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Perfecting women : Maulana Ashraf ʻAlī Thanawi's Bihishti zewar : a partial translation with commentary / Barbara Daly Metcalf.
Van Pelt Library BJ1292.W6 T4713 1990
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Thānvī, Ashraf ʻAlī.
- Standardized Title:
- Bihishtī zevar. English
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Muslim women--Conduct of life.
- Muslim women.
- Islam--Customs and practices.
- Islam.
- Physical Description:
- xv, 436 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Berkeley : University of California Press, [1990]
- Summary:
- This instructional guidebook, used by the world's largest population of Muslims, is a vital source for those interested in modern Indian social reform, and in conceptions of gender and women's roles.
- Notes:
- Translation of: Bihishti zevar.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 383-414) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0520064917
- OCLC:
- 19325321
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