Land of the Lion and the Sun Personal Experiences
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d n It is not considered a s i n to ov e rch rg e ch e t rob Ch istians hungry M oha mm e d n m ay ask a Chri tian for food but a f ter eati g it he wi l wash m outh so as not to carry odor o f i t i nto h i s own dw e lling I k new a yo g Moh mm e dan who beca m e a C s ian and c us e of it was not permitt e d to liv e with his f ath e r B e in a follow e r of Christ h e was r e gard e d as an out ast H e n e v e rthl e s continued to v i sit his fath e r and did all h e could to r e concil e him and win for his faith Onc e th e f th e r ros e up to k iss his son but h e d e w back sa ing Y ou ar e unclean how I s e cond tim e h e rose up and again sat down But last his p r e nt l ov e rcam e th e di e s of his e ligion h e rose up and kiss e d his son b ut did not omit to w sh his mouth a f rwards r e ligious p e ju c e th e p e rs e cutions which Christians h v e in P e rsi have come e ither from the pri e sts from a low and ignorant l ss of p e opl e influ e nc e d by th e pr e sts now the pri e sthood of th e Mohamm e d n hurch tri e s to dr i ve all Christi ns out of P e si but the go e rnm e nt has stood loy lly by th e Christi ns and look upon them as goo citiz e ns and as int e llig e nt trustworthy p e opl e T h e p i e sts try to hold n tion und e r th e ir ru e they say no institution of l e a ning must b e ma ntained w ch is outsid e of th e i cont ol and all th e laws of th e count y m st b e subj e ct to the dictation of th e ir high priest th e gov e rnm e nt s y No and e nco rages C h ristia to bu i ld schools e ducate all who are w i i ng to co m in cont ct with th e m Som e t e nty y e ars ago the pri e sthood had mor e influenc e than th e th e e fo e p e opl e w e r e af aid to converse with C h r i ti ns about r e ligion but e ver ince oha mm e a i m T HE HO M E T he Per i an that the M o h a edan lan g ua g e knows no such words as ho m e and w f e b ut only h o e and woman Polyga m y too w i th attendant e vi and ruelt i es i s one of the ulc er o f P e rs i an s c i ety M oha m edan w i ll not b e s e en on the treet w i th w if if it happens that he i s out w i th her she m us not wa k b eside hi m but follow if a m an k i w i fe h e will b e fin e d a of mon e y cc r g the i r law women hav e not th e sa m r i ght M arriag e accor ng to the law la m rel i gious b ut a civil act T h e priest i nv i ted m erely a matter o f cour esy the va ty o f the consists in its being att e sted by two w i tnes e If a young Mohamm e dan wants to b e m ar i ed he will as k ome old woman sh e may be aunt or per haps his cousin or mayb e it is one o f h i s acqu i ntance i f she knows of any young lady that wo d su i ta b le for him O f cou s e sh e knows of m any T hese wo m en are always on th e look out f or they recei v e many resents in that way T h e n she w i ca on a certain fa m ily where she k nows there is a dau g hter w i ll begin in this way I have nothin o f i m por tance to say but was passing by and thought I wou d call ft e r sh e has smok e d awh l e and drun k so m e tog e th e r with th e m oth e r o f th e yo g lady wi say Wil you send your daughter o f t h e roo m I w i h to sp e a k to you pr iv ately S h e i t h n m any good th i ng a b out the youn g m an who e er an s h e go e s and that he w i h es to rece iv e the h and of h er daughter i n m arr i ag the f at h er has no objections the barga i n n g gi is hand ome he may ask as m uch two or thre e hundred dollars if sh e i s not at all handso m e it m ay be h e w i get forty or fif ty i f he i s poor or if he greedy he wi say Y ou see it i s this way ha v e b rought up m y dau g hter and hav e had e xpense and troubl e all these years and she has not earned m e a penny H e r husband ust pay me so m e th i ng f or all t s ong the better class of M osle m s however t h e pr ce e welry and cloth e s which w i ll b elong to the b ride Th e y go to a lawyer and h e puts it down on paper that t s man m e ntioning his nam e desires to rece v e in marriage the daughter of such such a man and pro m ises to g iv e on such a day such and ch a price whatev e r th t may be To this he s i gns name and th e witn e ss e s writ e th e r and the paper goes to the girl s f ath e This i s the ceremony T her e is no reli gio s servic e and ther e are no qu e stion no answe no pro m ises no v ows soon the b r i d e gr o m pa i d w h at he pro m sed he can clai m w if e anyone o f relatives is not sat i sfi e d w i th the pres e nt he wi to th e bridegroom Until you buy me a coat or m ay b e trous e rs you cannot have your w i f e B ut i f all are satis fi ed they wi march to b r g the b i de She m a y ne v er h a v e seen w h o is to b e m arr i ed or she not k now o f h er wedd i g until a f e w hours e forehand or she m ay re f e to b e m arr i ed In the last cas she w i ll get a g od s ap ping from h e r fath e r But if she een i n f or m ed a f e w days b e f or e and w i i ng then b e f or e m en arriv e th e br i de i s locked i to a chamb e r is seated up h gh in a chair w ch is set upon a sofa at the bac k the room and is dr e ss e d in her pin k bridal gar m e t She paint h e r fing e rs toes and e y e brows and t h en s h e is veiled w i th a doubl e pin ve l ft e r some sup e r titious cere m oni e s hav e been per for m ed sugar i s transf e rred from the mouth of the one to th e other in order to r e m ind the m of the s eetne s o f th e i r future r e latio s to one another The br i d e i s th e n plac e d on th e back of a hors e and depart for th e hom e of her husb nd In th e m e anwh i l e a band plays m e rry tun e s at th e h e ad of th e proc e ssion and on their way th e s i ng f i b i d L k p i k f h At doo b i dl i g f ik p i