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Dbq Harems

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(Gordon 58). The house chores that would usually be saved for the women of society was shunned by Arab women in a response to their sheltered status shoved on them by Islam. Before Islam, women were writers, historians, nurses, and warriors. But with Islam their rights were stripped away and they were placed in harems-the women quarters of the Islamic household (Gordon 58). The harem usually consisted of up to four wives, concubines, slave girls entertainers, and domestic slaves (Lewis 74 and Segal 38). Concubines also made up the Middle East largely women slave force. The buyer of concubines were predominantly royalty. The harem of A’bel al-Rahman III (912-61) boasted six thousand, while Fatimid palace of Cairo had twice as many. A harem

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