The harem women had daily entertainments such as music, dance, theatrical performances and games. They studied the arts, calligraphy and poetry, and entertained themselwes and the shah with music, dance and singing, and by reciting verses and telling stories, which the shah enjoyed at bedtime. The harem had its own theatre where passion plays (taʿzia) were performed, and one of the shah’s wives was the custodian of all the paraphernalia. Toward the end of the Qajar dynasty, foreign tutors were allowed in to the harem.