Behind the Veil in Persia and Turkish Arabia: An Account of an Englishwoman's Eight Years' Residence Amongst the Women of the East — David Hume — John Shaqi
Behind the Veil in Persia and Turkish Arabia: An Account of an Englishwoman's Eight Years' Residence Amongst the Women of the East
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Ancient historical interest--Garden of Eden--Origin of name
unknown--Swiftness--Sources--Navigation--Keleqs--Bathing, fishing,
washing--Crossing rivers 198
Chapter IV
The Children of Mosul
Spoiling process--Despair of the parents--The "god" of the
hareem--Death by burning--Festivities at birth of boy--Cradles
and cradle songs--School life--Feast in honour of a boy having
read the Koran through--"Only a girl"--Girl life--Girl victims
of Naseeb--Marriage 208
Chapter V
The Moslem Women of Mosul
Beauty behind the veil--Types of beauty--My dear old friend of 110
years of age--Aids to beauty described--Pretty children--Beauty
tainted with sin--Imprisonment of women--Peeps into some
hareems--Warm receptions--A visit from the ladies of a select
hareem--Love the magic key to open hearts 219
Chapter VI
Moslem Family Life
No home life--Women equal with the beasts--Evils
of divorce--Naseeb--The will of God--Truth and
falsehood--Honesty prevalent--A thief caught--Swearing and
anti-swearing--Fighting--Hair-tearing and biting--Hammam, the
ladies' club 231
Chapter VII
Customs of Mosul
Wedding ceremonies--Great expense to parents--Method of
procedure--Funeral customs--Customs at birth--Some other customs
244
Chapter VIII
Dreams and Visions
Ezekiel's vision by the river Chebar--Our vision by the river
Khabour--Rivers identical--"A wheel within a wheel"--Babylonish
emblem of divinity--Origin of the cherubim--Dream of a woman
suffering from cataract--Effect of dream on her character--Watch
and chain recovered by means of a "faked" dream--Illustration
of the doctrine of Kismet or Naseeb--"Ghosts" in our
compound--Atmosphere of ghosts bad for fowls 257
Chapter IX
Manners and Superstitions in Mosul
Characteristics of inhabitants of Mosul--Social habits--Love of
drink--An effectual cure--Gambling--Tel Kaif: a story of Uncle
Goro--The Angel of Death, and other titles--Difficulties over
name and age--Some superstitions--Effect of scent on women--Birds
of good omen--Thieves--Sheep-killing--Sheikh Matti--An angel's
visit--Medical superstitions--Cure for hydrophobia 269
Chapter X
The Yezidees
Gratitude to the English--Persecutions--"Devil-worshippers"--Sun
and fire worship--Priesthood--A visit to Sheikh Adi--Peacock
wands--A sacred shrine 284
Chapter XI
Travelling in the Desert
Monotony of desert travelling--A puppy and a kitten
tragedy--Accident by the river Euphrates--Riots in Mosul--Robberies
and murder excited by love of gold 294
Chapter XII