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Original Front Cover.
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Behind the Veil in Persia and TurkishArabia
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The Author and her Husband in Bakhtian Costume
The Author and her Husband in BakhtianCostume
Dr. Hume-Griffith’s dress is that of a chief,and is of blue cloth lined with red flannel: and the lady’s is ofrichly-brocaded velvet, and her head-coverings are of very prettymuslin, embroidered with silk.
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Original Title Page.
Behind the Veil in Persia and TurkishArabia
An Account of an Englishwoman’s EightYears’ Residence Amongst the Women of the East
By
M. E. Hume-Griffith
With Narratives of Experiences in Both Countries
By
A. Hume-Griffith, M.D., D.P.H.
With 37 Illustrations and a Map
Philadelphia
J. B. Lippincott Company
London: Seeley & Co. Ltd.
1909
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Printed by Ballantyne,Hanson & Co.
At the Ballantyne Press, Edinburgh [v]
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I DEDICATE
THIS BOOK
TO
MY HUSBAND
IN LOVING REMEMBRANCE OF
EIGHT HAPPY YEARS
1900–1908 [vii]
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Preface
I have endeavoured in this book to give some accountof that inner life of the East of which a traveller, howeverkeen-sighted and intelligent, seldom gains more than a passing glimpse.In a residence of eight years in Persia and Turkish Arabia I havebecome intimate with a large circle of friends whose life is passedbehind the veil, and as the wife of a medical missionary I have hadunusual opportunities of winning their confidence and becomingacquainted with their thoughts. Of direct missionary effort                        
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