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Ziarat Khan Zarak (Sonoghro Malang)
This is with reference of a Mahfill-l-Mosiqi in the memory of
Ziarat Khan Zarak at Booni Chitral held in 2007. Recently, I got a
CD of the said program. It was a great program of a great Sufi
poet.
Of course Ziarat Khan was a tremendous, unique and a great Sufi
poet of Chitrali language. He never lost his courage, truthfulness,
and highly respected logical thinking against the brutality,
ruthlessness, vileness and self made law of the ruler (Mehtar) of
the time. He opposed and challenged of his illegal imprisonment in
Gazu, Torkhow through his poetry and told the people to stand up
against the crutuel rule of Mehtar of Chitral against his policy�s
�divide and rule� in the name of religion.
He recalled the ruler reminding of his status giving an extremely
unique example of a bird �Shantiq� (woodpecker). Shantiq is an
unknown, weak, and useless bird that always depended on others for
her food and protection. In another example, Malang directly asks:
�How can one penny and gold be equal?�
I personally appreciate this unique program. The singer Zia
Wali Zia, his performance is unexplainable and other companion are
also very well.
Mr. Mowla Nigah Nigah�s address regarding Malang�s poetry and
background is a historical document highlighting all the
fundamental aspect of Malang�s poetry, specially his true stand and
argument against ruler of the time and reason of his exile from
Sonoghr to Gazu.
In the middle of the program when the commentator invited one of
the participants to speak about Malang�s poetry, introducing him;
Zafaruallah Parwaz �; an educationalist of Chitral (Ah-le-Ilum)�. I
was surprised to know - educationalist? Mr. Zafaruallah spoke
totally out of the theme and at one point, he was puzzled and said
�I cannot reveal anything in front of the camera� and due to that,
the camera man had to turn it off. This effected and changed the
whole image of the program.
Lastly, I am personally requesting deferentially, if there are any
kind of historical programs in the future, individuals should be
invited to address themselves who are fully behest and have the
knowledge about our history, culture, literature, poetry and music.
This is because, so that no one can get misconception and quarrel.
Sincerely
GUL JEE
Richmond Hill ON Canada |
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