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The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, Volume 1

Note 308 — THE PORTER AND THE THREE LADIES OF BAGHDAD. (continued 2)

Richard Francis Burton translation · Edition 2

The olden "Harem" (or gynæceum, Pers. Zenanah, Serraglio): Harím is also used by synecdoche for the inmates; especially the wife.

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