No. In harem lived also sultan's mother, daughers and other female relatives. Also servant girls, usually slaves. Some of women were wives, some concubines (usually more concibines than wives).
Harem is the women in a Muslim household.
The Romans had few woman at the time of the founding of Rome, so they invited the women of the nearby Sabine tribe to visit a spectacle that they had arranged. They then raped and abducted the women taking them as wives,.
It was common because women were seen as inferior beings to men. Women were subject to the guidance and wills of their husband. So, when the man was mad at his wife, he was allowed to beat her because back then, the wife was his property. If she made him mad, he could hit her without any legal action taken against him. Women were basically like dogs to their husbands.
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The roole of medeival women were to have sex with all of the rlers so that they could bear a royal child for the successor
The word harem comes from the Arabic word "Haram" which means forbidden, and harem in Arabic means "forbidden things/people". A harem is the separate part of a Muslim household reserved for wives, concubines, and female servants or the women occupying this part of a household; the wives or concubines of a polygamous male.
Akbar the Great was the Emperor of the Mughal Dynasty from 1556 until his death in 1605. He kept a very large harem that consisted of 5,000 women. He also had three wives.
The word Harem is Hebrew for forbidden, so the word is not specifying man or woman. It was however used to describe the quarters of women as being Harem or forbidden. The men who had women as slaves, servants, and wives owned them as property so they were also considered Harem property. If you are talking about the collective noun for men and women the word for a group of women is a "gaggle" of women. For men it is a "band" of men.
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If you are referring to a group of sultan's wives, it is a harem.
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Harem is the women in a Muslim household.
He would have had a harem too.
It is difficult to know for certain how the wives in the harem felt as historical records are limited. Some may have been content with their roles, while others may have experienced unhappiness or dissatisfaction due to the dynamics of a polygamous relationship.
The spelling is harem, meaning a collection of wives or concubines.
Having multiple wives - whether as a Sultan or otherwise - is known as polygamy.A word which particularly applies to the Middle East is harem - the part of a Muslim household reserved for wives and concubines. By extension this word came to be applied to the wives and concubines as a group.