Note 267 — Chapter XVI · YEZDEGIRD SUCCEEDS TO THE THRONE OF PERSIA.—BATTLE OF CADESIYA. A.H. XIV. A.D. 635.
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The squib did not die out (as we shall see below), but assumed a permanent form, as in this couplet:—
We fought patiently until the Lord vouchsafed us victory, While Sád was safe within the walls of Câdesîya; And we returned to our homes, finding many a widow there; But among the women of Sád there was not any widow found.