zenanah

Slaves, domestic, condition of; female in the zenanah; liberated by or on the death of the owner; property of reverting to the master

Observations on the Mussulmauns of India Descriptive of Their Manners, Customs, Habits and Religious Opinions Made During a Twelve Years' Residence in Their Immediate Society Mrs. Meer Hasan Ali 1885

Folk tales, told in the zenanah; tale reciters; tale of Daaood; of the Prophet; of pilgrims; of a charitable Arab; of Syaad Harshim; of a saint changing the course of a river; of an ungrateful snake; of a king who longed for a fruit

Observations on the Mussulmauns of India Descriptive of Their Manners, Customs, Habits and Religious Opinions Made During a Twelve Years' Residence in Their Immediate Society Mrs. Meer Hasan Ali 1885

In the East, it is well known that no man either by himself or his troops, can enter the walls of a zenanah, scarcely in the case of acting against an open enemy, much less of _an ally, -- an ally acting against his own mother_.

The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 08 (of 12) Edmund Burke 1763

Their behavior last night was so furious that there seemed the greatest probability of their proceeding to the utmost extremities, and that they would either throw themselves from the walls or force the doors of the zenanah.

The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 12 (of 12) Edmund Burke 1763

The ladies followed her advice, and about ten at night went back into the zenanah.

The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 08 (of 12) Edmund Burke 1763

The sepoys consequently assembled; and each one being provided with a bludgeon, they drove them by dint of beating into the zenanah.

The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 08 (of 12) Edmund Burke 1763

They came to a resolution of driving them in by force, and gave orders to their sepoys to beat any one of the women who should attempt to move forward; the sepoys accordingly assembled, and each one being provided with a bludgeon, they drove them, by dint of beating, into the zenanah.

The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 12 (of 12) Edmund Burke 1763

The Nabob and Salar Jung were the only two that could enter the zenanah: the first was a son, who was to address a parent, and, of course, could use no language or action but that of earnest and reiterated solicitation; and the other was, in all appearance, a traitor to our cause.

The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 12 (of 12) Edmund Burke 1763

The ladies followed her advice, and about ten at night went back to the zenanah.

The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 12 (of 12) Edmund Burke 1763

The next day Letafit went twice to the women, and used his endeavors to make them return into the zenanah, promising to advance them ten thousand rupees, which, upon the money being paid down, they agreed to comply with; but night coming on, nothing transpired.

The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 12 (of 12) Edmund Burke 1763