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25 March 2017

Pir Balanosh, the dragon-slayer of Chaghi

Urdu article about Pir Balanosh, the dragon-slayer of Chaghi district, Balochistan. A classic study in anthropology where ancient legend alters with changing modern reality [double click the image to enlarge].



Related: Baba Ghundi: the Dragon-Slayer of Chapursan
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8 comments:

  1. muhammad athar24 May 2014 at 20:46

    Sir thanks for giving historical details in very short article

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  2. Salman Rashid25 May 2014 at 07:27

    Athar, there is an English version as well.

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  3. I-T29 May 2014 at 12:37

    Salman saab. Where is the english version. Cant seem to find it. I'm a slow Urdu reader.

    Best

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  4. Salman Rashid29 May 2014 at 12:41

    ~~ I T: Read these two articles:

    http://odysseuslahori.blogspot.com/2013/03/the-russians-and-saint.html

    http://odysseuslahori.blogspot.com/2013/03/baba-ghundi-dragon-slayer-of-chapursan.html

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  5. Muhammad Imran Saeed31 July 2015 at 21:58

    Zabaan ke chatkharey ka angrezi mutaraadif mujhey naheen aata but it was for this particular appetite that I went through the urdu version and was aptly rewarded. Thank you for traveling and writing.

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  6. Salman Rashid2 August 2015 at 06:58

    Thank you, Imran. Thank you for being a reader.

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  7. Unknown16 January 2016 at 11:05

    Zabardast Kavish.

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  8. Kifayat2 December 2021 at 13:28

    I want to read columns

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