ADULTS 18+ ONLY  By the fifteenth century Cairo had become one of the world's greatest and wealthiest cities, and the centre of a trade in young slaves of both sexes. But it was the boys who often proved the most popular, frequently commanding huge prices. The historian Max Rodenbeck notes that while a serving maid might fetch ten dinars, a handsome swordsman might sell for 30,000. Apparently the Malmuk rulers favoured well muscled Tartar, Circassian and Greek youths. The wealthier women of Cairo were so concerned by this fashion among their husbands for youths and young men, that they took to dressing up in men's attire. Al-Marqrizi explained that "because the love of men spread among the nobles so that their women tried to make themselves look like boys in the hope of capturing the hearts of their menfolk." Read more gay history - Second Century - Roman Emperor's favourite drowns in the Nile. xClick here Twelth Century - Salah El-Din - Egypt's gay hero. xClick here Twentieth Century - Terrorists threaten penis shaped Cairo Tower - Click here. Lots more gay history - xClick here ! Don't care for history ? Try a shockingly depraved story - click here ! Is your right hand exhausted by sordid sex stories ? Browse GayEgypt.com's multi-country personals section - click here ! Discover gay destinations in Egypt - click here or Learn some Arabic sex slang - click herex ! |