Private World of Ottoman Women (Saqi Essentials) by Godfrey Goodwin

Author:Godfrey Goodwin [Goodwin, Godfrey]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
ISBN: 9780863567766
Publisher: Saqi
Published: 2013-01-02T04:30:00+00:00

from a friend saying that the great sultan [the very far from great Mehmet IV] had publicaly [sic] entered Constantinople in unusual pomp together with his mother [Turhan Valide] and the Grand Vizier. And as the great man is now trying to keep his head he has demanded the head of his brother [the future Süleyman II], but since his mother is very protective of him no one knows how it will turn out. Two days after the said great lord entered Constantinople he forbade any woman to be seen on the streets any more and one afternoon, sitting in his Seraglio by the sea-side he saw sailing by some vessels with women, which ran aground. He had the poor women drowned. If things go on like this one wonders what is coming next …34

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