From Muhammed to Burj Khalifa: A Crash Course in 2,000 Years of Middle East History by Michael Rank

Author:Michael Rank [Rank, Michael]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Five Minute Books
Published: 2013-12-09T05:00:00+00:00

By the 17th and 18th centuries they influenced state administration and palace bureaucracy because of their access to the sultan and his family. The leader of the harem, the Chief Black Eunuch, was sometimes considered the third-most powerful man in the empire, behind only the sultan and the Grand Vizier. The high-ranking women in the harem were equally powerful, as they had as much informal influence on imperial matters as the eunuchs. All of these figures gained their position through aggressive political jockeying. An impressionable, intelligent young girl like Kösem learned much in this environment, which was as cutthroat as a Wall Street investment firm.

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