Beshir Agha : Chief Eunuch of the Ottoman Imperial Harem

Name: Beshir Agha
Brand: Oneworld Publications
SKU: 9781851683901
Price: 4500 KES
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ISBN: 9781851683901

by Jane Hathaway

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Format Hardback

Book Series Makers of the Muslim World

ISBN-10 1851683909

ISBN-13 9781851683901

Publisher Oneworld Publications

Imprint Oneworld Academic

Country of Manufacture GB

Country of Publication GB

Publication Date Feb 22nd, 2006

Print length 160 Pages

Weight 328 grams

Dimensions 22.20 x 14.00 x 1.60 cms

Product Classification: Islam Islam

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Explores the life of the most powerful Chief Harem Eunich in the History of the Ottoman empire.

This book explores the life of el-Hajj Beshir Agha (ca. 1657-1746), the most powerful Chief Harem Eunuch in the history of the Ottoman Empire Enslaved in his native Ethiopia as a boy, then castrated in Egypt, el-Hajj Beshir became one of hundreds of East African eunuchs who inhabited the imperial palace’s enormous harem. Rising through the ranks to become harem treasurer by 1707, he eventually oversaw the educations of crown princes and harem women whilst choosing and deposing a long series of grand viziers. Wielding unparallelled power and influence over the empire, the libraries that he founded throughout the region helped to shape the religious and intellectual profile of the Ottoman state.

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