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I'm a very young Ottoman prince whose mother is part of the harem BUT she aspires for me to be Sultan one day. What is her role in my upbringing and how close is our relationship in comparison to modern ideas about how active parents should be with their children?

by /u/Dinocrocodile in /r/AskHistorians

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