History of harems

[muqawwee123]

Re: History of harems

@khattichic

The true meaning of “harems” actually meant the sphere of women enclosed in the household forbidden to men. Once these rulers started adding concubines and such to their *zenanas *the western concept of harems being all about dancing girls and such took off.

When you start reading about the Mughal Empire, and the inner hierarchies of the zenanas, it’s quite interesting! The power plays and political alliances that took place in these harems are no less than the actual empires!

Interesting. They refer this zenana politics as Mehlati saazishen in Urdu literature