Maria Theresa Asmar (1804–c. 1870) was a Chaldean author, foremost known for her book Memoirs of a Babylonian Princess, which consists of two volumes and 720 pages. This book was composed some time in the early nineteenth–century, describing her travels through Assyria, Chaldea, Mesopotamia, Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, and Palestine and the harem system used in the Ottoman Empire. The book was finally translated into English in 1844. Maria Theresa Asmar died in France before the Franco-Prussian War, and was known as "Babylon's Princess" in Europe. Source: Wikipedia (en)