Ottoman sex-slave trade

Sun Jan 15, 2012 4:09 pm » by **Abdul14**

Slavery was an important part of the Ottoman society but Because Islamic law forbade Muslims to enslave fellow Muslims, the concubines were generally purchased slaves or war booty of Christian origin
Slaves were traded in special market-places called "Esir" or "Yesir".
The three main races of girls who were sold as sex slaves in the Ottoman Empire were Circassian, Syrian, and Nubian. Circassian girls were described as fair, light skinned and were frequently sent by the Circassian leaders as gifts to the Ottomans. They were the most expensive reaching up to 500 Pound sterling and the most popular with the Turks. Second in popularity were Syrian girls, with "dark eyes and hair", and light brown skin. Their price could reach to thirty pounds sterling. They were described as having "good figures when young". Throughout coastal regions in Anatolia Syrian girls were sold. Nubian girls were the cheapest and least popular, fetching up to 20 pounds sterling. Throughout the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries female slavery was not only central to Ottoman practice, but a critical component of imperial governance and elite social reproduction. Dhimmi boys taken in the devşirme could also become subjects of sexual slavery in places like bathhouses (hammam) and coffeehouses, becoming tellak, köçek or sāqī for as long as they were young and beardless.

Slavery in the Ottoman Empire

Tue Jan 17, 2012 8:03 pm » by **Illuminated**

great historical post :flop:

Tue Jan 17, 2012 8:05 pm » by **Domdabears**

LOL wasn't that otoel's old user name?

Tue Jan 17, 2012 8:19 pm » by **Kinninigan**

Slavery is still going on, even around here. Any dis-info troll is a "slave" to NWO propaganda.

Here is your paycheck paid by the tax payers you will discredit!