Thirty years ago, we have published 'The Ottoman Harem' in Turkish and I have given a copy to Sükran Vahide (Mary Weld) to evaluate and to translate to English. When she had completed the translation, she told me "Dr. Akgunduz! I have enjoyed translating this book and I think that this book is very important in historical and religious sense." 0I have spent five years preparing this work 'Male and Female Slavery in Islam and the Ottoman harem'. The product of those five years' work has now been published in English. The subjects discussed in this book are as follows: 0Part One; the distortions and misrepresentations of male and female slavery and the harem, together with some examples. 0Part Two; male and female slavery in non-Muslim societies and in other religions. 0Part Three; the institutions of male and female slavery in Islamic law. 0Part Four; aspects of the practice of slavery, male and female, in the Ottoman state. 0Part Five; an investigation of the question: what is the harem? 0Part Six; a lady governess's memoirs of the harem. 0Part Seven; the replies to a number of important questions on these subjects.00Translated by Sükran Vahide (Mary Weld).