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Sketches of Persia

Note 156 — Chapter XIX

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Thirty-eight persons were put to death, of whom eleven were sons, brothers, and nephews.

Such of the women of his family as were not killed were given away to persons of inferior condition; a brutal and degrading usage practised in Persia, as well as Tartary, in cases where it is desired to disgrace as well as punish men of high rank.

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