Behind the Veil in Persia and Turkish Arabia

About this eBook

Author

Hume-Griffith, A.

Title

Behind the Veil in Persia and Turkish Arabia An Account of an Englishwoman's Eight Years' Residence Amongst the Women of the East

Credits

Produced by Jeroen Hellingman and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net/ for Project Gutenberg (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)

Language

English

LoC Class

DS: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: Asia

Subject

Arabian Peninsula -- Social life and customs

Category

Text

eBook-No.

39463

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/39463

Release Date

April 16, 2012

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Untitled
2. 2.Preface
3. 3.Contents
4. 4.List of Illustrations
5. 5.Part I
6. 6.Early Impressions
7. 7.Kerman
8. 8.Persian Industries
9. 9.The Climate of Persia
10. 10.Holidays in Persia
11. 11.Social Life in Persia
12. 12.The Women of Persia
13. 13.More About Persian Women
14. 14.Some Points in the Moslem Faith
15. 15.Other Religious Sects
16. 16.Desert Delights
17. 17.Persian Medical Missions 1
18. 18.Pioneer Medical Mission Work in Kerman 1
19. 19.Medical Mission Work in Yezd 1
20. 20.Part II
21. 21.The City of Nineveh
22. 22.The People of Mosul
23. 23.The River Tigris
24. 24.The Children of Mosul
25. 25.The Moslem Women of Mosul
26. 26.Moslem Family Life
27. 27.Customs of Mosul
28. 28.Dreams and Visions
29. 29.Manners and Superstitions in Mosul
30. 30.The Yezidees
31. 31.Travelling in the Desert
32. 32.The Pleasures of Desert Travelling
33. 33.Pioneer Medical Mission Work in Mosul (Nineveh) 1
34. 34.Index — A — B — C — D — E — F — G — H — I — J — K — L — M — N — O — P — Q — R — S — T — U — V — W — Y — Z
35. 35.Colophon — Availability — Encoding — Revision History — External References — Corrections

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