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

Chapter IV

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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