Customs and Manners of the Women of Persia and Their Domestic SuperstitionsOriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland; sold, 1832 - Всего страниц: 93 |
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apparel Ará says arzen Bájí Yásmin Bánú Dadeh says bath beautiful Bíbí Ján Afróz Bíbí Núr blessed month bride bridegroom CHAPTER charm cheeks child Circassia conduct custom Dadeh Bazm Ará damsel divorce domestic dress dyra eyes female fortune friends girl guests Háfíz hair hammám hand head heart heaven henna Húr husband Hussain Imám India Isfahán journey kasab Kerbela Khála Ján Aghá kind Korán Kulsúm Naneh says Kulsúm Naneh's laws Lailí learned conclave learned seven light look lucky Majnún Mírza mother Mubárak bád mustahab necessary never nuptial night núra occasion perfume person prayer Prophet Ramazán seal-ring seeds semnú seven wise women Shahr Bánú Dadeh sherbet shew Shíráz sorrow soul Sultán sunnat mu'akkad sweet swing thee thing throw tions wájib wajib and sunnat walnuts wash Wednes Wednesday whilst wife Wife of Bath wives woman WOMEN OF PERSIA
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Стр. 54 - Be that man's life immersed in gloom, Who weds more wives than one ; With one his cheeks retain their bloom, His voice a cheerful tone ; These speak his honest heart at rest, And he and she are always blest ; But when with two he seeks for joy, Together they his soul annoy. With two no sunbeam of delight Can make his day of misery bright.
Стр. 16 - ... kaliouns, and completing their beautiful forms into all the fancied perfections of the east, — dyeing their hair and eyebrows, and curiously staining their fair bodies with a variety of fantastic devices, not unfrequently with the figures of trees, birds, and beasts, sun, moon, and...
Стр. x - ... who have such establishments, are not in the proportion of one to ten thousand of the population of the country. If a person of inferior rank marry a woman of respectable connexions, she becomes mistress of his family ; and should he have only one house, he cannot place another on an equality without a certainty of involving himself in endless trouble and vexation, if not disgrace. The dower usually settled...
Стр. 60 - ... and night add to the bitterness and misery of his condition. She must never, whether by day or by night, for a moment relax. For instance, if he condescends to hand her the loaf, she must throw it from her, or at him, with indignation and contempt. She must make his shoe too tight for him, and his pillow a pillow of stone ; so that at last he becomes weary of life, and is glad to acknowledge her authority. On the other hand, should these resources fail, the wife may privately convey from her...
Стр. 4 - In the year 1806, when a Persian ambassador was about to proceed to India, he was informed by his astrologer, of a most fortunate conjunction of the stars, which if missed, was not likely to occur again for some months. He instantly determined, that though he could not embark, as the ship was not ready...
Стр. 61 - Among the things forbidden to women is that of allowing their features to be seen by men not wearing turbans — unless indeed they are handsome, and have soft and captivating manners ; in that case their veils may be drawn aside without the apprehension of incurring blame, or in any degree exceeding the discretionary power with which they are traditionally invested. But they must scrupulously and religiously abstain from all such liberties with Mullahs and Jews; since, respecting them, the prohibition...
Стр. 66 - ... laid upon the back of her husband. It Is not to be conceived that a woman can live all her life with one husband, in one house. Why should he deprive her of the full enjoyment of this world's comforts ? Days and years roll on and are renewed, whilst a woman continues the same melancholy inmate, in the same melancholy house of her husband. She has no renewal of happiness — none. ' " The seasons change, and spring Renews the bloom of fruit and flower ; And birds, with fluttering wing, Give life...
Стр. 20 - Hupul-hupla, has nothing, no friends. He wants to dress and live luxuriously, but is totally destitute of means. If the wife of such a man absents herself from his house even for ten days and ten nights, he must not on her return ask her where she has been ; and if he sees a stranger in the house, he must not ask who it is, or what he wants. Whenever he comes home and finds the...
Стр. 67 - If a person have his measure taken for new clothes on a Sunday, he will be sorrowful and crying. If on a Monday, he will have ample food and provisions. If on a Tuesday, his clothes will be burnt. If on a Wednesday, he will enjoy happiness and tranquillity. If on a Thursday, it will be good and propitious. If on a Friday, it will be well. If on a Saturday, he will experience numerous troubles and misfortunes.
Стр. xiii - ... their husbands by every pretext," which is considered as constituting an essential quality of beauty ; for if a wife does not put these in practice, but is submissive to her husband's will in every thing, her charms very soon lose their brilliancy in his eyes. Thus, when a wife goes to visit her father, she will not return to her husband till he has come himself several times to fetch her, and been as often vexed by her break.