Servants and Retainers Throughout History Mansour Orabi

Tales .. anecdotes .. secrets .. crimes .. all that you find in the lives of servants and retinues ... It is incomprehensible that there is a life for a state without servants and retinues, for servants and retinues have been present since ancient times, for no state or empire in the East or West has not included a group of servants and retinues. History books have been filled with many different stories, exciting events, and strange tales about servants and retinues, as the position of servants and retinues was known in the courts of kings and princes in all civilizations

and ancient and modern states. In this book, we learn about the tales, secrets, anecdotes, and peculiarities of servants and retinues throughout history, as well as about the most famous who worked in this position, whether they were worthy of it as honest and loyal individuals, or whether they were traitorous and treacherous servants and retinues. We also learn about a group of servants and retinues – men and women – who reached the highest positions of power in the courts of their masters, and ascended the thrones of kings and sultans