the old Nizam of hyderabad had a big harem.
The nizam trust supports the descendants of these women and are housed in a huge colony with walled gates with a giant entrance gates with security guards at the heart of hyderabad,These
are several hundreds strong and the men folk engage in menial jobs like rickshaw pullers.
One of my friends a bachelor TB not so well off, was a clerk in govt and had rented a room in one of the kothis inside. He was given special permission by the inmates to
enter.All women inside the gates are in purdah outside their little houses He invited me home several times. I declined politely fearing the fierce guards at the gate.lol