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In this way a marriage seldom lasts more than a year or two. IN THIS WAY A MARRIAGE SELDOM LASTS MORE THAN A YEAR OR TWO
m. These women have been divorced, married others, and had children by them." Regarding Egypt, Lane tells us: "I have heard of men who have been in the habit of marrying a new wife almost every month."[64] Burkhardt speaks of an Arab forty-five years old who had had fifty wives, "so that he must have divorced two wives and married two fresh ones on the average every year." And not to go further than the sacred city of Mecca, the late reigning princess of Bhopal, in central India, herself an orthodox follower of the Prophet, after making the pilgrimage of the holy places, writes thus: Women frequently contract as many as ten marriages, and those who have only been married twice are few in number. If a woman sees her husband growing old, or if she happen to admire any one else, she goes to the Shereef (the spiritual and civil head of the holy city), and after having settled the matter with him she puts away her husband and takes to herself another, who is, perhaps, good-looking and rich. TY WIVES AND CHILDREN BY SEVERAL OF THEM THESE WOMEN HAVE BEEN DIVOUCED MARRIED OTHERS AND HAD CHILDREN BY THEM REGARDING EGYPT PLAIN TELLS US I HAVE HEARD OF MEN WHO HAVE BEEN IN THE HABIT OF MARRYING A NEW WIFE ALMOST EVERY MONTH PURGARD SPEAKS OF AN ARAB FORTY FIVE YEARS OLD WHO HAD HAD FIFTEEN WIVES SO THAT HE MUST HAVE DIVORCED TWO WIVES AND MARRY TWO FRESH ONES ON THE AVERAGE EVERY YEAR AND NOT TO GO FURTHER THAT THE SACRED CITY OF MECCA THE LAW REIGNING PRINCESS OF BOPOL IN CENTRAL INDIA HERSELF AN ORTHODOX FOLLOWER OF THE PROPHET AFTER MAKING THE PILGRIMAGE OF THE HOLY PLACES WRITE THUS WOMEN FREQUENTLY CONTRACT AS MANY AS TEN MARRIAGES AND THOSE WHO HAVE ONLY BEEN MARRIED TWICE ARE FEW IN NUMBER IF A WOMAN SEES HER HUSBAND GROWING OLD OR IF SHE HAPPEN TO ADMIRE ANY ONE ELSE SHE GOES TO THE SHERIFF THE SPIRITUAL AND CIVIL HEAD OF THE HOLY CITY AND AFTER HAVING SETTLED THE MATTER WITH HIM SHE PUTS AWAY HER HUSBAND AND TAKES TO HERSELF ANOTHER WHO IS PERHAPS GOOD LOOKING AND RICH
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