitely be bought by some rich man who owns a palace. This means a bright future for their daughter, as well as financial comfort for parents and the whole family.
The traveler Gordon described the Circassian drama as follows:
"The Circassians personally sold their children to slave markets in order to receive income from such a transaction."
You will be surprised to learn that since the 18th century, cosmetics under the Circassian beauty brand have been produced in Europe. The cosmetics line was still under the brand "Circassian beauty". And medieval marketers used such methods of promotion, as they called their cosmetics: "it is made on the basis of components used by Circassian women."
But, this is one side of the coin. The other one is not so rosy and beautiful. It concerns the emotional drama that the concubines themselves experienced, torn away from their family, and torn from their usual way of life, forced to spend the rest of their days on the territory of a foreign state in the sultan's harem.
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