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Sohni Mahiwal – A folk story
Posted by: AHMAD JAMAL on July 7, 2011 in Culture & Heritage Comments Offon Sohni Mahiwal – A folk story
Sohni a beautiful daughter of a potter was born in Gujrat (currently city of Pakistan situated along the bank of river Chenab) during 18th century.
When she grew she started to help her father in pottery making by drawing artistic designs on them for sale.
One day she was met Izzat Baig a rich trader from Bukhara (Uzbekistan) who at the very first sight fell in love with her and started to buy water pitchers and mugs just for the sake of viewing her daily. Infact he canceled his return to Bukhara and took a job as servant of a Sohni’s father. Soon people from the area started to call him ‘Mahiwal’ a term used for Buffalo Herders.
Soon both of them were on the accounts of village people as their love exposed. They resisted against both of them as it was considered odd for their girl (Sohni) to marry an outsider (Mahiwal). With the will of her father they arranged a marriage of Sohni with a potter and sent her with husband in doli (palanquin). She started to live with her husband.
Meanwhile Mahiwal recanted the world as started living near shoni’s home which was across the other bank of river than the one of the Mahiwal’s side. During night when whole world used to sleep both of these lovers started to meet each other. It is legend that she used to relish fish daily caught by Mahiwal when they met during nights. One night as he failed to catch fish he cut and roasted his own flesh from thigh to dine with Sohni. Shoni upon viewing that cried and wept with tears. She instantly bandaged Mahiwal.
On next night Mahiwal due to thigh wound couldn’t swim to meet Sohni. So Shoni started to meet Mahiwal by swimming across with the help of earthen ware pitcher.
On the other end the suspicions for both of them were growing in the minds of shoni’s in-laws. One day shoni’s sister-in-law chased her to view the place where Shoni usually hid her earthenware pot which she was using as a mean to swim across river for meeting Mahiwal during nights daily. Upon identifying hiding place her sister in law on very next day replaced Shoni’s pitcher with an unbaked one in the absence of Shoni. That night when Shoni swam across the river drowned as the unbaked pitcher dissolved. Mahiwal was viewing all this across the river he instantly jumped into the river to rescue Shoni but drowned too in that process. Thus the epic of true lovers came to an end.
It is widely believed that bodies of both were recovered from Indus River (in which Chenab River merges) near Shadadpur, Sindh. Shoni’s tomb is widely believed to be in this city.
http://www.dostpakistan.pk/sohni-mahiwal-a-folk-story/
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Posted by: AHMAD JAMAL on July 7, 2011 in Culture & Heritage Comments Offon Sohni Mahiwal – A folk story
Sohni a beautiful daughter of a potter was born in Gujrat (currently city of Pakistan situated along the bank of river Chenab) during 18th century.
When she grew she started to help her father in pottery making by drawing artistic designs on them for sale.
One day she was met Izzat Baig a rich trader from Bukhara (Uzbekistan) who at the very first sight fell in love with her and started to buy water pitchers and mugs just for the sake of viewing her daily. Infact he canceled his return to Bukhara and took a job as servant of a Sohni’s father. Soon people from the area started to call him ‘Mahiwal’ a term used for Buffalo Herders.
Soon both of them were on the accounts of village people as their love exposed. They resisted against both of them as it was considered odd for their girl (Sohni) to marry an outsider (Mahiwal). With the will of her father they arranged a marriage of Sohni with a potter and sent her with husband in doli (palanquin). She started to live with her husband.
Meanwhile Mahiwal recanted the world as started living near shoni’s home which was across the other bank of river than the one of the Mahiwal’s side. During night when whole world used to sleep both of these lovers started to meet each other. It is legend that she used to relish fish daily caught by Mahiwal when they met during nights. One night as he failed to catch fish he cut and roasted his own flesh from thigh to dine with Sohni. Shoni upon viewing that cried and wept with tears. She instantly bandaged Mahiwal.
On next night Mahiwal due to thigh wound couldn’t swim to meet Sohni. So Shoni started to meet Mahiwal by swimming across with the help of earthen ware pitcher.
On the other end the suspicions for both of them were growing in the minds of shoni’s in-laws. One day shoni’s sister-in-law chased her to view the place where Shoni usually hid her earthenware pot which she was using as a mean to swim across river for meeting Mahiwal during nights daily. Upon identifying hiding place her sister in law on very next day replaced Shoni’s pitcher with an unbaked one in the absence of Shoni. That night when Shoni swam across the river drowned as the unbaked pitcher dissolved. Mahiwal was viewing all this across the river he instantly jumped into the river to rescue Shoni but drowned too in that process. Thus the epic of true lovers came to an end.
It is widely believed that bodies of both were recovered from Indus River (in which Chenab River merges) near Shadadpur, Sindh. Shoni’s tomb is widely believed to be in this city.
http://www.dostpakistan.pk/sohni-mahiwal-a-folk-story/
