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    Sohni and Izzat Baig fell in love in Punjab, now Pakistan, but were unable to be together due to their different social statuses. Izzat Baig took a job as a buffalo herder near Sohni's home in order to be close to her. However, Sohni's parents arranged her marriage to another man. Izzat Baig lived alone in isolation across the river. At night, Sohni would secretly meet him by swimming across the river with an earthen pitcher. Their secret was eventually discovered, and one night the pitcher broke, causing Sohni to drown in the river. Overcome with grief, Izzat Baig also drowned in

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    Sohni and Izzat Baig fell in love in Punjab, now Pakistan, but were unable to be together due to their different social statuses. Izzat Baig took a job as a buffalo herder near Sohni's home in order to be close to her. However, Sohni's parents arranged her marriage to another man. Izzat Baig lived alone in isolation across the river. At night, Sohni would secretly meet him by swimming across the river with an earthen pitcher. Their secret was eventually discovered, and one night the pitcher broke, causing Sohni to drown in the river. Overcome with grief, Izzat Baig also drowned in

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    Sohni and Izzat Baig fell in love in Punjab, now Pakistan, but were unable to be together due to their different social statuses. Izzat Baig took a job as a buffalo herder near Sohni's home in order to be close to her. However, Sohni's parents arranged her marriage to another man. Izzat Baig lived alone in isolation across the river. At night, Sohni would secretly meet him by swimming across the river with an earthen pitcher. Their secret was eventually discovered, and one night the pitcher broke, causing Sohni to drown in the river. Overcome with grief, Izzat Baig also drowned in

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    THE STORY OF SOHNI MAHIWAL

    BRIEF STORY

    Sohni Mahiwal (Urdu/Punjabi: ‫ سوہنی مہیوال‬is one of the four popular tragic romances of
    the Sindh, and Punjab in Pakistan. This is one of the four identity of Pakistans and Punjab
    Literature. Sohni lived in Punjab (now Pakistan) followed by Heer Ranjha, Mirza Sahiba
    and Sassi Punnun. The story is one of the most prominent examples of medieval poetic
    legends in the Punjabi, Seraiki and Sindhi languages.

    Sohni, the potter's daughter


    Sohni was the daughter of a potter named lula, who lived in Gujrat town in Pakistan, in
    late Mughal period which is around 18th centuary, India was a subcontinent now the
    region of Sohnis home is Punjab in Pakistan. Near the River chenab there was caravan
    trade route between Bukhara and Delhi.[1] As soon as the 'Surahis' (water pitchers) and
    mugs came off the wheels, she would draw floral designs on them and transform them
    into masterpieces of art.

    Izzat Baig of Bukhara


    Izzat Baig, the rich trader from Bukhara (Uzbekistan), came to India on business but
    when he saw the beautiful Sohni in the town of Gujrat in Punjab (now punjab in
    Pakistan), he was completely enchanted. Instead of keeping 'mohars' (gold coins) in his
    pockets, he roamed around with his pockets full of love. Just to get a glimpse of Sohni, he
    would end up buying the water pitchers and mugs everyday.

    Sohni lost her heart to Izzat Baig. Instead of making floral designs on earthenware, she
    started building castles of love in her dreams. Izzat Baig sent off his companions to
    Bukhara. He took up the job of a servant in the house of Tula, Sohni's father. He would
    even take their buffaloes for grazing. Soon, he came to be known as "Mahiwal"(buffalo
    herder).

    Sohni's marriage
    When the people started spreading rumours about the love of Sohni and Mahiwal,
    without her consent her parents arranged her marriage with another potter.
    Suddenly, one day his "barat" (marriage party) arrived at the threshold of her house.
    Sohni was helpless and in a poignant state. Her parents bundled her off in the doli
    (palanquin), but they could not pack off her love in any doli (box).

    Izzat Baig renounced the world and started living like a "faqir" (hermit) in a small hut
    across the river. The earth of Sohni’s land was like a dargah (shrine) for him. He had
    forgotten his own land, his own people and his world. Taking advantage of the darkness
    of the night, when the world was fast asleep, Sohni would come by the riverside and Izzat
    Baig would swim across the river to meet her. He would regularly roast a fish and bring it
    for her. It is said that once, when due to high tide he could not catch a fish, Mahiwal cut a
    piece of his thigh and roasted it. Seeing the bandage on his thigh, Sohni opened it, saw
    the wound and cried.

    From the next day, Sohni started swimming across the river with the help of an earthen
    pitcher as Izzat Baig was so badly wounded and could not swim across the river. Soon,
    the rumours of their romantic rendezvous spread. One-day Sohni’s sister-in-law followed
    her and saw the hiding place where Sohni used to keep her earthen pitcher among the
    bushes. The next day, the sister-in-law removed the hard baked pitcher and replaced it
    with an unbaked one. That night, when Sohni tried to cross the river with the help of the
    pitcher, it dissolved in the water and Sohni drowned in the river. From the other side of
    the river, Mahiwal saw Sohni drowning and jumped into the river and drowned as well.

    Sohni's Tomb
    Sohni lies buried in Shahdapur, Sindh, some 75 km from Hyderabad, Pakistan. According
    to the legend the bodies of Sohni Mahiwal were recovered from the River Indus near this
    city and hence are buried there.

    SEARCH BY.

    Mohammed Abdul Hafeez

    B.Com.

    Translator of Book Muslim Saints and Mystics

    ( Tadhkiratal Awliya by Farid Eldin Attar)

    Hyderabad, India.

    Email ; hafeezanwar@yahoo.com
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