abortion
Abraham
Abu Dhabi
Adnan
business success and property of
character and personality of
children of Maha and, see Mutazar; Sofiya
divorce threatened by
drug addiction of
financial support withdrawn by
Maha’s relationship with
official, respectable family of
Afghanistan
Western war against
Afghans
agents (dalals)
Agra
Akbar, Mughal Emperor
Aladdin
Alamgiri Gate
alcohol
Al Faisal Hotel
Al Fatah supermarket
Ali (cousin of the Prophet)
holy relics of
Allah
Ama-Jee
ambulances
Anarkali “Pomegranate Blossom,”
ankle bells (ghungaroo)
“anti-nautch” movement
anti-Semitism
Ariba
character and personality of
dancing of
loose public conduct of
Maha’s treatment of
physical ailments of
physical appearance of
prostitution of
rape of
stealing by
Arungzeb, Mughal Emperor
Ashura (Night of Murders)
ass (bund)
Ayub Khan, Mohammed
Azim
Baaba
Babar Bakery
Babar Market
Badshahi Masjid
lighting of
minaret and domes of
special services in
Balochi language
bamboo canes (lathis)
Bangladesh:
brothels of
Heera Mandi families from
beds, rope-strung (charpoys)
Begam, Nadira
beggars
Best Musical Group
betel leaf stimulant (paan)
Bhati Gate
Bilquis
bin-Laden, Osama
black magic (kala ilm)
blindness
Bombay
bras
as “Pakistani pockets,”
bread:
fried (puri)
leavened (naan)
unleavened (roti; rotiya)
British raj
British women imported as wives for
cultural changes under
1857 mutiny against
independence of some princely states from
Indian women taken as concubines by
1947 departure of
social distance encouraged between natives and
Victorian standards of
brooms (jharu)
brothels:
in Asian cities
drug use in
of Heera Mandi
in hotels and suburbs
management of
sexual slavery in
Brown, Louise (author):
academic research of
atheism of
divorce of
Maha’s relationship with
physical appearance of
teaching of
three children of
Burton, Richard
buses
butchers
butter, clarified (ghee)
Calcutta
call to prayer (azan)
caste system
entertainers in
prostitutes in
subcastes in
untouchables in
castration
cauldrons (deg)
Chand Raat (Moon Night)
charity
children:
clothes of
eating hierarchies among
fatherless
sexual exploitation of
status of
support of
Children’s Illustrated Bible Stories
Christians
alcohol licenses granted to
Christmas celebration of
Pakistani
prostitutes as
untouchables converted by
Christmas:
celebration of
symbols of
Christmas carols
cinema
mobile
see also Indian films; Pakistani films; Punjabi films
circumcision
circuses
concubines
in hareems
Indian women taken by British as
condoms
contact lenses
contraceptive pills
cooks
Corex (cough medicine)
courtesans
affluence of
aristocrats and royalty as clients of
careers of daughters and nieces managed by
childbirth and
classical singing and dancing of
culture and learning of
early retirement of
fees of
honorable status of
Islamic and Hindu origins of
romance and companionship provided by
training of
see also concubines; mistresses; prostitutes
cricket
cucumbers
customers (tamash been)
dancing:
ankle bells (ghungaroo) used in
classical
dervish
in films
folk
kathak
of khusras
lap
lewdness in
musical accompaniment to
pop
promotion of tours for
religious ritual
sex and prostitution linked with
taped music and CDs as accompaniment to
technique and style in
training for
Data Dabar
Data Ganj Bakhsh Hajveri
debt bondage
Defense
Delhi
Dhaka
Didi
Dion, Celine
disciples (chela)
divorce (talaq)
dogs
donkey carts
drugs
addiction to
injection of
overdoses of
pharmaceutical
selling of
sex and
see also specific drugs
drums:
double-sided (dholak)
pair of (tabla)
Dubai
Dubois
dwarfs
Eid-al-Adha
Eid-al-Fitr
elephants
England
food in
Pakistanis educated in
refuse collection in
social purity movement in
English language
entertainers
Kanjar group of
low social caste of
prostitution associated with
Punjabi landed gentry as patrons of
street
see also dancing; music; songs
eunuchs
Euphrates River
Farida
Farrukh
Fatima (daughter of the Prophet)
festivals (melas)
firecrackers (patake)
fortune-tellers
Fouzia
fruit drink (sherbet)
gangster (badmash)
Garden Town
geishas
ghost (bhut)
goats
gowns, long (burqas)
gravy (salan)
Griswold, H. D.
