The Education of Women and The Vices of Men: Two Qajar Tracts

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The Education of Women T W O Q A J A R T R A C T S &The Vices of Men Translated from the Persian and with an Introduction by h a s a n j ava d i and w i l l e m f l o o r Syracuse University Press Copyright © 2010 by Syracuse University Press Syracuse, New York 13244–5290 All Rights Reserved First Complete English Edition 2010 10 11 12 13 14 15 6 5 4 3 2 1 Originally published in Persian as Ruyaru’i-ye zan va mard dar ‘asr-e Qajar. Du resaleh. Ta’dib al-Nesvan va Ma‘ayeb al-Rejal, eds. Hasan Javadi, Manzheh Mar‘ashi, and Simin Shakarlu (San Jose, 1371/1992). ∞ The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of the American National Standard for Information Sciences—Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48–1992. For a listing of books published and distributed by Syracuse University Press, visit our Web site at SyracuseUniversityPress.syr.edu. ISBN: 978–0-8156–3240–5 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Ta’dib al-nisvan. English The education of women ; and, The vices of men : two Qajar tracts / translated from the Persian and with an introduction by Hasan Javadi and Willem Floor. — 1st complete English ed. p. cm. — (Modern intellectual and political history of the Middle East) Includes bibliographical references. ISBN 978-0-8156-3240-5 (cloth : alk. paper) 1. Women—Iran—Social conditions—19th conditions. 2. Women—Sexual behavior—Iran. 3. Sex customs—Iran. 4. Wives—Iran—Conduct of life. 5. Husbands—Iran—Conduct of life. 6. Iran—Social life and customs— 19th century. I. Javadi, Hasan. II. Floor, Willem M. III. Astarabadi, Bibi Khanum, b. 1858 or 9. Ma’ayib al-rijal. English. IV. Title. V. Title: Vices of men. HQ29.T3413 2010 305.48'89155009034—dc22 2010031695 Manufactured in the United States of America ...