Comments on: Sultan Abel of the Harem? http://www.spankingwriters.com/blog/2009/09/28/sultan-abel-of-the-harem/ Abel's spanking blog & stories Sun, 12 Feb 2012 19:43:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: iwasrobert http://www.spankingwriters.com/blog/2009/09/28/sultan-abel-of-the-harem/comment-page-1/#comment-236923 iwasrobert Wed, 30 Sep 2009 15:18:08 +0000 http://www.spankingwriters.com/blog/?p=1733#comment-236923 Although the European conception of the harem does indeed suggest a remote Sultan, the women in the Imperial Harem at Istanbul were occasionally (often?) far more powerful - and far more entwined with the Ottoman government - than they are generally given credit for. In the most famous example, Suleiman the Magnificent freed and then married one of his harem slaves, Hürrem, thus breaking a number of previously ironclad traditions. Although the European conception of the harem does indeed suggest a remote Sultan, the women in the Imperial Harem at Istanbul were occasionally (often?) far more powerful – and far more entwined with the Ottoman government – than they are generally given credit for.

In the most famous example, Suleiman the Magnificent freed and then married one of his harem slaves, Hürrem, thus breaking a number of previously ironclad traditions.

]]> By: Abel http://www.spankingwriters.com/blog/2009/09/28/sultan-abel-of-the-harem/comment-page-1/#comment-236805 Abel Wed, 30 Sep 2009 04:23:41 +0000 http://www.spankingwriters.com/blog/?p=1733#comment-236805 OK, I'm going to spend my day scouring the tube to find the reading-over-my-shoulder woman and, emboldened by all of your advice, will spank her soundly... @Lazarina - you have corrupted Mastercard ads for me forever! And I'm now thinking of alternatives - e.g.: The pack of cigarettes: £8 Her guardian's belt: £40 Hugs after her thrashing: free. OK, I’m going to spend my day scouring the tube to find the reading-over-my-shoulder woman and, emboldened by all of your advice, will spank her soundly…

@Lazarina – you have corrupted Mastercard ads for me forever! And I’m now thinking of alternatives – e.g.:

The pack of cigarettes: £8

Her guardian’s belt: £40

Hugs after her thrashing: free.

]]> By: lazarina http://www.spankingwriters.com/blog/2009/09/28/sultan-abel-of-the-harem/comment-page-1/#comment-236670 lazarina Tue, 29 Sep 2009 08:17:23 +0000 http://www.spankingwriters.com/blog/?p=1733#comment-236670 Laptop: £1000 Tube ticket: £4 Swift and pithy put-down: Priceless. The best kinks in life are free... but for everything else, there's Mastercard. Laptop: £1000

Tube ticket: £4

Swift and pithy put-down: Priceless.

The best kinks in life are free… but for everything else, there’s Mastercard.

]]> By: Girl http://www.spankingwriters.com/blog/2009/09/28/sultan-abel-of-the-harem/comment-page-1/#comment-236523 Girl Mon, 28 Sep 2009 21:54:14 +0000 http://www.spankingwriters.com/blog/?p=1733#comment-236523 TE HE! Take that lady reading over your shoulder indeed! Hmm, sounds like she could use a lesson in manners. The process does sound like the most fun, perhaps a catch and release program would suite you better? Train them up and send them off. Perhaps instead of a palace you could run a "finishing" school. I need sleep... TE HE! Take that lady reading over your shoulder indeed! Hmm, sounds like she could use a lesson in manners.

The process does sound like the most fun, perhaps a catch and release program would suite you better? Train them up and send them off. Perhaps instead of a palace you could run a “finishing” school.

I need sleep…

]]> By: Emma Jane http://www.spankingwriters.com/blog/2009/09/28/sultan-abel-of-the-harem/comment-page-1/#comment-236488 Emma Jane Mon, 28 Sep 2009 18:59:23 +0000 http://www.spankingwriters.com/blog/?p=1733#comment-236488 Ha ha, me thinks that Sultan Abel might find it impossibe to control so may women, but I'm sure he'd try, very hard ;) Ha ha, me thinks that Sultan Abel might find it impossibe to control so may women, but I’m sure he’d try, very hard ;)

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