History of harems

[muqawwee123]

Re: History of harems

@calypsodc

So my speculation is that when Iranians converted to Islam, they brought this practice with them and slowly it became a part of the muslim religion and culture and spread to other Islamic regions like Turkey and the Ottomans.

I think Arab society of Hijaz was nomadic and couldn’t afford keeping big harems like in agrarian societies. Its the Muslim invasions of other parts of the world that lead to this concept