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Abu'l-Fazl ibn Mubarak on Marriage

1551–1602 India

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A man should marry four wives: A Persian to have someone to talk to; a Khurasani woman for his housework; a Hindu for nursing his children; a woman from Mawaraun nahr, or Transoxiana, to have someone to whip as a warning to the other three.

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