SAEDNEWS: According to what has been written, Naser al-Din Shah's dormitory was not very large, but around this room there were four other rooms, each reserved for those who were always required to serve him. ✅
According to the Social Affairs Service of Saed News, citing the book Behind the Curtains of the Harem (Hassan Azad), the rooms surrounding Naser al-Din Shah’s dormitory were arranged as follows: one was reserved for attendants of private entertainment and music, another served as a pantry and wine cellar, a third was dedicated to women who attended to their grooming and beauty, and a fourth was specifically for women who were to prepare themselves for sexual intimacy.
On the walls of the fourth room, erotic images and designs were painted by Master Bahram, depicting scenes of feasting, entertainment, various social gatherings, embraces, sexual intercourse, and partially or fully nude women in different poses.
Regarding the selection of women for companionship, one of the palace guards would be summoned and ordered to call a particular woman for sexual relations. Naser al-Din Shah typically spent nights with one woman, occasionally with two, and rarely with three. After intercourse, the women would leave, and then Anis al-Dowleh would arrive at the dormitory to spend the night with the Shah until morning.
The second method involved women standing in a line, shoulder to shoulder, every evening, while the Shah inspected them. He would select one or more women by pointing with his cane or, according to some accounts, by throwing a handkerchief. These women would then be handed over to the palace attendants and private staff for sexual purposes. Women often bribed those around them to increase their chances of being chosen.
The only way to gain access to the Shah—and even to influence matters outside the harem—was through gifts and flattery. Desires were fulfilled in this way, and even young men of alluring appearance were occasionally dressed as women and brought into the harem for sexual purposes. Aside from these channels, only in one or two exceptional cases did women experience sexual relations.
