seraglio
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thumb|A hall in the Seraglio (Topkapı Palace), [[Istanbul]] thumb|Sultan Selim III holding an audience in front of the Gate of Felicity, by [[Konstantin Kapıdağlı, Topkapı Palace]] right|thumb|Ottoman officers in front of the Al-Karak Saray in 1910, following the [[Karak revolt.]]
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thumb|A hall in the Seraglio (Topkapı Palace), [[Istanbul]] thumb|Sultan Selim III holding an audience in front of the Gate of Felicity, by [[Konstantin Kapıdağlı, Topkapı Palace]] right|thumb|Ottoman officers in front of the Al-Karak Saray in 1910, following the [[Karak revolt.]]
A seraglio, serail, seray or saray (from , via Turkish, Italian and French) is a castle, palace or government building which was considered to have particular administrative importance in various parts of the former Ottoman Empire.