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Chevalier Auguste de Henikstein - Kislar Agassi. Grand eunuque du G. Seineur. Bakadgi Sűlűslű. Astahi. Cuisinier du G. Seigneur
The Harem Ağası, head of the black eunuchs of the Ottoman Imperial Harem.

A eunuch was a special palace servant who was trained to protect women’s living areas and was able to focus totally on his job without being distracted by anything. The king or sultan could trust such a man to protect the queen, princesses, and their attendants.

As well as guarding women eunuchs had a lot of different functions in different cultures such as domestics, treble singers, religious specialists, government officials and military commanders.

Images for kids

  • Limestone wall relief depicting an Assyrian royal attendant, a eunuch. From the Central Palace at Nimrud, Iraq, 744-727 BCE. Ancient Orient Museum, Istanbul

    Limestone wall relief depicting an Assyrian royal attendant, a eunuch. From the Central Palace at Nimrud, Iraq, 744–727 BCE. Ancient Orient Museum, Istanbul

  • Prince Zhanghuai's tomb, eunuchs

    A group of eunuchs. Mural from the tomb of the prince Zhanghuai, 706 AD.

  • Ottoman eunuch, 1912

    Chief Eunuch of Ottoman Sultan Abdul Hamid II at the Imperial Palace, 1912.

  • Sebah, Pascal – Ottoman Eunuch

    A black eunuch of the Ottoman Sultan. Photograph by Pascal Sebah, 1870s.

  • Hidras of Panscheel Park-New Delhi-1994-2

    Hijras of Delhi, India.

  • Rembrandt, The Baptism of the Eunuch, 1626, Museum Catharijneconvent, Utrecht

    Rembrandt, The Baptism of the Eunuch, 1626.

See also

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