Women Under Polygamy

by Walter Matthew Gallichan

WOMEN
UNDER
POLYGAMY

TURKISH WOMEN.

WOMEN UNDER
POLYGAMY

 

BY

WALTER M. GALLICHAN

 

With 15 Illustrations

 

LONDON: HOLDEN & HARDINGHAM
1914ADELPHI

CONTENTS

CHAPTER		PAGE
	Preface (not in original)	v
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	200
XX	THE ARABIAN CONCUBINATE	208
XXI	THE WOMEN OF PERSIA	216
XXII	THE PERSIAN ANDERUN	228
XXIII	AFGHAN MARRIAGE	240
XXIV	POLYGYNY IN JAPAN	244
XXV	MOROCCO AND TUNIS	258
XXVI	POLYGAMY AMONG MODERN AFRICANS	264
XXVII	CHINESE MARRIAGE AND POLYGYNY	273
XXVIII	WESTERN POLYGYNY	282
XXIX	MORMON POLYGAMY	299
XXX	MONOGAMY AND POLYGYNY	313
	Bibliography (not in original)	333
	Index (not in original)	337

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„	209
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