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The Honourable Raymond West, C.S., M.A., LL.D., F.R.G.S.,
PRESIDENT OF THE B. B. ROYAL ASIATIC SOCIETY,
IN HUMBLE RECOGNITION OF THE INTEREST EVINCED BY THAT HONOURABLE GENTLEMAN IN THE ADVANCEMENT OF ASIATIC STUDIES IN BOMBAY,
This Discourse
ON THE
ALLEGED PRACTICE OF NEXT-OF-KIN MARRIAGES IN OLD IRÂN
IS, WITH HIS GRACIOUS PERMISSION,
most respectfully inscribed
BY
THE AUTHOR.