"Now the Scythians put out the eyes of all their slaves because of the milk which they drink; and they do as follows:—…"

"The Scythians then take the seed of this hemp and creep under the felt coverings, and then they throw the seed upon t…"

"Are not the Scythians of men the wisest? Who when their children are first born do give them The milk of mares and co…"

"If Zoroastrian and idolatrous women are taken prisoner, they are coerced into Islam; if they embrace it, sexual relat…"

"We have also seen that according to the prevalent view of the traditionists, a female polytheist must be converted to…"

"The prevalent view of the jurisprudents is that sexual intercourse of any kind is not permissible with Zoroastrian or…"

"Shafi‘i's treatment of the issue is slightly different. Speaking of grown-up Zoroastrian or polytheist women taken in…"

"There is nothing wrong in a man having sexual relations with his Zoroastrian slave-girl."

"But the one remarkable achievement was the mixing of races that set the example for the cosmopolitan civilization of …"

"[The milieu of the Persian court was one in which intellectual and artistic intercourse between representatives of th…"