concubines

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The nizam’s court, with its sumptuous palaces, its concubines, its rituals and recitations of poetry and music, was the chief inheritor of the archaic grandeur of the moguls.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 4, 2026

Among the 20 concubines was the woman who would became known as Malinche.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 25, 2026

However, sumptuary laws dictated what women could and could not wear, elite men kept concubines, and the Tang legal system considered women property.

From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023

Every emperor of the Qing dynasty had dozens of wives, concubines and serving girls, but only one of them could hold the title of empress.

From New York Times • Sep. 27, 2018

I saw how fearful Third Wife became when Second Wife told her stories of old concubines who were kicked out into the streets.

From "The Joy Luck Club" by Amy Tan