Chapter I: Front Matter

CHILDREN OF PERSIA

_Uniform with this Volume_

CHILDREN OF INDIA
By JANET HARVEY KELMAN

CHILDREN OF CHINA
By C. CAMPBELL BROWN

CHILDREN OF AFRICA
By JAMES B. BAIRD

CHILDREN OF ARABIA
By JOHN CAMERON YOUNG

CHILDREN OF JAMAICA
By ISABEL C. MACLEAN

CHILDREN OF JAPAN
By JANET HARVEY KELMAN

CHILDREN OF EGYPT
By L. CROWTHER

CHILDREN OF CEYLON
By THOMAS MOSCROP

CHILDREN OF PERSIA

BY

MRS NAPIER MALCOLM

WITH EIGHT COLOURED ILLUSTRATIONS

FLEMING H. REVELL COMPANY
NEW YORK CHICAGO TORONTO

MY DEAR BOYS AND GIRLS,

This is a book about Persia, intended to be read by children; and, on this account, much has had to be left out. Do not think, when you have read this book, that you know how bad Muhammadanism is, for a great deal of its sin and cruelty is too terrible to tell to young folks. But I hope enough has been said to show you that Persian children do need to be rescued from Muhammadanism and brought to the Lord Jesus Christ to be His children. He needs them and they need Him. So for His sake and theirs we must do all we can to win the Persians for Christ.

I am,
Your sincere friend,
U. MALCOLM.

BROUGHTON, MANCHESTER, 1911.

CONTENTS

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I. MUHAMMAD 7

II. PERSIA 11

III. PERSIAN BABIES 18

IV. PERSIAN CLOTHES 24

V. PERSIAN GAMES AND TOYS 31

VI. PERSIAN SWEETS 36

VII. PERSIAN PRAYERS 41

VIII. FASTING AND PILGRIMAGES 47

IX. SAVĀBS 52

X. MUHAMMADAN CHARMS AND SUPERSTITIONS 58

XI. PERSIAN SCHOOLS 62

XII. CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS 69

XIII. WORK 74

XIV. CHILD WIVES 79

XV. SICK CHILDREN 84

XVI. CONCLUSION 92

ILLUSTRATIONS

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PERSIAN SHEPHERD BOY _Frontispiece_

A STREET OF SHOPS 15

A BABY IN HAMMOCK 20

LADIES’ OUT-DOOR AND IN-DOOR COSTUMES 25

PERSIANS AT PRAYER 43

READING THE QURAN TO THE SICK 58

A PERSIAN SCHOOL 64

A MISSION HOSPITAL 90

CHILDREN OF PERSIA