ate , ▁Ch in ante c , ▁H mar , ▁M ro , ▁Kom , ▁Pur um ▁and ▁L us he i ▁or ▁L ush ai ▁( s ometimes ▁mistaken ly ▁taken ▁for ▁the ▁whole ▁M izo ▁people , ▁especially ▁in ▁the ▁past ). ▁ ▁Among ▁English ▁pe as ants ▁there ▁was ▁no ▁clearly ▁pre val ent ▁inheritance ▁pattern , ▁while ▁Spanish ▁Bas ques ▁gave ▁their ▁land ▁to ▁the ▁one ▁considered ▁best ▁qualified , ▁though ▁they ▁had ▁a ▁preference ▁for ▁sons . ▁G iving ▁more ▁or ▁less ▁equal ▁shares ▁of ▁land ▁to ▁sons , ▁but ▁ex cluded ▁daughters ▁was ▁also ▁common ▁in ▁many ▁populations , ▁as ▁was ▁giving ▁relatively ▁equal ▁shares ▁to ▁both ▁sons ▁and ▁daughters ▁or ▁slightly ▁less ▁to ▁daughters . ▁The ▁same ▁system ▁prev ails ▁in ▁contemporary ▁Egypt ▁and ▁most ▁Arab ▁groups ▁( see ▁Sh aria ). ▁Most ▁non - A rab ▁Muslim s , ▁with ▁some ▁exceptions ▁( C au cas ians , ▁Iran ians ), ▁histor ically ▁followed ▁their ▁own ▁inheritance ▁custom s , ▁not ▁those ▁of ▁the ▁Sh aria . ▁In ▁An cient ▁Egypt ▁the ▁el dest ▁son ▁inherited ▁twice ▁as ▁much ▁as ▁other ▁sons , ▁and ▁in ▁earlier ▁times ▁he ▁was ▁the ▁sole ▁he ir . ▁ ▁Among ▁the ▁La o , ▁the ▁A ce h , ▁the ▁Gu an ches , ▁and ▁the ▁Min ang k ab au , ▁all ▁daughters ▁inherited ▁equal ▁shares ▁of ▁land . ▁The ▁Cham , ▁the ▁J aint ia , ▁the ▁Gar o ▁and ▁the ▁K has i ▁pract iced ▁female