List of Illustrations

Figure 1. An Ottoman miniature of the Battle of Mohács in 1526. Unknown artist.
Figure 2. Oil painting entitled Scene from the Harem by Fernand Cormon, c. 1877.
Figure 3. The first valide sultan was Hürrem Sultan, the chief consort of Suleiman the Magnificent. Artist unknown. (start 3)
Figure 4. Richter, Gustav Karl Ludwig, 1823-1884 (artist)
Figure 5. L’Odalisque à l’esclave by Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres
Figure 6. 19th-century depiction of the Chief Black Eunuch and the Chief White Eunuch by Giovanni Jean Brindesi