Black Eunuchs of the Ottoman Empire
Subtitle: Networks of Power in the Court of the Sultan
Publisher: I. B. Tauris & Company, Limited
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 352
ISBN-13: 9781784531546
Subjects: Eunuchs; Slaves; Slavery; Turkey, history, ottoman empire, 1288-1918
Description: "The Chief Black Eunuch, appointed personally by the Sultan, had both the ear of the leader of a vast Islamic Empire and held power over a network of spies and informers, including eunuchs and slaves throughout Constantinople and beyond. The story of these remarkable individuals, who rose from difficult beginnings to become amongst the most powerful people in the Ottoman Empire, is rarely told. George Junne places their stories in the context of the wider history of African slavery, and places them at the centre of Ottoman history. The Black Eunuchs of the Ottoman Empire marks a new direction in the study of courtly politics and power in Constantinople."--Bloomsbury Publishing.