Note 501 — KING SHAH BAKHT AND HIS WAZIR AL-RAHWAN.[295] (continued 3)
Richard Francis Burton translation · Edition 2
Arab. “Ihtidá,” = divine direction to Hudà or salvation. The old bawd was still dressed as a devotee, and keeps up the cant of her caste. No sensible man in the East ever allows a religious old woman to pass his threshold.