Behind the Veil in Persia and Turkish Arabia / An Account of an Englishwoman's Eight Years' Residence Amongst the Women of the East

An Englishwoman recounts eight years living among women in Persia and Turkish Arabia, combining travel memoir, social observation, and missionary medical experiences. She describes daily life in anderoons and hareems, domestic customs, dress, weddings, funerals, child-rearing, local industries, climate, and landscape, and sketches religious practices including Bábism and Zoroastrian rites. Interwoven are accounts of hospital work, surgeries, and public-health challenges, stories of journeys through deserts and cities such as Kerman and Mosul, and reflections on irrigation, river navigation, and changing political conditions. The narrative blends intimate portraits, practical detail about crafts and medicine, and commentary on social constraints and reform.