(from the Arabian, to Jaras - forbidden),
female accomodation in the the rich of musul'm. house, and also, into
perene sense, its inhabitant- wife and nalozhnitsy of owner.
Large g. of rulers, rich persons and high officials in Turkey,
Iran, Afghanistan and other countries were guarded by eunuchs.
To men (besides husband and sons) the entrance in g. was
forbidden. Beginning from the 20's. 20 v. in the
countries, where existed g., in connection with the prohibition of
polygamy (for example, in Turkey into 1926), the equation of women in
the social rights with the men, by the progress of the economy and
culture, with an increase in demokratich. of motion, and into Vol. h.
of female, garemnoye seclusion almost disappeared.
