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I was concubine to a Sultan in the early years of the Ottoman Empire
Memory: Through impressions and research I believe this took place sometime between 1389-1403. I was young, probably mid-teens and I was in some kind of prison with dirt walls. I had on a dirty white dress and I had been imprisoned for days. In the dream I knew that I was pregnant and that was the cause for my imprisonment. I had been one of the Sultan's favorite concubines but I had also been having an affair with one of his sons, which through whom I became pregnant. I had told the prince this and he had told his father that I had been unfaithful to him, so I was imprisoned. In the dream I only see myself desperate, worried and in love with this prince. I then saw the Sultan come down with his son and some guards. The Sultan was yelling and saying I had betrayed him by giving myself to another man, and I was taken away to my death. I never saw the way I died in that life but through impressions and just things I happen to know I realize that I must have been horribly executed. I see pictures of the Topkapi Palace in Constantinople and I know I have lived there, I recognize rooms and the courtyard of the harem, etc. I do not believe I was happy in that life because I did not enjoy being a concubine to theSultan.
Submitted by:Raquel...Jun 2003
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