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

by M. E. Hume-Griffith; A. Hume-Griffith

Behind the Veil in Persia and Turkish Arabia

The Author and her Husband in Bakhtian Costume

Dr. Hume-Griffith’s dress is that of a chief, and is of blue cloth lined with red flannel: and the lady’s is of richly-brocaded velvet, and her head-coverings are of very pretty muslin, embroidered with silk.

Behind the Veil in Persia and Turkish Arabia

An Account of an Englishwoman’s Eight Years’ 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

Printed by Ballantyne, Hanson & Co.

At the Ballantyne Press, Edinburgh

I DEDICATE
THIS BOOK
TO
MY HUSBAND
IN LOVING REMEMBRANCE OF
EIGHT HAPPY YEARS
1900–1908