Ottoman imperial harem

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upright=1.2|thumb|The apartments of the Crown Prince in the Topkapı Palace, which was also called kafes The Kafes (, from ), literally "cage", was the part of the Imperial Harem of the Ottoman Palace where possible successors to the throne were kept under a form of house-arrest and constant surveillance by the palace guards.

Ottoman imperial harem

thumb|A hall in the Seraglio (Topkapı Palace), [[Istanbul]] thumb|Sultan Selim III holding an audience in front of the Gate of Felicity, by [[Konstantin Kapıdağlı, Topkapı Palace]] right|thumb|Ottoman officers in front of the Al-Karak Saray in 1910, following the [[Karak revolt.]]

head of the aghas who guarded the Ottoman imperial harem

thumb|upright=1.1| A cariye or imperial concubine.

Ottoman imperial title

Kalfa (Turkish for 'apprentice, assistant master') was a general term in the Ottoman Empire for the women attendants and supervisors in service in the imperial palace.

Circus attraction based on the trope of the fairness of Circassian women.

Strongilah (died 1548) was a Jewish Ottoman businesswoman. She was the influential favorite and Kira of Hafsa Sultan, and possibly of Hürrem Sultan.

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title in the Ottoman court