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- Beena_marriage abstract "Beena is a form of marriage used in pre-Islamic Arabia, in which a wife would own a tent of her own, within which she retained complete independence from her husband, a form of matriarchy.The term was suggested by John Ferguson McLennan, who noted that in Ceylon the marriage when a husband goes to live in the wife's village is called \"beena marriage\", and suggested to use \"beena\" as a general term for this kind of marriages.".
- Beena_marriage comment "Beena is a form of marriage used in pre-Islamic Arabia, in which a wife would own a tent of her own, within which she retained complete independence from her husband, a form of matriarchy.The term was suggested by John Ferguson McLennan, who noted that in Ceylon the marriage when a husband goes to live in the wife's village is called \"beena marriage\", and suggested to use \"beena\" as a general term for this kind of marriages.".