As the wife of a medical missionary, the author spent eight years in Persia and Turkish Arabia and gained a rare entry into the women’s quarters. She describes life in Kerman and other Persian towns and in Baghdad and Mosul, with marriages, households, festivals, superstitions and friendships, alongside her husband’s chapters on medical work.
A revealing Edwardian account of domestic life in the Middle East, written from a missionary’s viewpoint. Download the free EPUB.