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SECRETS OF THE HAREM; A new TV series tells the story of the most ruthless concubine in history, a scheming seductress who slept her way to power. But did she cause the fall of an empire?
The Daily Mail (London, England)
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October 28, 2003
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Byline: DAVID LEAFE
THE TERRIFIED locals fled in fear as the slave-master and his gang marched purposefully through the Ukrainian countryside. The year was 1520, and these men were hunting for new women to imprison in the harem of Suleyman the Magnificent, Sultan of the vast Ottoman Empire which stretched from Budapest to Baghdad.
The Ukraine was a rich hunting ground, full of the type of women the Sultan favoured: pale skinned, with a delicate bone structure, cherry-red lips and dark hair. A belly slightly bulging like a quince - seen as a sign of fecundity - was an ...
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