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Tag Archives: Ahmed I and Mustafa
royal etiquette: eye of the Sultan
His Majesty’s seamy service.Throne Room Without and Within. Modern Turkish history contains much to be proud of, but it was preceded by a long and unbroken seamy past of plots hatched and destinies decided within the walls of the Grand … Continue reading
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Tagged Ahmed I and Mustafa, Anton Hickel, Charles II England, Grand Seraglio Istanbul, Jean Leon Gerome, Jean Leon Gerome Ferris, Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, Lord Baltimore, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Murad III Sultan, Mustafa the cage, Selim III sultan
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who’s the fairest sultan of all
The Grand Seraglio. As opposed to Seraglio Minor. Yes that Grand Seraglio with the violence, the death and the sex fueled only the passion thatsix thousand concubines can command and the wayward restlessness of the Janissary guards. Frontier justice and … Continue reading
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Tagged Ahmed I and Mustafa, Grand Seraglio, Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, Lord Baltimore, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Michel Baudier, Mustafa the cage, Ottaviano Bon, Radu the Handsome, Sultan Ahmed I, sultan murad IV, Sultan Osman
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