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Sorry if I'm nitpicking, but odalisque were not concubines, they were slaves to the Sultan's wives and concubines. Who were sewn into bags and drowned if they misbehaved (or so I've heard).
Sorry if I'm nitpicking, but odalisque were not concubines, they were slaves to the Sultan's wives and concubines. Who were sewn into bags and drowned if they misbehaved (or so I've heard).