Show P POLYGAMY L DYING OUT IN PERSIA TEHERAN May l Polygamy 14 14 Polygamy is dying out In Persia Persia another another nother result of I greatly advanced living costs together with jealousy which is becoming more morea I a marked characteristic of Persian wives with the permeation of Western ideas and standards In the East With this change has come another the the custom of having family names A year ago the Persian government nt made It compulsory for tor people to adopt a surname Before that only peasants had any common name In the family the upper classes possessing possessing only oneA one A man for tor Instance might be pe e called Ghaffar simply and his son Hassan I with nothing to show their relation ship |