Kinship & marriage in early Arabia / By W. Robertson Smith ; with additional notes by the author and by Professor Ignaz Goldzither ; edited by Stanley A. Cook.

  • Smith, W. Robertson (William Robertson), 1846-1894.
Date:
1903
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Credit: Kinship & marriage in early Arabia / By W. Robertson Smith ; with additional notes by the author and by Professor Ignaz Goldzither ; edited by Stanley A. Cook. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CONTENTS CHAPTER I The Theory of the Genealogists as to the Origin of Arabic Tribal Groups PAGE The Arabic tribal groups—Theory of the genealogists—Date of the genealogies—Genealogy of Cocla'a—Method of the genealogists— Bakr and Taghlib—Meaning of brotherhood and fatherhood—• —Fictitious ancestors—Tombs of ancestors—Tamim son of Morr —Basis of the genealogical system — Unity of tribal blood— —Female eponyms—Batn and fakhidh ..... i CHAPTER II The Kindred Group and its Dependents or Allies The Arab kindred group—The kindred group or hayy—Dependents of the kindred group—Protector and protected — Adoption of slaves and refugees—Rights and duties of protected allies—The blood covenant — Antique conception of kinship — Kinship and property—The tribe and the family—Names for kinsmen . . 40 CHAPTER HI The Homogeneity of the Kindred Group in Relation to the Law of Marriage and Descent Endogamy and exogamy—Three types of marriage — Hatim and Mawiya—Testimony of Ammianus—moia marriage—Marriage of Omm Kharija—Marriage by capture—Capture and contract— The husband as lord—The dowry as a price—Capture and pur- chase—Marriage by purchase—“ Inheriting women against their will”—Marriage with a step-mother—The law of divorce— Property rights of women—Could women inherit ?—Property of women—The condition of women—The woman and her kinsfolk The position of women . . . . . . . . 73