Question

What was the status of wonen in 18th century

Answer 1

The condition of the women in the society was far from satisfactory. Although the Muslim laws provi­ded women rights to property and right to divorce, their women folk was not also having a respectable status in the Muslim social set up.

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Even before the Muslims were not influenced by the hierarchy of status created by the sanskritization of the Hindu society, Raziya Sultana was opposed for succession to the throne and later on nobody lamented on her being disgraced by the “nobles” only being belonging to the fair-sex. The number of wives kept by these “nobles” and other Muslim officers vindicates the fact that they were considered species of sexual pleasure. 

As a consequence of this approach, purdah system and their segregation are self-explanatory to their low social status. Their status in Hindu society was even worst. They had almost no rights to property and marriage laws were very cruel.