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WELL VERSED IN MOUNTAIN BRIGANDAGE |
ONE OF THE LAWS OF THE MEDES AND PERSIANS THAT ALTERETH NOT |
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| As rugged and untamed in character as the hilly regions of north-western Persia where they dwell, the Kurds, by their fierce aspect and war-like propensities, have established for themselves a reputation of which depredation and violence are conspicuous features | No matter how charming a figure a Persian woman may possess, she looks but a shapeless bundle when shrouded in her outdoor costume. The Persians say that the veiling order in Islam came about because a passing Arab, admiring the beauty of Ayesha, Mahomet's favourite wife, offered a camel in exchange for her; the irate husband thereupon established this decree |