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'A handbook of Turkey in Europe (London: Intelligence Division, Admiralty; 1917)' [65v] (135/348)
The record is made up of 1 volume (170 folios). It was created in 1917. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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126
TURKISH SOCIAL LIFE
marriage or acquired during its subsistence. The custody of
the children is carefully arranged for by Koranic law.
Marriage is held in high honour, and a man who does not
marry is looked upon askance. It is an affair of arrangement
not of sentiment. The kulavuz or intermediary is an impor
tant factor in matrimonial arrangements. It is her business
to know all about the marriageable girls in a certain area. If
a mother has a son who, in her opinion, ought to marry, she
inquires among her friends about a suitable mate, or has
recourse to the kulavuz. Then she and her relatives visit the
harems where there is a possible bride. There is a special
name for those on such a quest; they are called gorijis, i. e.
viewers. The girls visited will be the eldest unmarried
daughters, for the Turks (and the Greeks) stand out for
marrying off their daughters in order of seniority.
If the young man’s mother approves of a girl, she mentions
incidentally the amount that goes with her son and makes
inquiries about the girl’s age and dowry. When a selection
is made, the preliminaries are arranged, not by the families
concerned, but by intermediaries. The son does not see the
bride-elect unveiled, but she is afforded an opportunity of
seeing him, as on a walk. Betrothal presents are exchanged
and sometimes the young man is on this occasion allowed to
see the girl’s face. A legal marriage, in which the financial
arrangements are stated and attested, then takes place. The
couple usually only see each other after the transfer of the
bride from her father’s roof to that of her husband. This
is an occasion of great ceremony and festivity. It is the
wedding, the social function as apart from the legal marriage.
The ceremonies are many and complicated and picturesque,
involving the bride’s holding a prolonged reception, during
which she has to sit motionless like an idol for hours, tricked
out in all sorts of finery. The street procession is now a
custom only with the poor.
If a woman is 'intelligent enough she frequently has her
husband completely under her influence, and if she is of
good family her influence may be very considerable even
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Copy of 'A handbook of Turkey in Europe, prepared on behalf of the Admiralty , Admiralty War Staff, Intelligence Division, January 1917.'
The volume contains thirteen photographic plates (folios 99-106) and a map (folio 171).
Contents (folio 6):
Section I
- I. Boundaries and Physical Features, p 9 (f 7);
- II. Climate, p 27 (f 16);
- III. Modern History, p 34 (f 19v);
- IV. Ethnology and Languages, p 49 (f 27);
- V. Religions, p 66 (f 35v);
- VI. Government and Administration, p 96 (f 50v);
- VII. Turkish Social Life, p 114 (f 59v);
- VIII. Economic Geography and Finance, p 142 (f 73v);
- IX. Chief Towns, p 166 (f 85v);
- X. Money, Weights and Measures, the Calendar, p 185 (f 95).
Section II. Itineraries.
- Roads, p 193(f 107);
- Railways, p 276 (f 148v).
Index, p 307 (f 164).
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (170 folios)
- Arrangement
The volume contains a table of contents at folio 6, and an index at folios 164-170.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 172; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. An original pagination sequence is present in parallel between ff 7-170.
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- Title
- 'A handbook of Turkey in Europe (London: Intelligence Division, Admiralty; 1917)'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:98v, 107r:170v, back-i
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence