, 1876-10-08
THE TURKISH HAREM,


after certain number Of years Of servitrde
some snjtah1e husband is fonnd FIR them. n
ho,,sa s,auas 49, n,o,+h,r a,1,,,ranoa ha;,,.-
Aou7 sA1.' ~. 1u1 ot o'toa ,'". .'5 =.
provided. II thus becomes the interest OF the
calphas to please their master or mistress, with
view tn esnecial fayor In the matter of an ,1]ti
mate provision. This sometimes leads to ipius-
fire m the mart Of the canhas toward the slaves
l,ave freo1,ent temntation3 to throw the blame Of
their own shortcomfnps m these yonnper girls
T' sa,v manv % ;netancea If tho Tic m;stress ;s
carcfni tn observe n certain consideration
toward thu ca1nhaa and toward the s1aves nf
others. Thus. she would carefully abstain from
astin@ ~ the b1s.na;se ffira. .woman1 div he.
lon1i5r To the c1iboucnu;ee fnine-bearer1. Nor
,vn;id sha asr for her sf;1nara from The Slave of
n visitor starinp n her hn1se' n The same wav
The donphter wnnid not eTnect services as .
alfhonrh she mirht ask them az a favor if none
of her own attcndants were within sicht. I
have Known the Khonnm Effendi nnw;liinr tn
trouble her daughter's slaves for a CUB Of
water. althoueh thirsty and it was hot summer
weather Il viii thns hc seen that there is
certain amo,,nt ri etinnettc in the harem. and 7
sonn fonnd that in the matter Of deror1,m the
ohserv.ncea 1rare verv strict The Pasha
conld mt walk across- his own harem
without the attendance Of cunuch
imnortance in his canacitv of guard to the sane
t;tr IT the womenl nrecea;ng his master A. his
MASTER 3 for The lime heinz. crvlne, ont at each
sten. q Dcssturt desstnr} Fash1 Effcndf phel-
A. which those women Who were not the actua{
nronerty ri The Pasha. beinr bought with bis
Emonev and fed with his bread-all tRe slaves OF
his wives or dauphters. or those OF the slave
mothers or of Vjsitors.-,Yould run and hide
themselves behind curtains, or in wardrobes, or
in side rooms: but Won would sec them peeping
ont with wondering fnces as the household god
passed alung-perraps to visit the apartment OF
one Of his SILK children. Strictly speaking, the
harem is that part OF the house given up to the uu-
Pasha's own twenty or thirty slaves CHANGED
tn he in anv of The anartments he had tn cross
in thus trayersinp the harem. her duty would
hc to stand still with folded hands Iii he was
out Of sight, as It would be considered bad man
ners IN her mart tn continue in his nresence any
occnnation in which She was ENGAGED, though
her inrd and master would risncra]lv walk
straight On. without 80 much al honorinr her
with 4 nod The Pasha actually owns but one
room within the harem, and this be enters by d
anart1nents. None hut his own slaves have the
nririlege Of waiting on aim here no others ap-
proach even the corridor leading to it. Accord
iur TO Turkish law the children OF slave mothers
proportionate share in bis fortune with the
Children Of his wives. The slave mothers
occuuv in the harem a recognized and re-
spccted position, which is, however, always
subordinate to that of the wives, in whose
presence they stand with folded hands: The
her child, Her title is Dou.,,aool Ben {mothcr Of q
how or Oon.u1oJ Khauuna fmother Of a laugh-
ter). In the case Of the Imperial household. as
the Sultan is of too exalted rank ever to con-
giving of marrage-pledges, he has no wives, but
lis chief fayorites are called kaden lady), and
take nrecedence rs first. second. third, fourth
fifth, sixth, seventh lady It is a great mistake
to suppose sultana to be the tnif OF Sultan:
such person does not exist SuHaaa is a title
beIoneinr to an Imnerial Princess in right of
her birth. The mothers Of the Sultan's children
arc thus virtually all slave mothers. Tal-
ide .S0,l,an is. the distinctive title used in
speaking Of the mother Of the Padisnah or t the the
Sultanas. There are in reality four words
yu{ide, oo1nn,ool, ,u,,o, aua-cxpressinc "rnotl,-
cr,, and the shades OF difference in meaning
show how decidedly a Turkish woman's grade
is applied even to animals. but nina is the ordi.
uary appe1lation. and used by child to its own
narsnt Great veneration h shown The Sood-
T;ua (milk-mothcr) or foste-mother. B,svuk
Enauunn Viua fgreat lady mother). Ortauii
Khanun. Mind {rnidule lady mother), Kitchuck
snectful titles giyen bY i child in sneaiing Of
its fathers first. second. ar third wife. nnd
Ehnnmna Nina jlady mother} usually when
addressing the mother directly: The
wives ~ Posho as T ea;d Enro san-
arote sn;tes of APARTMENTS. or i've IN fonsas
communicating with each other. and exchange
ceremnnIous Visits nerhans two or three times n
each other kadesch SISTER. and between the
whifs Of their chibouques retail the incidents Of
the VISITS tney nave paio ahc received. On
t1,an nnce v,s nrese ets at s fqnu t1te r
union. It was one Of the most curious scenes I
have ever witnessed There was dinner given,
the ceremony about which consisted in the