Note 8 — The Nineteenth New Year’s Feast after the Auspicious Accession

Text istiʿdād, but the true reading is istibʿād. Istibʿād namūda, “regarded the thing as at a distance,” or “was surprised.” The I.O. MSS. end here, their last words being “Till at length there came a conciliatory letter from Laʿnatu-llah (ʿAbdu-llah).” The R.A.S. MS. continues with Muḥammad Hādī’s supplement. ↑