Asking this as a Qatari with a polygamous father. My father’s second wife is Swedish and I know it was a tough pill to swallow for her family and friends back home.

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    3 hours ago

    Interesting point. In the past, “fair” ways to divide a heritage often led to split kingdoms and fast power loss. That is why societies with “unfair” division rules, like the Vikings where EVERYTHING went to the first-born son, so no divisions, absolutely rocked hard in their primes since they weren’t prone to being weakened every time their ruler died.