Harem | |
Title Orig: | (Հարեմ harem) |
Author: | Raffi |
Country: | Tbilisi (Russian Empire) |
Language: | Armenian |
Genre: | Historical Fiction |
Release Date: | 1874 |
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Harem (Հարեմ, Arm.) is an Armenian language novella by the great Armenian novelist Raffi,[1] published in the book Punj (Փունջ, Arm.) in 1874.
The book is set in the royal harem of the prince of Persia the 19th century, probably after the Russo-Persian War (1804-1813). Two of the characters in the book, the Prince and Zeynep, had real-life analogues in Fath-Ali Shah Qajar, and one of his 165 consorts, an Armenian from Tiflis who was given the name Gul-Pirhan.[2] According to Raffi's biographer, Murad Meneshian, Raffi's adversaries translated Harem to Persian in 1876 and took it to Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar, who at the time was the governor of the province where Raffi was living in Tabriz,[3] when the reaction of Raffi's adversaries caused his exile from Agulis.[4]
Beyon Miloyan and Kimberley McFarlane (2020).[5]