Gulberg
gurus
Hanouk
hareems
eunuchs allowed in
punishment of women straying from
harmoniums
Hasan
hashish
Hassan (grandson of the Prophet)
hats (topis)
Hazoori Gardens
healer (hakeem)
Heera Mandi
animals in
Bangladeshi families in
bazaar of
brothels of
changing traditions of
Christian compound in
congestion of
courtyard of
criminal visitors to
decay and garbage in
decline of
descendants of Kanjar group in
family life and child care in
female film stars from
food service and providers in
hidden world of women in
illiteracy in
Indian refugees in
male clients and patrons of
medical care in
1960s closing of red-light area in
old women of
performance rooms (kothas) of
police work in
poverty in
return of women to
roof terraces and balconies of
rural village women in
Shia shrine in
social relations in
sweepers of
three-and-four-storey buildings of
Tibbi Gali in
Western women in
Heera Mandi Chowk
henna
designs (mehindi)
hermaphrodites
heroin
Hindus
ambiguous sexuality in culture of
ancient civilization of
caste system of
cultural fusion of Muslims and
pilgrimages of
religious prostitution of
social practices of
temples of
HIV/AIDS
holy man (pir)
homosexuality
in England
inequality and
Islamic condemnation of
see also khusras
honor (izzat)
horse-carts (tangas)
houses (havelis)
Hussain (grandson of the Prophet)
Hussain, Iqbal
background of
house and restaurant of
as official guarantor and witness
portraits of Heera Mandi women painted by
as professor of fine arts
Hussein, Sadaam
ices (golas)
India
British rule of
brothels of
Central
fusion of Hindu and Muslim cultures in
Muslim invasion and occupation of
1947 independence of
Northern
Pakistan relations with
Partition of
patriarchal culture of
red-light areas (chaklas) of
refugees from
Indian films
Bollywood productions of
kathak dance style in
stars of
Indus Valley
Iqbal Park
Iran
Iraq
Islam
birth of
call to prayer (azan) in
caste system partially absorbed by
expansion and growth of
Hindu conversion to
month of fasting in, see Ramzan
Orthodox
place of singing and dancing in
religious calendar of
religious symbols of
see also Muslims; Shia Muslims; Sufism; Sunni Muslims
Islamic law
divorce in
equality promoted by
four wives allowed in
homosexuality condemned in
illegality of extramarital sex in
pork forbidden in
punishment for extramarital sex in
singing and dancing in
Jahangir, Mughal Emperor
Jama Masjid
Jamila
jewelry
juvenile arthritis
Kanjar
obscure, vilified origins of
power of women in
Karachi
Karbala, Battle of
Karbala Gamay Shah
Karim Park
Khasib, Sheikh
khusras
clothing and makeup of
communities of
competition among
contempt for
dancing of
earnings of
gurus of
hair of
hermaphrodites and castrated men among
hierarchy of
prostitution of
stylized sexiness of
Kumari, Meena
Lahore
alcohol permit rooms in
Anarkali Bazaar of
brief Sikh control of
brothels in hotels and suburbs of
colonial
as cultural center of Punjab
as imperial capital
intellectual elite class of
legends and myths of
monsoon floods of
multicultural history of
Polo club of
Punjab Civil Secretariat building in
shopping in
state schools in
suburbs of
Lahore, old Walled City of (andron shaher)
ancient brothel quarter of, see Heera Mandi
Lahore, old Walled City of (andron shaher) (continued)
congested life within
Diamond Market of, see Heera Mandi
Fort Road in
grand old building and ruins of
kite flying in
Mall Road in
Mony Road in
mosques and mausoleums of
narrow lanes (galis) and dark alleys of
pedestrian and vehicular traffic in
population of
processions in streets of
Ravi Road in
street amusements and attractions in
streets and markets of
thirteen gates of
tourists in
Laila
Lal Shahbaz Qalandar
illustrations of
magical powers of
mausoleum of
lamentation assemblies (majlis; majalis)
landlord (mallik)
landowner (nawab)
laundry
lentils
lentil soup (dal)
lice
London
lovers
ashik
mehbub
Lucknow
Lucky Irani Circus
ludo (board game)
madams
magicians (jadugars)
Maha
abuse of
Adnan’s relationship with
aristocratic relationships of
birth of
character and personality of
children of, see Ariba; Mutazar; Nena; Nisha; Sofiya
clothing and makeup of
cough medicine addiction of
dancing of
depressions of
family background of
financial difficulties of
first long-term relationship of
holy men consulted by
legal marriage of
living quarters of
miscarriage of
