WOMEN UNDER POLYGAMY
this rival, and a plot may be concocted for the slave girl's ruin.
Palgrave offers the strongest evidence that the itinerant Arabs have always accorded the virtues of courage and loyalty to their women. The tribes that are led by women-soldiers have a high estimation of the capacity of women, and among the Arabs there were many fair warriors and leaders. Often a maiden of good birth rode at the head of an army, mounted upon a camel.
It is erroneous, therefore, to associate invariably the total subjection of women with communities practising polygamy and concubinage.
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