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Polygyny, Family and Sharafat: Discourses amongst North Indian Muslims, circa 1870–1918

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 November 2010

Asiya Alam
Asiya Alam*
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Department of Asian Studies, University of Texas, 1 University Station, G9300, Austin, Texas 78712, USA Email: [email protected]
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Abstract

While historians of South Asia have examined in elaborate detail critiques of sati and child marriage in the Hindu community, a similar approach to Muslim familial reform also needs serious attention. By investigating discourses on the question of polygyny1, this paper is an attempt in this direction. In the light of these discourses, the paper argues that polygyny, influenced by modern sensibilities of reform and social change, underwent different interpretations during the colonial period. The debate on polygyny was not homogenous and uniform and research reveals a plurality of viewpoints on the subject. The argument was often based on an assumption of sexual difference which, in some cases, emphasized the infertility and reproductive incapacity of the first wife, and in others, presented an idealization of domestic ideology where the second wife made the ‘perfect’ home. Simultaneously, there were also strong critiques of polygyny by women writers who underscored the misery of the first wife. These debates do not necessarily settle the question in favour of a particular position, but reflect a conversation held on marriage, children and family, and express how love, conjugality and affection were narrated in the public sphere.

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Modern Asian Studies , Volume 45 , Issue 3 , May 2011 , pp. 631 - 668
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Footnotes

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In the preparation of this paper, Yasmin Saikia, David Gilmartin and Sarah Shields assisted me in early versions of the draft. Gail Minault, Rochona Majumdar and Indrani Chatterjee suggested significant improvements in the revisions. Sughra Mehdi helped me with relevant Urdu literature. I sincerely acknowledge their help.

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54 In Islamic mythology, jinn (or genie) are believed to be supernatural creatures that can spiritually possess a human body.

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80 Ibid., p. 283. Phool was started by Mumtaz Ali in 1910 and edited by Nazr Sajjad Hyder, whereas Sharif bibi, founded in 1910, was edited by Fatima Begum, daughter of Mahbub Alam, editor of Paisa Akhbar. Gail Minault, Secluded Scholars, pp. 120, 148–149, 180, 269, 290.

81 Ibid., pp. 303, 305.

82 Ibid., p. 347.

83 Ibid., pp. 576–581.

84 Akbari Begum did not support polygyny outside the boundaries of ashraf community. In one instance in Gudar ka Lal, Khair Ali, the male patriarch, has an affair with the domestic help of the household. He marries her much to the dismay and sadness of his first wife, Khairunnissa. His actions are treated by contempt by everyone in the family, in particular Yusuf. Eventually, his second wife runs away with jewellery and clothes. Khair Ali realizes his mistake and discovers the ‘difference between sharif (respectable) and khandani (high ancestry) wives and awara (vagabond) and zaleel (low/contemptible) women’, Gudar ka Lal, p. 255. For details of the whole affair, see pp. 244–255.

85 For a discussion of her novels, see Shaista Suhrawardy, Critical Survey, pp. 103–106.

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88 Nazr Sajjad Hyder, Hawa-e Chaman mein Khema-e Gul, p. 3.

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103 Ibid., p. 115.

104 Ibid., p. 118.

105 Ibid., p. 218.

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