File: HaremPool. jpg | Jean-Léon Gérôme ( 1824 – 1904 ), Pool in a Harem, c. 1876

Women of the Harem by Jules Laurens, circa 1847

Scene from the Harem by Fernand Cormon

In Russia Nasreddin is known mostly because of the novel " Tale of Hodja Nasreddin " written by Leonid Solovyov ( English translations: " The Beggar in the Harem: Impudent Adventures in Old Bukhara ," 1956, and " The Tale of Hodja Nasreddin: Disturber of the Peace ," 2009 ).

The daughter of an Orthodox priest, she was captured by Tatars from Crimea, sold as a slave in Constantinople, and eventually rose through the ranks of the Harem to become Suleiman's favourite.

* 2003: English soprano Sarah Brightman sampled " Un bel dì vedremo " in her song " It's a beautiful day ", included in her album Harem ; that song in turn was a cover of the 2000 song "" Ein schöner Tag " on the album Weltreise by the German band Schiller.

* “ Abduction from the Harem ” in Timewalker Issue 14 ( October 1996, published by Valiant Comics )

By 1869, Leonowens was in New York, where she opened a school for girls for a brief period on Staten Island, and began contributing travel articles to a Boston journal, Atlantic Monthly, including " The Favorite of the Harem ", reviewed by the New York Times as " an Eastern love story, having apparently a strong basis of truth ".

The sequel, Romance of the Harem ( 1873 ), incorporates tales based on palace gossip, including the king's alleged torture and execution of one of his concubines, Tuptim ; the story lacks independent corroboration and is dismissed as out of character for the king by some critics.

When the assassins approached the Harem chambers where Mahmud was staying, she was able to keep them away for a while by throwing ashes into their faces, temporary blinding them.

* The Lustful Turk, or Lascivious Scenes from a Harem ( 1828 ) by Anonymous.

Sinan was entrusted by Sultan Selim II to rebuild the destroyed parts, which he did, expanding them, as well as the Harem, baths, the Privy Chamber and various shoreline pavilions.

In 1994, Mernissi published a memoir, Dreams of Trespass: Tales of a Harem Girlhood ( in the US, the book was originally titled The Harem Within: Tales of a Moroccan Girlhood, and is still known by that title in the UK ).

* Harem ( album ), a 2003 album by singer Sarah Brightman

* The Imperial Harem by Leslie Pierce

These women, who came to be known as " Pickering's Harem " by the scientific community, made several important discoveries at HCO.

Harem,, broadly speaking, is a loose subgenre of anime and manga characterized by a protagonist ( or several protagonists ) surrounded, usually amorously, by three or more members of the opposing sex and / or love interests.

It was ruled by the Valide Sultan ( also known as the Baş Kadın, or " Chief Lady "), mother of the reigning sultan, who held supreme power over the Harem and thus a powerful position in the court.

Releases from this later period included the Scientists " Swampland " ( which was actually the b-side of the single, with the a-side being " This Is My Happy Hour ") and God's " My Pal ", one of the label's most popular releases, as well as titles by Ollie Olsen's band NO, Harem Scarem, various compilations such as the Asleep At The Wheel collection of ( mostly unsigned ) Melbourne bands, and the well-received Hard To Beat, a double album tribute to the Stooges, featuring many Australian acts.

Hajj and Lalume are discussing a trip to a " small oasis, a week's travel by camel " when Marsinah enters the Harem.

The best-known songs include " Only One Touch of Vienna ," " Sigh by Night ," " The Cab Song ," and " When I Auditioned for the Harem of the Shah ".

* Rubber, a name adopted by the band Harem Scarem from 1999 – 2001

* ( عصر الحریم-یحکی مذکرات المرأة المصریة فی الفترة ما بین ( 1880 – 1924-Translated to English by Margot Badran as Harem Years: The Memoirs of an Egyptian Feminist.

This reputation dates back to the Ottoman Empire when Circassian women living in the Sultan's Imperial Harem started to build their reputation as extremely beautiful and genteel, and then became a common trope in Western Orientalism.

Rethinking Orientalism: Women, Travel, And The Ottoman Harem.

File: Frederick Goodall-A New Light in the Harem. JPG | Frederick Goodall, A New Light in the Harem, 1884

File: Carl Spitzweg 055. jpg | In the Harem, after 1855 Museum Georg Schäfter

File: Jean-Léon Gérôme 007. jpg | Harem baths

Image: Pera Museum 4. jpg | Women and children dancing in the Harem of Topkapı Palace

Image: Pera Museum 10. jpg | A lady from the Ottoman court playing the Def at the Harem

File: Chasseriau Harem Image 1. jpg | Le Harem, ca.

Francesco Hayez 016. jpg | New Favorite in Harem

File: Besieging Tipu Harem. jpg | British forces assault the Mysore Harem.

John Frederick Lewis | Frederick Lewis ' painting of The Harem ( 1850 )

Scene in a Harem, by Giovanni Antonio Guardi | Guardi

Image: Swoboda-shopping in harem mid19th. jpg | Shopping in the Harem, Rudolf Swoboda, 1859-1914, Austrian

Image: Quintana Blas Olleras-Harem Scene. jpg | Harem Scene, Quintana Olleras, 1851-1919, Spanish

Image: Frederick arthur bridgeman-harem fountain. jpg | The Harem Fountain, Frederick Bridgeman, 1847-1928, American

Image: Carl Spitzweg 055. jpg | Im Harem ( In the Harem ), Carl Spitzweg

Image: Trouillebert-servante du harem. jpg | The Harem Servant, Paul Trouillebert, 1829-1900, French

Image: Rosati harem-dance. jpg | The Harem Dance ( Giulio Rosati )

1770. jpg | Maharaja Bijay Singh in His Harem, ca.