Iranian Kinship and Marriage
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This paper is an attempt to distinguish and discuss the Iranian (as distinct from the Turkish, Arabic and Islamic) elements in the present pattern of kinship and marriage practice in Persia in their historical context. This will entail also a discussion of what can be known of the pre-Islamic Iranian system. Disciplines Anthropology | Social and Behavioral Sciences This journal article is available at ScholarlyCommons: http://repository.upenn.edu/anthro_papers/136
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