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Women in Imperial Harem's Quarter, Topkapi Palace, Istanbul, Turkey.
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An Ottoman coffeehouse, European engraving, 19th century

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Ottoman Empire A.D. 1680

Roxelana, wife of sultan Süleyman the Magnificent.

Khourrem

("Roxelana")
"the cheerful one"
(ca. 1500 - 18 April 1558 )
wife of sultan Süleyman the Magnificent

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Suleyman Mosque, Istanbul

Süleyman Mosque
, Istanbul



Sultan Suleyman 1 Kanuni

Süleyman the Lawgiver
aka
Süleyman the Magnificient
1494 - 1566

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