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ZENANA (Persian zanana)

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Originally appearing in Volume V28, Page 967 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ZENANA (Persian zanana)  , the apartments of an Eastern house in which the
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women of the
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family are secluded (see
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HAREM) . This is a
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Mahommedan custom, which has been introduced into India and has spread amongst the
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Hindus . The zenana missions are missions to
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Indian women in their own homes .

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