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Updated: May 20, 2025
The haughty Ayxa la Horra, whose pride rose with the decline of her fortunes, declared that as sultana-mother she would never consent that her son should stoop to the humiliation of kissing the hand of his conquerors, and unless this part of the ceremonial were modified she would find means to resist a surrender accompanied by such indignities. Aben Comixa was sorely troubled by this opposition.
But the Marquis has no mercy on the performances of poor Miss Pardoe. The sultana-mother was a personage of high importance at this time, from her supposed influence over her son. There were attendants, running Turks, and guards before to clear the way. But the most characteristic display of all is the "Cabinet."
The violation of her couch by the unprincipled Ibrahim would have been followed by her immediate assassination at the hands of the Ethiopian whom the sultana-mother had placed as a spy on the actions of her son-in-law.
On this night the Sultan, accompanied by his whole suite, attends service at the mosque, and on his return to the Seraglio, the Sultana Valide, or Sultana-Mother, presents him with a virgin from one of the noble families of Constantinople. Formerly, St.
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