Note 230 — PART THE SECOND.
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That is, to Ḳiṭfeer and his friends. The occasion of Joseph’s imprisonment is said to be either that they suspected him to be guilty notwithstanding the proofs which had been given of his innocence, or else that Zeleekha desired it, feigning, to deceive her husband, that she wanted to have Joseph removed from her sight till she could conquer her passion by time; though her real design was to force him to compliance.—S.