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Zenana (Persian: زنانه, "of the women" or "pertaining to women"; Urdu: زنانہ; Bengali: জেনানা; Hindi: ज़नाना) is the part of a
house belonging to a Muslim...
- The
zenana missions were
outreach programmes established in
British India with the aim of
converting women to Christianity. From the mid 19th century,...
- The
Church of
England Zenana Missionary Society (CEZMS;
founded 1880), also
known as the
Church of
England Zenana Mission, was a
British Anglican missionary...
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Ladies of
Caubul (1848 lithograph, by
James Rattray)
showing the
lifting of
purdah in
zenana areas –
Oriental and
India Office Collection,
British Library....
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andaruni (Persian: اندرونی;
meaning inside), and in the
Indian subcontinent as
zenana (Urdu: زنانہ).
Although the
institution has
experienced a
sharp decline...
- has the same
meaning as the
Turkish word
seraglio and the
Persian word
zenana. It is also
similar to the
Sanskrit word anthapura,
meaning ‘the
inner apartment’...
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administrator who
launched the
female education initiative in
India known as the
Zenana Missions. He has been
credited with
introducing the
rickshaw to India. Fordyce...
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Afghanistan Turkey Concepts Andaruni Awrah Fahisha Gender segregation Haya
Purdah Zenana Other Hijabophobia Hujum Kashf-e
hijab My
Stealthy Freedom Wimple World...
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Ladies of
Caubul (Kabul, Afghanistan)
showing the
lifting of
purdah in
zenana areas – 1848
lithograph by
James Rattray,
Oriental and
India Office Collection...
- sandstone, it is on the edge of the City Palace, Jaipur, and
extends to the
Zenana, or women's chambers. Hawa
Mahal is
known as the “
palace of
winds “. Maharaja...
