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cariye
Sign in to savethumb|upright=1.1| A cariye or imperial concubine.
Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- concubine
- Country
- Near East
- Image
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- Said to be same as
- concubine
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- topic's main category
- Category:Concubines
- native label
- جارية
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Encyclopedic overview
6 sectionsContents
- History
- General meaning
- Ottoman Empire
- Ottoman Imperial Harem
- See also
- References
thumb|upright=1.1| A cariye or imperial concubine.
Cariye (, "Jariya") was a title and term used for category of enslaved women concubines in the Islamic world of the Middle East. They are particularly known in history from the era of Ottoman Empire, where they existed until the early 20th century, when the Ottoman Imperial Harem was closed.
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