mother and sisters of
physical appearance of
sensuality of
singing of
weight gain of
Mahmood
Malika
mangoes
marijuana
marriage
arranged
ceremonies (shadi) of
family alliances in
four wives at a time allowed in
homosexual alliances and
legal contracts of
as only option for women
restriction and control of wives in
same-sex
temporary-contract (mut’a)
massage
masseur (dubanna walla)
Master Jee
meatballs (kofte)
medical care
Mehmood
men
abuse of women by
castration of
as clients and patrons of prostitutes
first sexual experiences of
four wives allowed to
handsomeness and masculinity of
sexual dominance of
young boys as sexual partners of
see also homosexuality; khusras
midwives (dais)
Miranda, Carmen
missionaries, Christian
mistresses
aristocratic and wealthy patrons of
of Britons
Mohammed (Prophet)
death of
descendants (sayeed) of
mosques (masjids)
Mota
motorbikes
Mughal Empire
origins of
singing and dancing in
waning of
women as secluded chattels in
Muharram
Multan
Mumbai
Mumtaz
museums (ajayabghars)
Mushtaq
music
classical
education in
Indian and Arabic influence in
Sufi
see also dancing; songs
musical instruments
see also specific musical instruments
musicians
accompanying of dance by
fees of
mirasi
Muslims
cultural fusion of Hindus and
history of third genders and eunuchs among
invasion and rule of India by
Orthodox
see also Islam; Islamic law; Shia Muslims; Sufism; Sunni Muslims
Mutazar
“My Heart Will Go On,”
Nai caste
narcotic (booti)
National Academy of Art
“nautch” girls
Nazia
Nena
admirer of
attempted prostitution of
character and personality of
dancing of
false documents of
film star aspirations of
marriage of
physical appearance of
Neville, Pran
Nisha
character and personality of
dancing of
illness, deformity, and medical care of
physical appearance of
pregnancy of
prostitution of
Nur Jahan, Mughal Empress
Old Arab
opium
Pakeezab
Pakistan
Balochistan province in
cold season: December 2001-January 2002 in
Pakistan (continued)
cold season: December 2003-January 2004 in
cold season: November 2000-January 2001 in
country villages of
diet and nutrition in
eating hierarchies in
flag of
hot season: April-June 2000 in
hot season: April 2001 in
hybrid culture of two civilizations in
Independence Day in
industrial and business development in
Islamization of
kindness and hospitality in
lack of insurance and benefits in
magic and witchcraft practices of
monsoon season: August 2000 in
monsoon season: July-August 2001 in
monsoon season: July 2003 in
Northern
nuclear testing in
relations of India and
sectarian and political conflict in
urs commemorations in
Pakistani films
dancing in
Lollywood productions in
stars of
Pakistan International Airlines
Pathans
sexual practices of
Patiala, Maharaja of
Pearl Continental Hotel
pedophilia
penises (luns)
circumcision of
removal of
symbolic (Shiva Linga)
Peshawar
pimps
dens of
guns of
hierarchy of
husbands and fathers as
monitoring and control of women by
new professional class of
profits collected by
wealth and power of
women as
women imported by
see also agents (dalals)
police
pornography
prostitutes (kanjris)
accomplishments of wives vs. those of
aging and rejection of
childless
clients called husbands by
clothing and makeup of
common
competition among
as dancing girls (nachne walli)
daughters of
descendants of courtesans as elite among
desirability of young women and girls in
desirable physical attributes of
dirty (gandi kanjri)
distinctions among
English
fees of
glamour photographs of
hierarchy of
male
older
praise and envy of
prestigious and aristocratic liaisons of
public hair removed by
religious distinctions among
respectable (tawaif)
respectable salons of
romance and passion supplied by
rural women as
short-lived relationship of
singing of
sons of
street-walking
taxi
temple devadasi
washing rituals of
weight gain of
see also concubines; courtesans; mistresses prostitution:
academic research on
in Asian capitals
childbirth and
exposure to disease and
family connections to
generational passing of
Hindu caste system and
human rights issues and
illegality of
religious
social stigma of
trafficking of women for
public hair
public call office (PCO)
Punjab
British annexation of
fertile agricultural plain of
Lahore as cultural center of
Partition and
Punjab Gazeteer
Punjabi films
Punjabi language
Qazi, Dr.
