Seraglio
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A seraglio, serail, seray or saray is a castle, palace or government building which was considered to have particular administrative importance in various parts of the former Ottoman Empire.
A hall in the Seraglio (Topkapı Palace), Istanbul
Sultan Selim III holding an audience in front of the Gate of Felicity, by Konstantin Kapıdağlı, Topkapı Palace
Ottoman officers in front of the Al-Karak Saray in 1910, following the Karak revolt.
Tiled room inside the harem, Topkapı Palace
Harem
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A harem or harim is a domestic space that is reserved for the women of the house, especially in a Muslim family. A harem may house a man's wife or wives, their pre-pubescent male sons, unmarried daugh
Seraglio
…commonly known as "The Seraglio harem") grew in prominence and fame, the term saray/serail/seraglio began to also be commonly used as a synonym of harem, the sequestered living quarters used by wives and concubines in an Ottoman household. Besides the Topkapı Palace ("The Seraglio"), the most famous…
Ladies of Kabul (1848 lithograph, by James Rattray) showing unveiling in zenana areas.
New entrant to a prince's harem. Jaipur, late 18 century, National Museum, New Delhi
Khosrow and Shirin (Bukhara, 1648)
Jahangi seer and Prince Khurram with Nur Jahan, c. 1624. This scene is probably set in the Aram Bagh garden, which the empress Nur Jahan, a great patron of gardens, had re-modeled in 1621.