Note 68 — HASAN OF BASSORAH.[5]
Richard Francis Burton translation · Edition 2
This is a reminiscence of the old-fashioned “marriage by capture,” of which many traces survive, even among the civilised who wholly ignore their origin.
Richard Francis Burton translation · Edition 2
This is a reminiscence of the old-fashioned “marriage by capture,” of which many traces survive, even among the civilised who wholly ignore their origin.