zenana

Example Sentences

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It’s difficult to comprehend the life of women in the zenana for which so few records survive.

From Seattle Times

After abolishing the practice of widow immolation in 1829, the British turned sequestration of Indian women into one of their weapons justifying the civilizing mission; the alleged deplorable condition of women in the zenana was a way to get at Indian men.

From Seattle Times

The latter were sequestered from view and segregated in living quarters known as the zenana.

From Seattle Times

The next sections illustrate the area’s takeover by the Mughal empire in 1561, including a 17th-century tent; a look at a royal zenana, the women’s wing of a Rathore palace; art of the palace in the 18th century; and the dramatic transformation in India through encounters with the British Empire in the 19th century.

From Seattle Times

Women — despite the strictures of purdah and the establishment of separate female courts, known as “zenana”— played catalyzing roles as patrons and collectors, bringing new customs, art forms, and tastes into court life.

From Washington Post