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Title Women Under Polygamy
Author Walter Matthew Gallichan
Year 1914
Publisher Holden & Hardingham
Location London
Source djvu
Progress To be proofread
Transclusion Index not transcluded or unreviewed
OCLC 1158479352

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE
I THE ORIGIN OF THE HAREM 11
II THE ANCIENT HAREM 25
III MOHAMMED AND POLYGAMY 37
IV ANCIENT JEWISH POLYGAMY 49
V THE WOMEN OF INDIA 55
VI THE CULT OF WOMAN AND LOVE 71
VII THE ZENANA 86
VIII HINDU WOMEN AND THE SACRED BOOKS 96
IX THE DISABILITIES OF INDIAN WOMEN 102
X MOHAMMEDAN WOMEN IN INDIA 119
XI MARRIAGE IN BURMA 125
XII ZENANA MISSIONS 135
XIII THE IMPERIAL HAREM IN TURKEY 139
XIV POLYGAMY IN TURKISH SOCIETY 148
XV FEMINISM IN TURKEY 161
XVI THE HAREM IN MODERN EGYPT 171
XVII WOMEN IN THE HAREM 179
XVIII THE GUARDIANS OF THE SERAGLIO 191
XIX HAREM INTRIGUES AND SCANDALS 2OO
XX THE ARABIAN CONCUBINATE 208
XXI THE WOMEN OF PERSIA 216
XXII THE PERSIAN ANDERUN 228
XXIII AFGHAN MARRIAGE 240
XIV POLYGYNY IN JAPAN 244
XXV MOROCCO AND TUNIS 258
XVI POLYGAMY AMONG MODERN AFRICANS 264
XVII CHINESE MARRIAGE AND POLYGYNY 273
XVIII WESTERN POLYGYNY 282
XXIX MORMON POLYGAMY 299
XXX MONOGAMY AND POLYGYNY 313

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

TURKISH WOMEN Frontispiece
A DAUGHTER OF EGYPT Facing Page 37
GIRLS OF NORTHERN INDIA Facing Page 55
BURMESE LADIES AT A GARDEN PARTY Facing Page 125
IN THE HAREM. TYPICAL COSTUMES OF CONSTANTINOPLE Facing Page 144
TURKISH BRIDE IN WEDDING DRESS Facing Page 161
EGYPTIAN GIRLS AT THEBES Facing Page 184
AN ARAB WOMAN Facing Page 200
GEORGIAN DANCING GIRLS Facing Page 216
PERSIAN GIRL OF UPPER CLASS Facing Page 234
JAPANESE GIRLS IN BAMBOO AVENUE Facing Page 248
A GEISHA GIRL Facing Page 256
MOORISH WOMEN, ALGIERS Facing Page 262
KING WAMBUGOO, EAST AFRICA, AND HIS SIXTEEN WIVES Facing Page 268
A CHINESE BEAUTY Facing Page 278