(OTTOMAN) WOMEN’S HISTORY MEME | 5 harem servants: Nevzad Kalfa (then Hanım) In earlier days t
(OTTOMAN) WOMEN’S HISTORY MEME | 5 harem servants: Nevzad Kalfa (then Hanım) In earlier days this lady had served in the entourage of my student princesses and had taken the same classes and training as they, but then she was one of the kalfas who went over to Sultan Vahideddin’s palace. A short while later she entered the ranks of the Sultan’s ladies. – Safiye Ünüvar, Saray Hatiralarim -- source link
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