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n. Part of a Turkish palace or house kept for men.
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The selamlik or sélamlique was the portion of a Ottoman palace or house reserved for men; as contrasted with the seraglio, which is reserved for women and forbidden to men.
Selamlik was also a portion of the household reserved for the guests (from the root word selam, "greeting"), similar to the andronites (courtyard of men) in Ancient Greece, where guests would be welcomed by the males of the household. The harem is the portion for the family.
Usage examples of "selamlik".
The egregious Selamlik Pasha stood high in favour with the Khedive: was it not he who had suggested a tax on the earnings of the dancing girls, the Ghazeeyehs, and did he not himself act as the first tax-gatherer?
Was it not Selamlik Pasha also who whispered into the ear of the Mouffetish that a birth-tax and a burial-tax should be instituted?
In a paroxysm of passion Selamlik Pasha called two Abyssinian slaves standing behind.
For his genius had preceded that of Selamlik Pasha, the friend of the Mouffetish at Cairo, by one day only.
Seti saw that he was no Arab and was afraid to die, then he told the truth to Selamlik Pasha.
Now, Selamlik Pasha was an Egyptian, and is it not written in the Book of Egypt that no man without the most dangerous reason may refuse backsheesh?
So it was that Selamlik talked to the Ulema, the holy men, who were there, and they urged him to clemency, as holy men will, even in Egypt--at a price.
He knew Selamlik Pasha well, and the secret of his influence over him is for telling elsewhere.
Sowerby, my master--swallowed up these thirty-six hours in the tomb prepared for him by Selamlik Pasha.
It was likely that Selamlik Pasha would be secret till he saw whether Sowerby would be missed and what inquiry was made for him.
Dicky scarcely heard what the Arab said, for the quick conviction he had had that Sowerby was alive was based on the fact, suddenly remembered, that Selamlik Pasha had only returned from the Fayoum this very morning, and that therefore he could not as yet have had any share in the fate of Sowerby, but had probably been sent for by the Chief Eunuch.
It was but an hour since that he had seen Selamlik Pasha driving hastily towards his palace.
Through years Selamlik had built up his power, until even the Khedive feared him, and would have been glad to tie a stone round his neck and drop him into the Nile.
III Upon the stroke of midnight Dicky entered the room where Selamlik Pasha awaited him with a malicious and greasy smile, in which wanton cruelty was uppermost.
They did not speak meantime, but Dicky sat calmly, almost drowsily, smoking, and Selamlik Pasha sat with greasy hands clasping and unclasping, his yellow eyes fixed on Dicky with malevolent scrutiny.