k p f Sh o th t op d i d o t y d b i d t i b i d t b o o th oo k l ik i l y b loo soon as th e bride r e lativ e s have left the wo m en raise her ve l with the silver handl e of a d gger and whether she com e s up to th e ir expectations or not t h ey in duty b o d to s i n g b t if b i d b o h i gh h i t i d God p v y b o h v i b o v y o p v God p v h k o i o t f old o th l i ttl o f gold God p v l i p t th th p l h i t God p v ik i l k ki f i h i t k y p t ll l ght God p v Th e wom e n b e li e ve th t e v e ry on e of th e m must be ma r e d wh e th e r young or old oth e rwis e i f th e y di e th e y will b e lost but mar i g e w i ll sav e their s uls ccordingly a m an will hav e all kinds of wives so m e e ight e en or tw e nty y e ars of othe s n e arly as his grandmother H e may hav e children with se v eral of th e s e and th e n troubl e s ar se older one w i try to poison th e children of th e yo ger e v en th e usband is af aid of h is lif e If lif e becomes too bitter som e of them ill be sent away In P e rsia woman is d e grad e d Even und e r its most favorabl e asp e ct her lif e is one of i e ness But a m ong th e great mass of the poor e r class wom e n ar e the d d ges doi g hardest work and are for the most part plac e d on a le v el w i th the b e a ts of burden m ong the bett e r class of Mosl e ms howev e women ecei v e k nder tr e at m ent They do not allow th e m to wor k for their liv ng and do not want them to ha v e li erty ea k to anger wo m pe mi tted the m le f r i ends of her hus b and except her own neare t r e lat i v e s In most c ses man and wo m an are not i k e hu band and w i f e but as master and slave M oha mm edan can ivorc e i f e at any t im e If sh e do e s hav his supper ready in ti m e if do not show hi m due r e sp ct if she does not co m e qu i c k ly when called or for oth e r paltry reason he can Go I a m v orc e d from you is no m o wif e H e may hav e spoken th s in a fit of a ger and said more than h e m eant to say and m ay r ret it at once and try to sp e ak to her agai No w say ke e ping h e r fac e dden from Y ou are m y husband I do not k now you Ther e are thr e e chief k i n o f v orce t h e v o ce by virtue of which the hus b and cannot ta k e b k if e th e ivorce w i th th i r i ght in reser v e and temporary divorce If a m an desires to take b ack on e o f v orced w i ves he cannot go and ask to follow hi m b ut he will s e nd word that she m ust b e married to anot h er man and then b e divorc e d th e next day to marry st husband ccording to Moha mm edan law if th re is no to marry her te m porar i y her fi rst h s b must pay some one to m arry h e r on y to b e d iv o ced the f ollow i ng m orning and th e n h e can ha v her b ac k Th e regarding m arriage g iven b y ha mm ed nu m b e r no less than one h u a d f ur h d r e d twel v a ounce m ent o f t h e bi rth o f g i r mad e a dead s i lence wi follow T he g roans of the n e ar e st lady r e lativ e s and the so b s of the poor m oth e r ll b e the n e xt no one dare b reak news to the nfortunat e fath e r m e n and women will d e part in an un rac e fu manner Oft e n the husband approac h es the u happy woman and scolds h e r I kn e w of a woman who having gi v e n b i rth to a fourth daughter had b e at e n h e r h e ad and br e ast with her fist in a fren z ied att e mpt to com t su i cid e Had th e c ld b e en a boy a turmoil o f con g ratula tions wou d hav e followed upon th e procla m ation and ifts b e en g iv e n to the first one who infor m ed th e ther He would hav e b ee n e mbrac e d w i th tears of j oy by his comrad e s b e cause a son had b e en born to Drums would hav e be e n b e aten and tru m pets sounded and gi f ts b e en s e nt to th e moth e r The child is first ta ke n and rubbed well w i th sa t one of the wo m en th e n throws a bunch of keys into basin m utt e r a sp e ll of a re i gious character and b lows thr ee ti m es into the water T his is howe v er done f or the evil e ye Th e body of the mot h er t h en plastered over w i th a m ixture composed o f honey and various aro m at i c cond m e nts which is b elie v ed to possess str e n g thening and recuperating properties and whic h i s le f t on for a b out an hour these arrange m ent co m plet e d the happy f at h er e nters to cong atulate if e and g iv e t h e c h i d nam e by which it is h e nc e forth to be tingu hed For no formality equ i val e t to e g is ration or baptism is customary among the M oslems and Persi n biographers fix th e date of famous m en by th e ir d e ath in tead of th e ir birth The infant is carried by th e fath e r outsi e door and then h e spea k thr ee times into th e child s ear th e nam e chos e n for it If th e f th e r is unacqua i nted with th e for m of pray e r to b e u ed a priest is called to ss st in th e ful lm e nt of this duty Th e circumcision is p e form e d on th e followi g Friday Wh e n a child is with th e call e d evil e ye the mot e r will go to a saintly mollah in order to m ove the sp e ll This holy man whose br e ath sanct by th e const nt r e petition of th e name o f the deity has acqui e d a supernatural healing pow e r proc ee d to m ak e a s e ri e s of myst e rious br e athings on the fac e of th e child accompani e d by th e imposition of his hand Th e e conclud e d h e produc e s a tiny scro of paper scrib e d with som e holy words or w i th a p sage f ro m the Koran and ord e rs it e ither to b e soaked in water the liquid to b e drank or to be ti e d on the right of c ld anoth e r to b e placed und r his pillow dur i ng the n ght and promis e s a sur e cure T h e Mohamm e ans are much more superstitiou tha any oth e oriental people T o note th e ir belie f wou d r e qu i re pages Download 24 Kb. 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