Quran
Racecourse Park
radishes, white (moolis)
Raghunathji, K.
Ramadan, see Ramzan
Ramzan
ending the fast in
fasting in
last Friday of
nights of
self-flagellation of penitents in
sex discouraged in
slow pace of
twentieth day of
Rani
rape
rats
Rawalpindi
Razia
Red Fort
respectable (sharif)
rickshaws
ritual purity
Roe, Thomas
romantic love
Roshnai Gate
Roshnai Gate Presbyterian Church
Royal Fort, see Shahi Quila
Sabina
Saheen
Salim, Mughal Prince
Salma
Sameer
Samina
seclusion (purdah)
clothing of
of the eyes
as ideal and protective status
wives in
working women in
self-flagellation (matam)
semolina sweet (halva)
Sewan Sharif
crowds of pilgrims in
freak show in
houses of
mausoleum of Lal Shahbaz Qalandar in
prostitution in
rubbish and filth of
Shiva Sanctuary in
sex
anal
condoms and
dancing linked with
double standard in
extramarital
homosexual
Islamic law and
oral
Shahbaz Express
Shaheen
Shahi Mohalla
see also Heera Mandi
Shahi Quila
Shalamar Gardens
Shamsa
shawl (dupatta)
Sheikpura
Shela
Shia hand (panja, panje)
Shia Muslims
banners and flags of
countries inhabited by
martyrs revered by
Muharram observance of
Pakistani population of
religious calendar of
religious ritual (ziyarat) of
self-flagellation of
shrines of
Sunni Muslims vs.
symbols of
Shisha Mahal (Mirrored Palace)
Shiva Linga
Sikhs
Sindh
Singh, Ranjit
slavery
sexual
sleeping pills
smoking pipe (hookah)
snacks:
“Bombay Mix” (namkeen)
deep fried (samosa)
Sofiya
songs:
classical (ghazal)
folk
popular
Punjabi
religious
sophisticated verses of
Sufi
stringed instrument (sarangi)
Sufism
Hindu traditions in
holy men of
music (qawwalli) of
mystical tradition of
rituals of
saints of
Sunni Muslims
Pakistani population of
Shia Muslims vs.
Swat
Taj Mahal
Taliban
Tariq
Tarranum Chowk
Tarranum Cinema
Tasneem
Taxali Gate
television
testosterone
Thakur Das, G. L.
toilets
open-air
primitive
train
tombs, models of (tazia)
trains
tuberculosis (TB)
tunic and trousers (shalwaar kameez)
United Arab Emirates
Unites States:
Afghanistan attacked by
terror attacks in
untouchables
churba
Urdu language
Persianized
poetry in
urs commemorations
Ursula
vagina (kusi)
vegetarianism
veils
large (chador)
meaning and use of
Viagra
Victoria Unani Cream
VIP Musical Group
virginity
waist wrap (dhoti)
wandering mystics (galandars)
washerman (dhobi walla)
water stalls (sabils)
Well of Death
White Flower
white woman (goree)
women:
abuse of
lack of social contact between men and
lowest order of
marriage as only respectable option for
men’s physical preferences in
respectable
seclusion (purdah) of
sexual dominance of men over
“shameless” behavior of
Yazid (caliph)
Yemen
Yusuf
Zakariya Hospital
Zayed, Sheikh
Zeyneb (descendent of the Prophet)
Zuljenah (horse)