 The white eunuchs were Europeans from the Balkans or the Caucasus, either purchased in the slave markets or taken as boys from Christian families in the Balkans who were unable to pay the "Jizya" tax.They served the recruits at the Palace School and were from 1582 prohibited from entering the Harem.An important figure in the Ottoman court was the Chief Black Eunuch ("Kızlar Ağası" or "Dar al-Saada Ağası").